New York Headlines

• New 'Omicron' Variant Stokes Concern but Vaccines May Still Work

  (by Carl Zimmer for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  The Omicron variant carries worrisome mutations that may let it evade antibodies, scientists said. But it will take more research to know how it fares against vaccinated people.
  
  

• Omicron Variant Prompts Travel Bans and Batters World Markets

  (by Richard Pérez-Peña and Jason Horowitz for The New York Times 2 hours ago)
  Scientists do not yet know how dangerous the new Omicron variant is, but its many mutations set off alarms, lowering hopes of putting the pandemic in the past.
  
  

• Covid Live Updates: Biden Moves to Restrict Travel from Southern Africa

  (by The New York Times for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  Scientists will meet with W.H.O. experts about a concerning variant as several countries have already restricted travel from the region. Here’s the latest.
  
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• NYC teen stabbed in face after being jumped by three attackers

  (by Larry Celona, Jesse O’Neill for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  A 14-year-old was jumped by three men at Broadway and 41st Avenue in Elmhurst on Friday evening.
  
  

• Fans erect memorial outside Stephen Sondheim Theatre after death of Broadway legend

  (by Steven Vago, Patrick Reilly for The New York Post 3 hours ago)
  Broadway lovers made a makeshift memorial in front of the Stephen Sondheim Theatre on West 43rd Street.
  
  

• Second NYPD cop shot in melee with armed suspect released from hospital

  (by Jesse O’Neill for The New York Post 4 hours ago)
  Officer Robert Holmes, 31, the second NYPD cop wounded during a melee with an armed suspect in The Bronx, was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon, two days after the shooting.
  
  

• After Murders ‘Doubled Overnight,’ the N.Y.P.D. Is Solving Fewer Cases

  (by Ali Watkins for The New York Times 15 hours ago)
  In the Bronx, where the percentage of murders solved by the police has plunged, one family is waiting impatiently for a day that may not come.
  
  

• Young New Yorkers Discover Manhattan's Classic Cocktail Bars

  (by Alyson Krueger for The New York Times 17 hours ago)
  Bemelmans Bar now has bouncers. And at the Rainbow Room, a post-punk after party.
  
  

• A Parade Returns to a City Thankful for Normal

  (by Sarah Maslin Nir for The New York Times 1 day, 11 hours ago)
  About 4,500 volunteers wrangled giant balloons and threw confetti into a crowd excited to see the annual parade in person.
  
  

• Reëxamining the Legacy of Race and Robert E. Lee

  (by Isaac Chotiner for The New Yorker 2 days, 15 hours ago)
  The historian Allen C. Guelzo believes that the Confederate general deserves a more compassionate reading.
  

• Andrew Cuomo’s Downfall Began with a Book Deal

  (by Eric Lach for The New Yorker 3 days, 8 hours ago)
  A new report details how the former New York governor forced aides to work on his lucrative pandemic memoir, and how that scandal connects to the others that brought him down.
  

• Why Russia Hasn’t Cracked Down on COVID-19

  (by Joshua Yaffa for The New Yorker 3 days, 10 hours ago)
  The country’s fragile political climate has repeatedly undermined its response to the pandemic.