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The president, who had called for American withdrawal from Afghanistan before he took office, in the end accepted a “big military” approach as the only viable option.

The president embraced deepened American involvement in a nearly 16-year-old war, but he did not say how many troops would be committed or how he would judge success.

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

League owners appear satisfied enough with Commissioner Roger Goodell’s stewardship of the league to give him an extension.

Younes Abouyaaqoub, 22, had been the target of an international search. He was shot in Subirats, a village west of Barcelona.

Brooklynites poured outside to view the partial solar eclipse as it hit the city Tuesday afternoon. Although the boro wasn't in the path of the total eclipse, Brooklynites were still treated to a partial eclipse -- about 70 percent of the sun’s visible disk was covered. Some viewers took the warnings to… Read More > […]

A homeowner is doing some homework before replacing their garage doors and is wondering what style of doors other homeowners have installed within a historic district. In addition to reviewing the Landmarks Preservation Commission's guidelines, what other sources might be of help in determining the correct style of doors for… Read More > The post […]

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Here's a three-family standalone in Sheepshead Bay that needs work, but ought to polish up nicely. It's a turreted Queen Anne with a fetching exterior at 2117 Voorhies Avenue, within short strolling distance of the neighborhood's eponymous body of water. There's no floorplan, so it's anyone's guess how the house is… Read More > The […]

At the intersection of Woodpoint Road and Conseylea Street in Williamsburg sits a 20th century curiosity built on a tiny plot of ground with a centuries-old significance in the history of Brooklyn. The Vito Abate grotto at 219 Woodpoint Road was built in the late 1930s as a religious shrine… Read More > The post […]