Nick Corasaniti
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Cory Booker: Who He Is and What He Stands For
The New Jersey senator is campaigning on the lofty ideals of love, unity and equality.
A Novel Gun Control Strategy: Pressure Banks and Retailers
New Jersey also plans to wield its buying power to force gun makers to adopt policies like background checks.
Protesters descend on MTV’s Video Music Awards angry about Newark lead crisis
About 200 protesters gathered outside the Prudential Center on Monday to demand lead-free water on a historic day for the city -- its first time hosting the VMAs.
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We're now 2 hours into the #VMAs, held in Newark as the city is in the midst of a water crisis.
No performer, presenter or award winner has made a mention of it.
Outside, hundreds were protesting before the start, via @karen_yi @AmyKup
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Newark Water Crisis: Racing to Replace Lead Pipes in Under 3 Years
A new $120 million financing plan will allow the city to replace its 18,000 buried lead service lines more quickly.
Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past
How a long line of questionable decisions led to the crisis over lead contamination in Newark.
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For a week, Newark has been distributing bottled water to thousands of residents amid a growing lead contamination crisis. Bottled water distribution will continue for at least another three weeks.
Here’s how Newark got here, w/ @coreykilgannon @jswatz
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Jay Inslee Ends Campaign for President
Mr. Inslee, the governor of Washington, focused his campaign on climate change. But he struggled to find much support in the polls.
Flying Assassins Are Called In to Combat Aggressive Gulls
A Jersey Shore town has come up with a creative but costly way to tame its marauding gulls.
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For years, a dropped bucket of fries would turn the Ocean City boardwalk into a Hitchcockian dystopia of divebombing birds.
So the city called in seven winged bouncers - falcons, hawks and an owl - to get the unruly seagulls in line.
And it’s working.
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Lead Crisis in Newark Grows, as Bottled Water Distribution Is Bungled
Worries about the safety of the drinking water in New Jersey’s largest city have raised comparisons to Flint, Mich.
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"We're ducking and dodging bullets every day. We can’t even take our kids out to play. Now we’ve got to worry about water?"
w/ @coreykilgannon @jswatz on Newark's water crisis
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These 3 Cities Are Destinations for Democrats. They’re Not in Iowa.
Senator Cory Booker detoured from early-voting states to hold rallies this month in Detroit, Philadelphia and Milwaukee, where turnout will be essential to Democrats winning back key states in 2020.
Ugly Gerry
Gerrymandering is ugly.
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This is incredible: a font made from gerrymandered districts
uglygerry.com pic.twitter.com/0u1rU6wKuV
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‘Moscow Mitch’ Tag Enrages McConnell and Squeezes G.O.P. on Election Security
Mr. McConnell, the Senate leader, has typically embraced nasty nicknames by critics. But criticism of his role in blocking election measures has taken hold in an unusual way.
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With that first "Moscow Mitch" namedrop from the debate stage, read this @hillhulse dive into the first moniker to really get under the skin of McConnell
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How Joe Biden Struggled with Abortion Rights for Decades
Mr. Biden voted to allow states to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1982, then later voted against it. His back-and-forth over abortion has been a hallmark of his career.
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Biden has a lengthy record on abortion. @llerer dove into this earlier this year:
"When Joe Biden Voted to Let States Overturn Roe v. Wade"
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Jeffrey Epstein, Surrounded by Scientific Luminaries, Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA
Mr. Epstein, the accused sex trafficker, was fascinated by eugenics. He told scientists and others of his vision of using his New Mexico ranch to impregnate women.
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"Epstein told scientists and businessmen about his ambitions to use his New Mexico ranch as a base where women would be inseminated with his sperm and would give birth to his babies."
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Live Analysis: The July Democratic Debates, Night 1
Follow the Democratic presidential debate with our reporters in real time.
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Reminder from @maggieNYT in @nytimes live chat: as candidates are asked about gun control policy, "a reminder that Trump has not said a single word since the incident about a shooting at a California food festival that left two children dead."
nytimes.com/interactive/20… pic.twitter.com/OgT2ycOcBK
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‘Newark’s Original Sin’ and the Criminal Justice Education of Cory Booker
Mr. Booker’s road from enforcer to reformer began with rocky oversight of the Newark Police Department.
Judge Resigns After Saying Teenager in Sexual Assault Case Was From ‘Good Family’
Judge James Troiano’s comments sparked nationwide furor when he recommended leniency for a 16-year-old boy accused of sexual assault because the boy was from a “good family.”
Notre-Dame came far closer to collapsing than people knew. This is how it was saved.
A baffling alert. A race to the wrong building. Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything, a New York Times reconstruction has found.
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A baffling alert. A race to the wrong building. Notre-Dame still stands only because firefighters decided to risk everything.
This @nytimes Notre-Dame fire investigation is one of the best things I've read all year
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ICE Launches Low-Key Raids Targeting Migrant Families
A series of coordinated deportation raids is targeting recently arrived families from Central America.
Why the Democratic Takeover in New Jersey Is More Civil War Than Progressive Revolution
A chasm between Gov. Philip D. Murphy and more moderate legislators could lead to a government shutdown.
Cory Booker Needs a Breakout Moment. Will He Create One at the Debates?
The New Jersey senator is a gifted orator with a glittering résumé, but he often pulls back from political infighting, and his campaign is failing to get traction.