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James Barron
2025-10-30 12:03:55
United States
Fires and Firefighters

Why Thousands of Trees and Shrubs Are Coming to Prospect Park

After a wildfire last year, the park is regreening. This fall has been dry, though not as dry as last year when the blaze hit the Ravine.

Tim Balk
2025-10-30 09:04:04
United States
United States Politics and Government

New York Survived Its 1975 Crisis. Will Trump Push It Back to the Brink?

The Daily News headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead” stunned the city at a time of budgetary peril. New York’s finances are far stronger today, but antagonism from Washington poses a fresh risk.

Bill Brink
2025-10-30 09:04:02
United States
United States Politics and Government

50 Years Ago, My Father Wrote the Headline ‘Ford to City: Drop Dead’

It’s rare that a headline outlasts the person who wrote it. But long after my father’s death, “Ford to City: Drop Dead” still reverberates.

Robert D. Mcfadden
2025-10-25 00:02:28
United States
Deaths ( Obituaries)

J. William Middendorf II, 81, Dies; Navy Secretary and Musical Diplomat

A G.O.P. fund-raiser, he was the Navy chief under Gerald R. Ford and held ambassadorships in the 1970s and ’80s. He gained notice for his classical music compositions.

John Ismay
2025-10-25 00:01:09
United States
International Relations

What Is the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, and Why Is It Heading to Latin America?

The Pentagon is sending the Ford Carrier Strike Group, with several warships and thousands of sailors, to the region as the Trump administration ramps up attacks on boats it claims are carrying drugs.

Robert D. Mcfadden
2025-09-25 18:01:41
United States
Deaths ( Obituaries)

Sara Jane Moore, Would-Be Assassin of President Ford, Dies at 95

A mother of four on the fringes of radical leftist movements, she fired at the president outside a San Francisco hotel in 1975. She had hoped to spark a revolution, she said.