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In the song “Grandma Dynamite,” by the band 24-7 Spyz, the singer known as P. Fluid tells a story of growing up in the rough-and-tumble South Bronx in the 1980s....

For decades now, progress in solving New York’s housing crisis has stagnated amid the contest between two dominant visions: one that would have the city build up and up and...

This year is the 20th anniversary of New York Times Travel’s signature piece of journalism: the “52 Places to Go” list, which we publish each January. To mark the anniversary,...

At one time, comedian Dave Chappelle’s appearances as host on “Saturday Night Live” were events to be celebrated, most memorably when he hosted the first “SNL” after Donald Trump’s election...

BALTIMORE — With his dad in prison and his mom suffering from alcoholism, Malik Grant faced abandonment and instability early on. He got used to people letting him down. So...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The deadline for the start of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip passed as said Hamas had not lived up to its commitment to provide...

A senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls, saying there is no excuse for them, in a rare public rebuke...

The house was burning with her brother-in-law and nephew inside when Jackie McDaniels flagged down a firetruck and begged for help. “Whoever is in there is no longer alive,” she...

TEL AVIV — A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was delayed from going into effect Sunday morning in the Gaza Strip after Israeli officials said Hamas had yet to provide a list of names of the hostages it planned to...

Khan Younis and Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine –  In a small apartment in Khan Younis, surrounded by a war-torn landscape as far as the eyes can see, Abeer al-Awady counts...