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‘Seismic shift’: driving unaffordable for many in US amid push toward SUVs
Luxury vehicles, production cuts and soaring insurance prices have sent the cost of US car ownership out of control
Wilfred Chan in New York
29, Jan, 2024 @2:00 PM
‘They’re playing dirty’: inside delivery apps’ pushback against tips after New York raises wage
City’s new law guarantees some drivers nearly $30 an hour but bosses are trying to reassert their dominance. I got back on my delivery bike to find out more
Wilfred Chan
21, Dec, 2023 @5:00 PM
US risks ‘complicity in war crimes’, says Human Rights Watch – as it happened
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Rebecca Ratcliffe (now); Léonie Chao-Fong, Richard Luscombe, Tom Ambrose, Kevin Rawlinson, Jamie Grierson and Reged Ahmad (earlier)
09, Dec, 2023 @2:19 AM
A protest against a top Israel-born chef was called antisemitic. Staff tell a different story
Michael Solomonov’s Israel-inspired restaurant empire has come under scrutiny by pro-Palestinian protesters, who accuse him of complicity in attacks on Gaza
Wilfred Chan
08, Dec, 2023 @4:55 PM
New Yorkers feel betrayed as police radio dispatches end: ‘You’d hear about nine shootings a day’
The NYPD has communicated via public channels for nearly a century. Now the system is being encrypted
Wilfred Chan
30, Nov, 2023 @12:00 PM
Could the FBI’s investigation send New York mayor Eric Adams to prison?
Suspected campaign donations from the Turkish government have led to the seizure of Adams’ phones. How bad could things get for the country’s most powerful mayor?
Wilfred Chan
18, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
Has New York finally found a solution to its rat problem?
Officials have hired an exterminator to kill the city’s most notorious residents by gassing their burrows
Wilfred Chan in New York
14, Nov, 2023 @3:00 PM
Millions of US homes are so overheated they open their windows in the winter. Why?
Nineteenth-century technology is finally being phased out in New York City, but its past is deeply entwined with American history
Wilfred Chan
06, Nov, 2023 @12:00 PM
Hamas says 195 killed in two days of strikes on Jabalia camp – as it happened
Hamas says hundreds injured after refugee camp strikes; the US president responded to an anti-war protestor saying he supports a humanitarian ‘pause’
Jonathan Yerushalmy (now); Léonie Chao-Fong, Martin Belam, Helen Sullivan and Gloria Oladipo (earlier)
02, Nov, 2023 @4:03 AM
‘The Palestine exception’: why pro-Palestinian voices are suppressed in the US
Americans are being fired and facing threats for speaking out. Lawyers fear it will get worse – but they are ready to defend against the onslaught
Wilfred Chan
01, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM
‘We’re in a housing desert’: a month in, is New York’s Airbnb crackdown working?
A new law puts strict limits on how hosts use the site in the city. What does it mean for residents and tourists?
Wilfred Chan in New York
23, Oct, 2023 @12:00 PM
Central Park warned a festival would ruin its lawn. New York went ahead with it
The Great Lawn will be closed for months after a Global Citizen concert. Park stewards tell the Guardian their concerns went unheeded
Wilfred Chan in New York
06, Oct, 2023 @1:00 PM
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