New York Headlines

• China’s Xi Visits Europe, Seeking Strategic Opportunity

  (by Roger Cohen and Chris Buckley for The New York Times 38 minutes ago)
  The Chinese leader has carefully chosen three countries — France, Serbia and Hungary — that to varying degrees embrace Beijing’s push for a new global order.
  
  

• China Is Buying Gold, Sending Prices to Record Highs

  (by Daisuke Wakabayashi and Claire Fu for The New York Times an hour ago)
  The global price of gold has reached its highest levels as Chinese investors and consumers, wary of real estate and stocks, buy the metal at a record pace.
  

• Donald J. Trump’s Scandals Captivate the Court, but Hush-Money Case Hangs on Dry Details

  (by Ben Protess, Jonah E. Bromwich, William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries.
  
  
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• NYC funeral home chain preyed on customers for years, once presented dead man’s body inside a plastic bag for viewing: watchdog

  (by Lauren Elkies Schram for The New York Post 6 hours ago)
  A New York City funeral home chain has been preying on grieving families with "deceptive and predatory" practices since at least 2018, according to an explosive new lawsuit filed by the city.
  
  

• Department of Corrections yanks all 3,000 body cameras after one ignites injuring officer

  (by Larry Celona, Joe Marino, Tina Moore for The New York Post 6 hours ago)
  The captain’s body camera caught on fire Friday, prompting unions to ask for a full safety review, officials said.
  
  

• Three NYC synagogues targeted with false bomb threats: police

  (by Patrick Reilly for The New York Post 7 hours ago)
  Three Manhattan synagogues received false bomb threats on Saturday, according to police.
  
  

• From Free Speech to Free Palestine: Six Decades of Student Protest

  (by Richard Fausset for The New York Times 9 hours ago)
  The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.
  
  

• Outsiders Were Among Columbia Protesters, but They Dispute Instigating Clashes

  (by Amy Julia Harris, Chelsia Rose Marcius, Nicole Hong, Joseph Goldstein and Erin Nolan for The New York Times 13 hours ago)
  City officials have blamed “external actors” for escalating demonstrations at Columbia University and elsewhere, but student protesters reject the claim.
  
  

• Eddie Gibbs Went From Prison to Politics. Now He Helps Others Get a Second Act.

  (by Jeffery C. Mays for The New York Times 22 hours ago)
  Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem has used his experience to help people reinvent themselves, including a high-flying 1990s rapper who went to prison for murder.