Dinner on a gold plate, then a snub: an uneven US welcome for King Charles III

Zohran Mamdani said he would not meet with UK monarch, noting 106-carat Indian diamond claimed by crown in 1849

The Guardian
How the Interborough Express Could Transform New York

The new light-rail train, linking Queens and Brooklyn, would signal a shift in the city’s center of gravity, toward one less tethered to the office towers of Midtown.

The New York Times