The attacks occurred in four locations, including two subway stations, and are being investigated as possible hate crimes, the police said.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/nyregion/nyc-pepper-spray-hate-crime.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Michael J. Weirsky, an unemployed New Jersey man, won the Mega Millions jackpot after losing his tickets. He was distracted by his cellphone, he said.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/nyregion/nj-lottery-winner-mike-weirsky.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

In a reversal, Maryland’s highest court said there would be no retrial for the man whose murder conviction was dissected in the hit podcast “Serial.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/adnan-syed-case-conviction.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The actor on the television series “Empire” faces 16 counts of disorderly conduct after a grand jury handed up indictments dated Thursday.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/arts/jussie-smollett-indictment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Judge T.S. Ellis III called sentencing guidelines that recommended 19 to 24 years for Paul Manafort “way out of whack,” the same way critics described the punishment Judge Ellis handed out.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/manafort-sentencing-ellis.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The groups accuse the president of caving to demands and abandoning his election promise to protect his working-class supporters from the effects of globalism.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/trump-anti-immigration-groups-betrayal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The administration wants to require public disclosure of the rates that doctors and hospitals negotiate with insurance companies, saying the idea could create competition and drive down prices.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/trump-health-care-rates.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The F.B.I. is investigating whether employees at one of the retail giant’s technology contractors got sensitive information from internal email accounts, including those of some top executives.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/business/walmart-fbi-investigation.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

“If you made a wrong move or did not do what you were supposed to do,” he said of protecting the president, “it would ruin your life.”

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/obituaries/robert-deprospero-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Unless Ms. McSally, Republican of Arizona, agrees to cooperate or new information comes to light, the Air Force cannot open an inquiry, a spokeswoman said.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/08/us/politics/martha-mcsally-sexual-assault-air-force.html?partner=rss&emc=rss