At an oval table, Times editors argue to get articles from their sections onto Page 1. As the news of the day changes, the selection does, too.

Annual school spending has risen to $22 billion under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. But critics say the Education Department needs to be more accountable.

Under the Bloomberg administration, annual school spending has risen to $22 billion. But critics say the Education Department needs to be more accountable.

Under the Bloomberg administration, annual school spending has risen to $22 billion. But critics say the Education Department needs to be more accountable.

The rain on Tuesday left the city close to setting a record for the month. Seattle, meanwhile, has had a sunny spell.

Under the Bloomberg administration, annual school spending has risen to $22 billion. But critics say the Education Department needs to be more accountable.

Independence Day, actually Saturday, July 4, will be observed.

The officers were rushing to help a colleague when their car collided with a Cadillac and struck pedestrians on a sidewalk, the police and witnesses said.

The pedestrian areas of Broadway in Times Square are viewed by some as shoddy, sedentary and unworthy of New York, while others see them as oases of calm.

After a Republican briefly entered the Senate chamber, the Democrats gaveled the body into session and passed a flurry of bills, all of them contested by the Republicans.