5 People Have Already Died on Rikers This Year as Crisis Worsens

Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is fighting to keep control of the troubled complex and other New York City lockups that have been plagued by violence and deaths in custody.

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High Inflation and New Tariffs Will Make the Fed’s Job Tougher

Fresh tariffs amid high inflation are making the Fed’s job uniquely difficult and feeding uncertainty about what to expect for interest rates this year.

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If You’re Retired, or Not: 5 Changes That Will Affect Your Money in 2025

This year, older workers will have ways to save more for retirement, spend less on medicine and see other ways to improve their finances.

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What Happens to an ‘Antiquated’ New Year’s Eve Ball?

After 17 years, the ball that dropped at the beginning of 2025 is being retired. It will join several other balls from the past in a Times Square exhibit.

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What We’re Watching in 2025

These big questions will define business and policy in the year ahead.

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Big Rockets, a Big Telescope and Big Changes in Space Await in 2025

Here are some key events to look forward to in space and astronomy in the year ahead.

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Wall St. Is Making Irrelevant Predictions, Again

Optimistic guesses about the future are not forecasts, our columnist says.

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