New York City

WHY WE FIGHT

An 80-year-old man is dead after being struck by a car that spiraled onto the sidewalk on Park Ave. Police say “no criminality is suspected,” apparently without irony.
New York City

WHY WE FIGHT

A 13-year-old cyclist is in critical condition after being struck by a van in Brooklyn’s Borough Park. Police say “no criminality is suspected,” apparently without irony.

New York City

WHY WE FIGHT

From the Queens Times-Ledger, July 27: Bronx family had just left Nigerian gathering at Richmond Hill hall before crash Oby Okoro, the woman the NYPD identified as the driver in a gruesome accident Sunday morning in Jamaica that left five… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT

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World oil prices remain depressed despite an uptick this month, driven by the Venezuela crisis and fear of US-China trade war. Yet this month also saw Zimbabwe explode into angry protests over fuel prices. The unrest was sparked when the government doubled prices, in an effort to crack down on "rampant" illegal trading. Simultaneously, long lines at gas stations are reported across Mexico—again due to a crackdown on illegal petrol trafficking. Despite all the talk in recent years about how low oil prices are now permanent (mirrored, of course, in the similar talk 10 years ago about how high prices were permanent), the crises in Zimbabwe and Mexico may be harbingers of a coming global shock. (Photo via Amnesty International)