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She Turned in Her ‘Star Trek’ License Plates, but the Tickets Kept Coming

21 December 2024 at 06:37
Beda Koorey, 75, returned personalized plates inspired by the identifying tag on the U.S.S. Enterprise to New York State in 2020. She has since been inundated with tickets for others who used the same tag.

© Elaine Thompson/Associated Press

A Long Island woman had the letters and digits “NCC 1701” on her plates, as in the U.S.S. Enterprise starship, because her former husband was a fan of the science fiction series Star Trek.

How the Climate Crisis Became an Insurance Crisis

20 December 2024 at 03:42
Even in formerly low-risk areas, home insurers are raising premiums and ending coverage. The upheaval could push down home values and reverberate through the economy.

© Paul Ratje for The New York Times

Homes on the outskirts of Silver City, N.M., an area of unusually high insurance denial rates because of wildfire risk.
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