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Passengers pack themselves into a crowded L Train on the New York City subway system on May 5 stanley cup , 2016.William Mathis鈥擜PBy Mahita GajananJuly 25, 20 stanley cup 16 9:08 AM EDTOne of New York City busiest subway lines will shut for 18 months, city officials confirmed Monday, potentially creating havoc for hundreds of thousands of commuters and tourists. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority plans to close the tunnel that carries the L train, one of the city most crowded subway lines that runs under the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, to repair damages caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.The tunnel, which transports about 225,000 riders beneath the East River each day, will close entirely for a year and a half starting in January 2019, the New York Times reported. It the main link between Manhattan and the neighborhood of Williamsburg, whose shops, bars and restaurants have become a magnet for visitors to the city.It just one of a variety of subway sy stanley cup stems facing temporary closures across the northeastern U.S., as aging infrastructure in increasingly unable to keep up with the droves of young people moving to cities like New York, Boston and Washington D.C. who prefer mass transit.New York officials are focusing on finding alternative travel options to accommodate people, including extra subway service plans on nearby lines and a new bus and ferry service.[NYT]More Must-Reads from TIMEHow the Economy is Doing in the Swing StatesHarris Battles For th Glxi Facebook s Newest App Lets You Chat in Small Groups
A Kenya Wildlife Services ranger stands guard in front illegal stockpiles of burning elephant tusks at the Nairobi National Park on April 30, 2016Carl De Souza鈥擜FP/Getty ImagesBy Robert Hackett / FortuneMay 18, 2016 4:31 AM EDTThe illegal ivory trade has far more to do with violence than it has to do with pachyderms.For me, wildlife trafficking is not a wildlife story, itrsquo a crime story, Bryan Christy, a fellow and chief correspondent at National Geographic, jordan said at Fortunersquo Brainstorm E conference on Tuesday about his exposeacute; on the black market fo mizuno r elephant tusks.Christy, whose story appeared in a National Geographic cover story last fall, tracked the movement of the animal good around Africa to reveal how its traffickersrsquo; dealings finance terrorism in the country. He spoke about the origins of the investigation on stage during a panel titled The Ivory Wars.The first thing I adidas samba did when I talked to my team was to stop talking about elephants and to start thinking about other forms of crime, he told the audience in Carlsbad, Calif. When you want to use the word lsquo;elephant,rsquo; use the word lsquo;cocaine.rsquo; If you use the word lsquo;cocainersquo; when yoursquo;re talking about ivory, yoursquo;ll start to understandmdash;yoursquo;ll start framing this in your mind the way I want you to.Two video clips from Christyrsquo documentary film, Warlords of Ivory, were played during th |
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