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NEW YORK — Airbnb sued New York City on Thursday over an ordinance that the company says imposes arbitrary restrictions that would greatly reduce the local supply of short-term rentals. The 2022 ordinance, which the city plans to begin enforcing…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A children’s slide, bulbous and bright-colored, snakes down to a rectangle of synthetic grass. The playground, which consists of little else, is empty. It’s a paltry scene that could belong anywhere…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The death of Stephen Sondheim, in 2021, left a rupture in the theatre world, and especially the musical-theatre world, deeper and more profound than any other artist’s passing could. Sondheim had…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The mystery of religious faith gets a ferocious and deeply contextualized workout in Abel Ferrara’s latest film, “Padre Pio,” which opens Friday. It’s an idiosyncratic not-quite bio-pic of the controversial Italian…
MILAN — The city of Florence on Thursday announced an immediate ban on new short-term private vacation rentals in the Renaissance city’s historic center, part of an effort to draw full-time residents back to one of Italy’s most popular tourist…
BERLIN — Figures released Thursday by German police showed a sharp increase in the number of violent attacks on climate protesters in Berlin recorded this year compared with 2022. Police in the capital said they opened 66 investigations into motorists…
