Goodbye, Chain Drugstores. Hello, Golf Simulators.

New York’s retail landscape is changing. But it’s not cheese shops or butchers that are taking over those vacant neighborhood storefronts.

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Can a Court’s ‘Last Resort’ Fix New York City’s Jails?

A federal judge is likely to employ a rarely used remedy to try to fix longstanding problems in the city’s jails. But it’s not foolproof.

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Murders Surged in the Pandemic. Now in Many Cities That Surge Is Gone.

A huge drop in 2023 has been followed by an even greater improvement so far this year.

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Why Are Democrats Having Such a Hard Time Beating Trump?

The national political environment just isn’t as conducive to a Harris victory as many might imagine.

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Some Late Shifts, but Polls Remain Closest They’ve Ever Been

The polls tend to err as a group in one direction or the other, so a fairly decisive win by either candidate is still possible.

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What an Iowa Poll From The Des Moines Register Could Tell Us About the 2024 Race

Sometimes outliers are early indicators, capturing something other polls just haven’t measured yet. Other times, they’re a fluke.

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The Polls Are Close. The Results Might Not Be.

We are just a very normal polling error away from either candidate landing a decisive victory on Tuesday.

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What We’ll Know and When We’ll Know It: A Guide to Election Night

The vote count will still feature “blue mirages” and “red mirages,” but they won’t be as extreme as in 2020.

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