New York Headlines

• 30 cats found living in grimy cages at bizarre hoarder camp near Long Island park: ‘Quite sickening’

  (by Alex Mitchell for The New York Post 36 minutes ago)
  A homeless hoarder on Long Island whose mother had an order of protection against him had an unkempt encampment in the woods off Southern State Parkway with about 30 cats for days, officials said.
  
  

• Ukraine and U.S. Sign Deal on Proceeds From Rare Earth Minerals

  (by Alan Rappeport, Andrew E. Kramer and Kim Barker for The New York Times 45 minutes ago)
  The agreement is intended to give the U.S. access to proceeds from Ukraine’s reserves of minerals and to help fund the rebuilding of Ukraine when the fighting stops.
  
  

• NYC public schools spark outrage for sending newsletter to teachers accusing Israel of ‘genocide in Gaza’

  (by Carl Campanile for The New York Post 58 minutes ago)
  A New York City Department of Education newsletter sent to hundreds of public school teachers claims Israel is committing "genocide in Gaza."
  
  
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• At Vietnam War Memorial, Familiar Names, Old Grief and a Kind of Peace

  (by Christopher Maag for The New York Times an hour ago)
  Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon said they still felt sadness, anger and fury. And for some, finally, closure.
  
  

• MTA plops another $5M to stop bus fare dodgers, but half of passengers still aren’t paying: data

  (by Haley Brown, Matt Troutman for The New York Post an hour ago)
  A pilot program that gives MTA workers handheld devices to check if Select Bus Service passengers paid for their bus rides will be extended to 2030 after a vote by the transit agency's board Wednesday.
  
  

• Trump, on Tariffs, Says ‘Maybe the Children Will Have 2 Dolls Instead of 30’

  (by Shawn McCreesh for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  At the end of a cabinet meeting, the president allowed for the possibility that trade war could disrupt supply chains.
  
  

• 11 High School Lacrosse Players Face Charges in Hazing of Teammates

  (by David Waldstein for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  The teenagers in Syracuse, N.Y., turned themselves in after the district attorney gave them 48 hours to surrender. He called the episode “hazing on steroids.”
  

• As N.J. Transit Strike Looms, Riders Are Warned to Prepare for ‘Chaos’

  (by Patrick McGeehan for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Tens of thousands of New Jersey commuters are being told that they may need to work from home if train engineers go on strike.
  
  

• New Mideast Project Is Latest Trump Company Deal Tied to Foreign Government

  (by Vivian Nereim and Eric Lipton for The New York Times 4 hours ago)
  The Trump Organization agreed to partner on a real estate project in Qatar in the latest of a series of projects tied to foreign governments.