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Police seeking 2 suspects in Crown Heights mass shooting at hookah lounge

Police seeking 2 suspects in Crown Heights mass shooting at hookah lounge

Police said Monday they were looking for two suspects in the mass shooting at a hookah lounge in Crown Heights that killed three men and injured 11 other people early Sunday, and had yet to announce any arrests in the case. NYPD officials said they believed four people fired shots at Taste of the City Lounge at Franklin Avenue and …

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11 people shot, 3 killed at Taste of the City Lounge

11 people shot, 3 killed at Taste of the City Lounge

NEW YORK — Three people have been killed and another eight people injured in an overnight shooting at a club in Brooklyn, New York City police said early Sunday. The shooting took place at the “Taste Of The City Lounge” on Franklin Ave in the Crown Heights neighborhood, New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told a news conference. There …

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Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

That’s why the declining pleasure of the airport lounge resonates for a deeper reason: it’s a metaphor for the declining prospects of the upper middle class in an age of “elite overproduction,” which argues that certain societies grow so rich and successful that they produce too many people of premium education for the number of premium jobs—or premium experiences—that the …

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Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

Delta’s struggles with the airport lounge and the angst of the upper middle class in the age of ‘elite overproduction,’ explained

Delta Air Lines is having a good 2025, reporting strong second-quarter earnings and reinstating its April profit guidance, leading to a substantial stock bump (up roughly 16% from June to July). True, its guidance is down from its January projections, but it’s weathering the storm of the tricky global economy well, maintaining its status as America’s leading premium airline. As …

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