New York Headlines

• Caribbean Airlines passenger gives birth aboard NY-bound flight — as airport officials suggest crafty name for newborn

  (by Nicholas McEntyre for The New York Post 10 minutes ago)
  Welcome to New York!
  
  

• Inside secret SoCal lives of niece, grandniece of Iranian Gen. Soleimani before they were arrested by ICE in dramatic raid

  (by David Thompson, Daniel Farr for The New York Post an hour ago)
  The stunned Los Angeles renter of the property owned by the niece of Iranian terror mastermind Gen. Qasem Soleimani said he now realizes the mom and her daughter had been on ICE’s radar for some time before agents swooped on the quiet Tujunga home and hauled the pair away. Hamideh Soleimani Afshar, 47, and her...
  
  

• Daughter of top Iranian official ousted from Emery University after outcry has visa cancelled

  (by dfarrcap, Daniel Farr for The New York Post 2 hours ago)
  The daughter of a powerful Iranian regime insider who was forced out of Emory University after a firestorm of backlash is set to be booted from the United States completely. The daughter of a powerful Iranian regime insider. Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani, whose father is a top official in Tehran, was removed from her post at...
  
  
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• Judge Pauses Trump Demand for Student Race Data in 17 States

  (by Orlando Mayorquín for The New York Times 4 hours ago)
  The Trump administration had said it would collect data from colleges to ensure compliance with a Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action in admissions.
  
  

• Are These Crumbling New York City Housing Projects Worth Saving?

  (by Mihir Zaveri for The New York Times 11 hours ago)
  The city thinks four developments in Chelsea are too run-down to be saved, and wants to rebuild them, adding mixed-income housing. Some residents are opposed.
  
  

• ‘I Got Back Every Penny’: Inside Trump’s Supercharged Tax Season

  (by Andrew Duehren for The New York Times 20 hours ago)
  The law Republicans passed last year has so far been largely imperceptible to most Americans. That’s changing as tens of millions file their taxes this spring.
  
  

• She Wanted Her Hair Done for a Special Day. She Left the Salon in Tears.

  (by Skylar Mitchell for The New York Times 22 hours ago)
  A Black woman is pushing for changes in the hair industry after claiming in a lawsuit that she and her 7-year-old were turned away from an Ulta Beauty salon in Manhattan because of their hair texture.
  
  

• New York City’s Cherry Blossom Season Is Beginning. Here’s What to Know.

  (by Alyce McFadden and Andy Newman for The New York Times 2 days, 15 hours ago)
  There are plenty of places across the city to see cherry trees in bloom this year.