Ever Since The Great Recession, Zombie Houses Have Haunted New Jersey
Michael McCabe knows what it's like to be surrounded by zombies.Zombie houses, that is.McCabe still lives in the neighborhood where he grew up, Woodbury Heights, N.J., a middle-class suburb of...
View ArticleAging Tunnels Under Hudson River Threaten To Disrupt Transport, Commerce
The workweek got off to a rough start for New Jersey rail commuters recently. A disabled train blocked one of the two rail tunnels under the Hudson River to Penn Station during the Monday morning rush...
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Response To Volatile Wall Street Muted In Lower Manhattan
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The numbers on Wall Street today spelled panic, but if you could get a glimpse at the financial district in...
View ArticleWith Bold Words And Baby Steps, Pope Finds Fans Beyond His Flock
The phrase "papal encyclical" isn't one you'll commonly find in headlines in the secular world. But that's exactly where news of Pope Francis' 192-page letter on climate change landed in June.The pope...
View ArticleGet Off My Lawn: Conservatives Critique Trump On Eminent Domain
Republicans eager to blunt Donald Trump's front-runner status in the GOP presidential primary think they've found the issue that will finally sink the billionaire's White House hopes: eminent...
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At Sept. 11 Memorial, Pope Celebrates Tolerance And Religious Differences
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View ArticleTo Flood-Proof Subways, N.Y. Looks At Everything From Plugs To Sheets
New York City may have dodged a major storm recently when Hurricane Joaquin headed out to sea, but it was an unwelcome reminder of what happened three years ago when the city suffered catastrophic...
View ArticleDoing More With Less: How The Mets Found Success In Youth, Discipline And Luck
As the World Series shifts to Queens, the Kansas City Royals hold an imposing two-games-to-none lead over the New York Mets. But the Mets should be used to playing the underdog by now.
View ArticleWhen Prisoners Email Their Lawyers, It's Often Not Confidential
At least once a week, federal defender Deirdre von Dornum travels across Brooklyn to meet with her incarcerated clients. The round trip takes three hours, on a good day.First von Dornum rides the...
View ArticleNew York Banks On A Solar Factory To Ignite Buffalo's Economy
How much does $1 billion buy these days? The city of Buffalo is about to find out.New York state is funneling $1 billion in cash and tax incentives into the region. Fully half of the "Buffalo Billion,"...
View ArticleResettled Refugees Help To 'Bring Buffalo Back'
If you want to see how refugees are changing Buffalo, N.Y., the West Side Bazaar is a good place to start. It's an incubator for immigrant-owned businesses. And it's the only place in town where you...
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Globetrotter Star Meadowlark Lemon Dies At 83
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View ArticleNew Year, New Laws: States Diverge On Gun Rights, Voting Restrictions
With the New Year comes a long list of new laws taking effect across the country.In some cases, those laws show states moving in starkly different directions on polarizing issues — especially voting...
View ArticleGun Stocks Up, But Activists Move To Expand Anti-Investment Push
After years of trying and failing to push new laws through Congress, gun control advocates are targeting American firearms makers from a different angle."The only thing they really understand is...
View ArticleWelcome To 'Koreatown,' A Cookbook To Tempt American Taste Buds
Korean food is built on bold flavors: spicy pickled vegetables, sweet, smoky meats and pungent, salty stews. That can be a little intimidating for some American diners. But the authors of a new book...
View ArticleThe Seeds Of Apple's Standoff With DOJ May Have Been Sown In Brooklyn
The debate over whether Apple should defeat the security on the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook isn't the first time the company has clashed with law enforcement.The FBI also wanted...
View ArticleRevived Streetcars May Be On Track For Disappointment
Streetcars are rumbling back to life in cities across the country from Portland to Salt Lake City and Atlanta, with New York becoming the latest city to hop on the bandwagon. But as these new...
View ArticleLongtime Brooklyn Bartender Who Inspired 'Sunny's Nights' Has Died
Sunny Balzano's modest watering-hole in Brooklyn was a throwback to another time. It was known simply as Sunny's, after the beloved bartender and raconteur who transformed a faded longshoremen's bar...
View ArticleAtlantic City Faces Financial Collapse; Cringes At State Takeover
Atlantic City is wondering when its losing streak will finally end.The mayor says his town, known for its huge casinos on the boardwalk, will run out of money in a few weeks. State lawmakers have a...
View ArticlePaid Family Leave Advocates Celebrate A Big Week, But The Battle's Not Over
It's been a big week for supporters of paid family leave.The city of San Francisco and the state of New York took groundbreaking steps toward new and more generous leave policies.
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