Does Manhattan Need More Luxury Towers?

Proposed towers in Greenwich Village and on the Upper West Side have generated opposition. A tower on West 66th Street would be about 1,200 feet tall.

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No More Signs of Life From Rubble of Collapsed School in Indonesia

Rescuers saved five more students from under the building on Thursday but said they would end the search three days after the deadly accident.

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Time Running Out for Trapped Students After School Collapse in Indonesia

Workers rushed to free potential survivors two days after an Islamic boarding school collapsed during a prayer service, killing at least three students.

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Rescuers in Indonesia Race to Save Students Trapped by Deadly School Collapse

At least 30 students were missing after an Islamic boarding school collapsed during a prayer service, killing at least three children.

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Woman, 72, Dies in Fire in East Harlem Apartment Building

Firefighters took the stairs to reach the woman’s 19th-floor apartment on Wednesday. Residents said one of the building’s two elevators wasn’t working and that the other moved very slowly.

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New Jersey Synagogue Burns to Ground as Rabbi and Family Escape

Congregation Beth El in Rutherford, more than a century old, was destroyed. The mayor said there was no indication of arson so far.

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The Rise of Silicon Valley’s Techno-Religion

The Rationalists, a community focused on the risks of artificial intelligence, regularly gather with tech figures and other like-minded people in a complex that covers much of a city block.

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7 Children Are Killed in School Roof Collapse in India

An official in the northwestern state of Rajasthan said that heavy rain had pooled on the roof before it fell in.

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TikTok Loves the New York City He Built Out of Balsa Wood

Joe Macken spent 21 years constructing a model of the city, including bridges, brownstones and both the twin towers and One World Trade Center.

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Bangladesh Mourns After Deadly Plane Crash During School Lunch Break

Nearly all of the 31 killed when a Bangladeshi fighter jet crashed were children. Dozens more were being treated in burn centers as the nation declared a day of mourning.

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