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New York Today: The Latest on the Snowstorm

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New York Today: The Latest on the Snowstorm Photo Salty sidewalks ahead of snowy skies.   Credit Stephanie Keith for The New York Times Updated, 8:10 a.m. Good morning on this snowy Thursday. A  winter storm warning  is in effect until 1 a.m. on Friday. Expect  six to ten inches of snow , strong winds and temperatures below freezing. (A  coastal flood advisory  is also in effect until noon for waterside areas in southern Queens and Staten Island.) As of 7 a.m., one inch of snow had fallen in Central Park, according to the National Weather Service, and parts of Long Island are already seeing more than an inch. Schools in New York City are closed,  as are many others across the region ( see the list here ). Commuters are encouraged to avoid driving and use mass transit when possible. The snow will be heaviest during the morning commute, but it’s likely to affect the evening commute as well, so travel safely and leave yourself extra t...
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Where Are the American Women in Olympic Figure Skating?

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Loading..   DEC. 30, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Photo .   Tara Lipinski won the 1998 Olympic gold medal; Sarah Hughes won the 2002 gold medal;    Michelle Kwan won the 1998 silver and 2002 bronze medals; and Sasha Cohen won the 2006 silver Can it be close to 20 years since Tara Lipinski, then 15, upset Michelle Kwan at the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, to become the youngest Olympic figure skating champion? Sixteen years since Sarah Hughes won gold at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, with Kwan adding bronze? Twelve years since Sasha Cohen took silver in 2006 in Turin, Italy? No American woman since has won an Olympic medal in the singles competition. And only one, Ashley Wagner, has won a medal at the annual world championships, taking silver in 2016. (She got bronze at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in the newly added team event.) That mostly fallow decade has created low expecta...
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Child Playing With Stove Caused Bronx Fire That Killed 12

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Loading... Advertisement Child Playing With Stove Caused Bronx Fire That Killed 12 By  world news   DEC. 29, 2017 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Photo Firefighters investigated the cause of Thursday night’s deadly fire in The Bronx. Four children were among the 12 dead.   Credit A fire in a Bronx apartment building on Thursday night that killed 12 people, among them four children, was caused by a young child playing with a stove in a first-floor apartment, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday. “It seems like a horrible, tragic accident,” Mr. de Blasio said in an interview on WNYC radio. The fire was the  city’s deadliest blaze in more than a quarter-century . A woman and her two daughters and a niece on the fifth floor were killed when flames from the first floor rushed up the stairwell, filling the passageway with smoke and sending people scurrying down a fire escape. ...
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