Jenna Flanagan

Some African-American women believe activities like swimming are out of the question. That’s often because they're concerned that the chemicals in chlorine will further damage already chemically processed hair.

Get ready for another round of hot, sticky, humid weather. A heat advisory is in effect until Saturday night, with temperatures expected to hover in the 90's through the weekend.

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A dead 25-foot-long baby humpback whale washed up on the eastern end of Jones Beach this morning. It's the second one since April, when a baby whale became stranded on an East Hampton beach and later died.

George Goreman, from the state Parks Department, says there's ...

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New Yorkers who may want to spend a summer afternoon in a state park will have fewer options this year. Officials are closing or reducing hours for 41 state parks and 14 historical sites starting today, two parks in the city will be affected:

Harlem residents ...

Betty White (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time Inc.)

The line outside of the NBC studios began at 7 a.m. on Thursday. It stretched halfway down 49th Street. People brought camping gear, snacks, and ...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New York to catch up to the rest of the nation with the census.

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After spending 18 months in a federal prison for fraud, Newark's former Mayor Sharpe James has returned to the city he led for 20 years. James was convicted of fraud in 2006.

James returned from Virginia on a bus last night. Rutgers History Professor Clement Price ...

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New York to catch up to the rest of the nation with the census. So far, he says, only 48 percent of New Yorkers have returned their forms, compared to 62 percent in the rest of the country.

Bloomberg says it's ...

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Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino announced on Monday that he is running for the Republican Party nomination for governor, saying that it is time to shake up politics in Albany.

Paladino says he's a proud pro-gun, pro-life and anti-gay marriage conservative. His speech reflected the anger that's ...

Asks public employees to forego a 4% raise, which takes effect today.

Amtrak service between New York City and Boston was still suspended on Thursday. It's resumed--with delays--on Friday.

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It's not raining, but travelers coming in and out of New York are still being hampered by the weather. Amtrak has suspended its Northeast Regional services between Boston and New York because of high water along the tracks east of Providence, Rhode Island. Service on ...

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When Giants Stadium in New Jersey was torn down, three teams lost their home field. The New York Giants and Jets will simply move to the adjacent Meadowlands Stadium, their new home for the 2010 season. And the New York Red Bulls will move ten ...

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The city's health department wants to grade restaurants on their sanitary inspections and require them to prominently display their grade of A, B, or C. But Robert Bookman, an attorney for the New York State Restaurant Association, calls the grading system a bad idea.

"They need ...

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A federal judge says NYPD intelligence documents must be turned over to the New York Civil Liberties Union. The documents cover the 18 months leading up to the 2004 Republican National Convention. Chris Dunn, spokesman for the NYCLU, says the Police Department's investigative tactics will ...

In their Main Streets Project, the WNYC Newsroom is following six blocks over an entire year to track how the economic downturn is being felt at street level. Main Streets editor Karen Frillman is joined by reporters Jenna Flanagan, Lisa Chow, Richard Yeh, Brigid Bergin, and Ailsa Chang to discuss ...

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Governor Paterson says lawmakers can't continue to avoid the state's $3.2 billion budget deficit. He says New York is quickly running out of money, and without deep cuts in education and healthcare, the state will end up paying huge late fees on its debts. Paterson ...

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500 public school aides are losing their jobs today, after weeks of litigation between the city and their union. Suprina Willliams, who works at P-S 223 in Jamaica, says that as a single parent with a mortgage, she's the sole wage earner, and worries there ...

The city is now set to buy nearly seven acres of land at Coney Island from a Manhattan development firm, for more than $95-million.

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While the Yankees toasted their 27th World Series, there was another celebration on the Bowery. Today is the 100th anniversary of The Bowery Mission chapel. The privately funded social service organization offers meals, shelter and rehab programs to homeless men and women.

The Homeless Services Commissioner, ...