Month: July 2019

Click:Ferraz Shawmut B300519 – PC71UD13C315TF Fuses These chefs are taking the farm-to-table trend to a whole new level. Instead of just buying fresh fruits and vegetables straight from the nearest farm, a growing group of top chefs are also raising their own produce with seeds developed specifically for taste — often with the input ofRead moreRead more

LONDON — Exotic location, exquisite timing, simple message. At the official halfway point of the Yankees’ season, could it be any more obvious that DJ LeMahieu is their most valuable player? The London Series kicked off Saturday evening with some crazy new stuff amidst some utterly predictable nuances: LeMahieu, with four hits and five RBIs,Read moreRead more

VOSS, NORWAY — Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones wants to save Africa. The Greenwich, Conn.-based tycoon and philanthropist is one of the largest money men behind the recently formed nonprofit African Community & Conservation Foundation (ACCF), which is behind a campaign to safeguard vast tracts of land and wildlife that stretches from ZambiaRead moreRead more

Summertime and the living is easy — unless you’re stuck in an overly-air-conditioned office for eight hours each day getting bombarded with Instagram posts featuring colleagues lounging in the Hamptons or catching waves with their kids at the Jersey Shore “I need more time off,” you want to scream. And while many employers offer anRead moreRead more

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke visited Mexico on Sunday and listened to tearful immigrants say they fled Central American violence and turmoil to seek asylum in the U.S., but were turned away at the border. In his first international trip as a White House hopeful, the former congressman traveled to Ciudad Juarez, acrossRead moreRead more

The writing is on the wall. Graffiti, the scourge that former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton once described as the “first sign of urban decay,” has exploded in New York City in the last five years. Complaints to the 311 hotline have soared during Mayor de Blasio’s leadership from 13,560 in 2015 to 21,006 last year,Read moreRead more

It’s starting to look like a conspiracy to destroy New York City’s housing market, from the state’s expansion of the rent laws’ reach to Mayor de Blasio’s manipulation of the Rent Guidelines Board to drastically cap rent hikes. On Tuesday, the board (whose nine members are all picked by the mayor) voted to limit rentRead moreRead more