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Rizy Horowitz, who is wearing a blue shirt, poses for a photograph with trees behind her.

She Cares for Holocaust Survivors. Her Job Will Soon End.

Since the ’90s, Rizy Horowitz has put on events and served food to survivors in Brooklyn. With fewer than 300 of them left at her nonprofit, she’s thinking about her next chapter.

By Helene Stapinski

The Little Haiti neighborhood in Brooklyn.

New York City Dismisses Haitian Workers After Loss of Protected Status

Officials said that dozens of Haitian workers for the city would lose their jobs, but warned that the number could easily reach the hundreds.

By Emma Goldberg

Luigi Mangione looks toward the camera as he sits in the court room.

Luigi Mangione Is Facing Two Trials. Isn’t That Double Jeopardy?

The legal principle prevents a person from being tried twice for the same crime. But Mr. Mangione’s situation shows how complicated the judicial system can be.

By Hurubie Meko

Ben Crump, a lawyer, and Lakisha Plowden, whose fiancé died of Legionnaires’ disease, stand in front of microphones with other people.

Families Sue New York City Over Deaths in 2025 Legionnaires’ Outbreak

A cluster of cases in Harlem was traced to two city-owned sites. Lawsuits claim that dangerous bacteria spewed from improperly maintained cooling towers.

By Claire Fahy

A young woman with long blond hair, wearing a white T-shirt, jeans and multiple pieces of jewelry, sits on a hospital bed next to medical equipment.

Sydney Towle, Who Chronicled Her Cancer on TikTok, Dies at 26

For an audience that grew to more than a million followers, she challenged assumptions about how people with serious illnesses should look and live.

By Katherine Rosman

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stand in uniforms and helmets at the gates of the Delaney Hall detention center.

Death Renews Scrutiny of Delaney Hall. Here’s What to Know.

The death of a Salvadoran immigrant at the federal detention center in Newark has raised questions about the conditions there.

By Ana Ley

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