Mayor Zohran Mamdani made use of his strong communication skills, and the Sanitation Department said every road was plowed at least twice by Sunday evening.
The administration was in a race to control the narrative around the killing of Alex Pretti, even as videos emerged that contradicted the government’s account.
The rush to blame Mr. Pretti and exonerate the immigration agents deviated entirely from the way law enforcement investigations were normally carried out.
The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.
The two Massachusetts clans faced off in elections for decades, until a final 1962 Senate race. Despite his loss, Mr. Lodge praised his opponent, Ted Kennedy.
George Cabot Lodge, right, and Edward M. Kennedy enjoying a laugh during their race to succeed Mr. Kennedy’s brother, John F. Kennedy, in the U.S. Senate in 1962.
Even as the second death of a protester in Minnesota brought demands for accountability, the president, insulated from dissenting voices, stuck to his pattern of reflexively blaming opponents.
An organized theft ring in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York swapped or quickly cloned key fobs to steal millions of dollars’ worth of vehicles, officials said.
A pouch designed to shield key fobs from cellular signals, which helps prevent remote or unauthorized access to vehicles. The police say a theft ring duplicated fobs to steal high-end vehicles.
Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will assume the top role at Columbia University amid hopes she can restore stability.
Prices for nearly every major U.S. crop are below what it costs to grow them. But a drop in rice prices means another blow to farmers in Mississippi’s agricultural belt.
“What am I supposed to do with 2.2 million pounds of rice?” asked Jack Westerfield, who is among the farmers across the Mississippi Delta who cannot sell their rice.