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New York City used to be an early adopter of new transportation modes. In the late eighteen-sixties, New Yorkers took up the velocipede, a primitive version of the bicycle. Half a century later, the city embraced the automobile, and eventually made free parking available for the fossil-fuel-burning machines a remarkable giveaway of expensive public space that many carless citizens would like back now. New York also engineered and built a subway system, above ground and below ground, which, before the
Covid-19 pandemic hit, carried five and a half million riders every weekday a landmark of American people-moving the city may never reach again, if remote work is here to stay.
soviets or the cubans and her contact with the kennedy brothers is that she was a security risk. he alleged marilyn became angry and vindictive toward robert kennedy. summers added a surprising twist. marilyn was not murdered. i think it s possible there was some kind of accident in which monroe had taken the number of bar by th the numbe. anthony summers alleged marilyn was found comatose and an ambulance was called to her home. the ambulance brought her to santa monica hospital and she died on the way and the ambulance brought her back to
soviets or the cubans and her contact with the kennedy brothers is that she was a security risk. he alleged marilyn became angry and vindictive toward robert kennedy. summers added a surprising twist. marilyn was not murdered. i think it s possible there was some kind of accident in which monroe had taken the number of bar by th the numbe. anthony summers alleged marilyn was found comatose and an ambulance was called to her home. the ambulance brought her to santa monica hospital and she died on the way and the
the past three days have been some of the most violent in iran since the protests against the presidential elections began. left the hospital in santa monica alone. even big stories can be pushed off the stage when other major headlines steal the limelight. michael jackson, dead at the age of 50, death was apparently declared at ucla medical center where our own michael oku is standing by outside. michael. reporter: there seems to be a collective sense of shock here as passersby continue to gather here by what appears to be the hundreds. the tribute to michael jackson started. i think fairly early on, it went from a surreal situation whether this pop icon, who had always been with us, and was now gone, it went from being stunned by that, to suddenly celebrating
a guy who had been targeted by a lot of people in the republican party as being a potential presidential candidate would implode the way he did. the governor s wife has also said she doesn t know where her husband is. where is mark sanford? he s a governor of a state, how can no one know where he is? as the sanford story picks up steam, the death of farrah fawcett continues to be the lead. in case you re just joining us, former charlie s angels actress farrah fawcett has died at a santa monica hospital after a long battle with cancer. this is a story we have been following, so that was obviously going to be the major story of the day, until that afternoon. the news had broke about farrah fawcett fairly early in the day, and i was assigned to stay in-house and put together the obituary. suddenly the news breaks about michael jackson. sometime around very close to 3:00, it s been reported that an adult in his home is