N.Y. Today: Two NJ Transit Trains Collide, Injuring More Than a Dozen People
The accident on Friday evening shut down the Montclair-Boonton Line in Montclair.
New York Today
December 21, 2025
A group of people seated in a book-filled apartment.

A Weekly Gathering for Those Who Fled the Nazis Ends After 82 Years

The meetings began in 1943 in a German enclave in Manhattan. When the last member to experience life under Hitler died, the original purpose was gone.

By Aidan Gardiner

A box made of wood appears in the corner of a classroom. Parts of the alphabet stretch on the wall above the box, and a whiteboard hangs on one side.

A ‘Timeout Box’ in an Elementary School Draws Outrage: ‘This is Not OK’

An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media.

By Troy Closson

Angela Vranich sits on a stool in a white shirt, blazer, and jeans.

Routine

How the Head of a Baby Food Company Spends a Day Taste-Testing

Angela Vranich, the co-founder of Little Spoon, tries new smoothie flavors as she keeps up with her sheepadoodle, workout schedule and grown-up friends.

By Lia Picard and Anh Nguyen

A young man in a suit with a nimbus of curls, viewed through a window.

Crypto Fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried Has New Pursuit: Jailhouse Lawyer

The man convicted of taking billions has advised the former president of Honduras and Sean Combs, among others. He said in an interview that he helps in ways overwhelmed lawyers cannot.

By Jonah E. Bromwich

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