making some urban areas across the United States up to 6 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than rural ones during the day—and 22 degrees F hotter at night. These “urban heat islands”can also develop underground as the ci...
Is this where they throw bombs at each other? Safety facts about Naples, Italy: What is really true? How safe is Naples compared to other cities? To start, nothing better than putting things in perspective. If you look at the Criminality Index in Numbeo, Naples ranks #89 on the world....
In many successive city budgets, the police department’s share went down before rising in the last budget (the new money largely went toward salaries, not improved service). We now see subway violence, car thefts, gun violence and more crime generally in a city that once was internationally...
The shorter story: The big and beautiful Shadow II, placing fifth out of 63 boats in a race from San Francisco to Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, lost her sail drive shortly after the finish line, and was rescued in the middle of the night by the US Coast Guard. She now sits, safe and secured,...
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Many large cities have a subway system (系统). The subway is called tube in London. In San Francisco it is called BART ( Bay Area Rapid Transit). Some subway systems like Chicago’s,are quite old. It opened in 1897. Others are more recent. For example Mexico City’s subway started in...
Frontline workers, and not just doctors and nurses, but also subway employees, bus drivers, janitors and delivery people, need personal protective equipment and paid sick leave. MORE: In NYC, 'stark contrast' in COVID-19 infection rates based on education and race "The important thing he...
To be clear, Monto emphasized that, while moderate and responsible socializing in Austin or Atlanta might be possible, the same can’t be said for hot spots like New York. On Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomoannouncedan unprecedented plan to halt subway services overnight for deep cleaning and r...
Back in high school, back when she was still Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, back before she took her stage name from a subway stop in Brooklyn near where a heroin-addicted boyfriend once lived, Halsey was a misfit, hiding out in the art room where the bullies were unlikely to venture. Never...
You’re out of luck for the part of your subway commute that involves cell-service dropouts. Other than that, Super Mario Run impresses in ways sure to convince that designing games on smartphones is still a rapidly evolving—and improving—art form. A.The simplicity masks deeper layers. B...