Rare East Coast earthquake rocks New York City. How big was it?
New York’s concrete jungle felt a quake the morning of April 5. Up and down the East Coast 42 million residents reported feeling tremors in the first regional earthquake since…
Waking Up to a New York City Earthquake
After the most powerful quake in more than a century, the city was full of stories, arm-waving, and whispers of California…Read More
NYC may soon begin charging drivers $15 to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan
New York City is poised to begin congestion pricing in an effort to ease massive traffic jams in Manhattan. It’s an idea in use in major cities around the world.…
New York can take legal action against county’s ban on female trans athletes, judge says
New York state officials may continue to take legal action against a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women’s and girls teams, a judge has…
The rare NYC earthquake underscores concerns about infrastructure
Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images Infrastructure in the US has always been a sore subject, but when a 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck the New York City region on…
A Magnitude-4.8 Earthquake Rattles New York City, Northeast
The tremors could be felt from Maine to Virginia, but no reports of major damage…Read More
Why the East Coast Earthquake Covered So Much Ground
Friday morning’s earthquake was felt from New York City all the way to Washington, DC. Blame ancient fault lines and bedrock for the jolt…Read More
Earthquake centered near New York City rattles the Northeast
NEW YORK — An earthquake shook the densely populated New York City metropolitan area Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, with residents reporting they felt rumbling across the Northeast. The…
When surgery was a public spectacle
Doctors perform surgery in an operating amphitheatre at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. George Grantham Bain/Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesOperating theater is dead. Or is it? The post…
New York City defends AI chatbot that advised entrepreneurs to break laws
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is defending the city’s new artificial intelligence chatbot that has been caught in recent days giving business owners wrong answers or advice that, if…