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One-third of the New York area’s population of people living in poverty reside outside New York and Newark, a Brookings Institution study found. More »Suburbs Are Home to Growing Share of Region’s Poor

Karen J. Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham, believes that by holding prisoners indefinitely at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the United States has “turned its legal premises … More »Vexed by Terrorism, Trials and Guantánamo, and Bearing Witness

Parents and testing skeptics say that field-test results, which have no consequences for students or teachers, turn classrooms into focus groups add more stress to an anxiety-filled process. More »To Sharpen Student Testing, Another Round of Tests

A young man screamed antigay slurs at another man before killing him on Friday night in Greenwich Village. On Sunday, the suspect was charged with murder. More »Killing in Greenwich Village Looks Like Hate Crime, Police Say

Despite Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez’s plans to resign over accusations of sexual harassment, the scrutiny of the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, and his handling of the allegations is not over. More »Lopez Resigns, but Scrutiny of Silver Continues

Lottery numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. More »Lottery Numbers for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

D’aja Robinson, 14, was killed after nine bullets struck a Q6 bus on Saturday night as she returned home from a birthday party. More »Queens Girl Fatally Shot on Bus Wasn’t Target, Police Say

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut urged commuters to stay home Monday if possible rather than face crowded, rainy highways around Fairfield. More »Delays From Connecticut Rail Crash Likely to Last Days

An officer’s decision to enter a home in Uniondale, N.Y., and open fire, killing a gunman and a student being held hostage, may have eliminated the opportunity to negotiate with the gunman, some experts … More »In Decision to Enter Home Near Hofstra, a Life-or-Death Calculation

The man who broke into a home near Hofstra University on Friday, and was killed in a shootout with police that also left a college student dead, was wanted for violating his parole. More »Suspect in Hofstra Home Invasion Had Extensive Criminal Record

Dennis M. Walcott suggested on Saturday that the school system was at risk of falling into disarray in the hands of a new mayor. More »Walcott Criticizes Calls to Reverse School Reforms

Train service through Connecticut will be suspended into the beginning of the week, the authorities said Saturday, as investigators seek the cause of a train derailment. More »Train Service in Connecticut to Remain Suspended

A US Airways aircraft carrying 34 people had inoperable landing gear and had to land without its wheels; no injuries were reported. More »Plane Makes Belly Landing at Newark Airport

The filmmaker Ken Jacobs, inspired by action painting and his years as a cinema professor, is seeing his work celebrated as he turns 80. More »Ken Jacobs and His Films Feted in 80th-Birthday Tributes

Watch Bringing Back the Sand video online. News and opinion video from The NYTimes including breaking news, investigative reporting, national and international coverage. Style and celebrity video. More »Calls for Change

The inaugural Montclair Food and Wine Festival takes place on June 1 and 2 at the Woman’s Club of Upper Montclair, with a “grand tasting” the first night and a gala dinner the second. More »The First Montclair Food and Wine Festival is a Fest for Local Tastes

A guide to cultural and recreational events in New Jersey. More »Events in New Jersey

An exhibition about the history of the hard-hit community of Greek Sephardic Jews is at the Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, N.Y. More »Review of Exhibition on Jews in Greece During the Holocaust in Glen Cove

A guide to cultural and recreational events in Connecticut. More »Events in Connecticut

“Good News!” a 1927 musical comedy adapted Jeremy Desmon and being presented at the Goodspeed Opera House, combines all the trademarks of shows from that era. More »A Review of ‘Good News!’ in East Haddam

A guide to cultural and recreational events in the Hudson Valley. More »Events in Westchester

“Artists in the Archives,” at the Greenburgh Public Library, revitalizes the antiquated card catalogs by filling them with art. More »‘Artists in the Archives,’ at Greenburgh Public Library in Elmsford

Answering a question about an African-American holiday called Pinkster that was once celebrated in New York. More »Answers to Questions About New York