New York Headlines

• Iran's Top Nuclear Scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Assassinated: Live Updates

  (by Farnaz Fassihi, David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman for The New York Times 43 minutes ago)
  U.S. and Israeli intelligence described the scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, as the force behind what they call Iran’s covert push for nuclear weapons.
  
  

• In Harsh Rebuke, Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Election Challenge in Pennsylvania

  (by Alan Feuer for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  “Voters, not lawyers, choose the president,” a judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in the 21-page repudiation of Mr. Trump’s legal effort to halt Pennsylvania’s certification process.
  
  

• Gunmen Assassinate Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist in Ambush, Provoking New Crisis

  (by David E. Sanger, Eric Schmitt, Farnaz Fassihi and Ronen Bergman for The New York Times 5 hours ago)
  Iran expressed fury over the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, blaming it on Israel and the United States. His death may complicate President-elect Biden’s intention to restore the Iranian nuclear deal.
  
  
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• Thousands of dollars worth of copper wire stolen from NYC subway stations

  (by Craig McCarthy, Elizabeth Elizalde for The New York Post 5 hours ago)
  Burglars entered through manholes on the 34th Street and Canal Street subway stations and stole thousands of dollars worth of copper wire, authorities said Friday. An estimated 30,000 feet of copper wire was jacked along the 1, 2,3 subway lines on Oct. 23, causing $10,000 worth of losses, police sources said. Police said the suspects...
  
  

• Fur-ever home: Dogs destined for Chinese meat trade land in NYC

  (by Laura Italiano, Georgett Roberts for The New York Post 7 hours ago)
  These pups got a new leash on life.
  
  

• Brooklyn merchants urge Gov. Cuomo to avoid broad COVID-19 shutdown

  (by Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan for The New York Post 7 hours ago)
  Brooklyn’s largest merchants’ group urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo Friday to avoid imposing drastic citywide restrictions to tame a second wave of COVID-19 — saying such a clampdown will put teetering firms out of business. “On the eve of Small Business Saturday when we are encouraging New Yorkers to shop local and support neighborhood businesses, we’re...
  
  

• Here’s What the Thanksgiving Parade Looked Like in Pandemic New York

  (by Jan Ransom for The New York Times 11 hours ago)
  The holiday ritual was limited to a block, with parts pretaped for television and barricades to keep people away. Still, a few curious spectators showed up.
  
  

• Cuomo Attacks Supreme Court, but Virus Ruling Is Warning to Governors

  (by Jesse McKinley and Liam Stack for The New York Times 12 hours ago)
  The court signaled that if unconstrained religious observance and public safety are sometimes at odds, then religious freedom should win out.
  
  

• As Qaeda Terrorist Leaves Prison, Victims’ Families Relive the Pain

  (by Benjamin Weiser for The New York Times 14 hours ago)
  The release of Adel Abdel Bary, 60, after 21 years of incarceration has left relatives of some bombing victims uneasy.
  
  

• Trump’s Final Cruelty: Executing Prisoners

  (by E. Tammy Kim for The New Yorker 2 days, 20 hours ago)
  Despite losing the election, the Administration plans to put Brandon Bernard and four other federal prisoners to death.
  

• Is College Football Making the Pandemic Worse?

  (by Louisa Thomas for The New Yorker 2 days, 20 hours ago)
  The game has a remarkable power to bring people together. Right now, that’s a problem.
  

• Trump and a Lesson in How Coups Fail

  (by Amy Davidson Sorkin for The New Yorker 3 days, 7 hours ago)
  In countries without free elections, fraud and coercion regularly make a difference. But that’s not the country we have, and it’s not the election we had.