Rick Hampson
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New York, NY, United States
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We just said goodbye to my childhood home. Here's its obituary
This year we sold the house I grew up in. It felt like selling a member of the family. → Read More
Loved and Lost: Bill Scholts was a grocery manager who always had something planned
He worked 50-hour weeks as a grocery manager at ShopRite. He loved to cook, especially grilling. He often volunteered to babysit the grandkids. → Read More
Loved and Lost: If you ran into Closter janitor Pete McDonnell, your days were brighter
McDonnell, who worked in Closter schools, breached class system and befriended many teachers who he took under his wing. → Read More
Loved and Lost: Bob Ryder had Whitney Houston as a client. But a church was his passion.
Ryder was an accountant with an international practice. But his passion was rebuilding Englewood's First Presbyterian Church -- and rebuilding it again. → Read More
Loved and Lost: Jean Thomas, dry cleaner employee
Thomas was generous with his pound cake, his inspirational Facebook messages and his music. On that front, he enjoyed a rare pleasure - being rediscovered. → Read More
Loved and Lost: Marion Luglio was a single mom who pulled double duty for her only son
The single parent from Hoboken taught her son to catch a ball and ride a bike. He showed his appreciation by giving her a Father's Day card. → Read More
Loved and Lost: John Brennan, trainer whose horse took him to harness racing's biggest event
Brennan, the first New Jerseyan to die from coronavirus, invested in a horse that reached the Hambeltonian, harness racing's biggest event. → Read More
NJ assemblywoman joins coronavirus mask-sewing brigade
With the state’s Assembly chambers closed, state Assemblywoman Nancy Munoz of Summit has been putting her sewing machine through the paces. → Read More
How an accidental encounter brought slavery to the United States
Slavery's arrival in the United States happened by accident, but its arrival created a thriving tobacco industry and fueled the Industrial Revolution. → Read More
The founding family you’ve never heard of: The black Tuckers of Hampton, Virginia
An ancient cemetery. A glimpse of black history, hidden for centuries. Why a baby named William and the year 1619 mean it all to the Tucker family. → Read More
West Virginia teachers went on strike a year ago, starting a movement. But what did they get out of it?
“Curious if there are any talks of striking.’’ How a W.Va. teacher's Facebook post started a national movement -- and why teachers struck again this week → Read More
World War I was not the 'war to end all war,' but it was the beginning of the end
The worst prediction of the last century -- that World War I was "the war to end all war'' -- looks better in this one. → Read More
Fleeing Hurricane Florence: Easier said than done on 'last good day to evacuate'
Canceled flights, jammed highways, unwelcome pets and many other problems make fleeing Hurricane Florence a trial. → Read More
Scandal: Cohen charge against Trump recalls Nixon and Watergate, Clinton and Lewinsky
Trump and two predecessors may have forgotten a rule of politics: It's often not the obvious things that trip you up, but the peripheral ones. → Read More
Scandal: Cohen charge against Trump recalls Nixon and Watergate, Clinton and Lewinsky
Trump and two predecessors may have forgotten a rule of politics: It's often not the obvious things that trip you up, but the peripheral ones. → Read More
Confederate memorials turn up faster than they can be removed a year after Charlottesville
Today the SPLC’s list of public Confederate memorials — monuments, place names, holidays and the like — is 237 entries longer, at 1,740, than in 2016. → Read More
New York City today: Slow subways, slummy projects, soaring rents
After some golden years, slow subways, deteriorating public housing and creaky rent protections add up to a crisis of confidence in New York City → Read More
Celebrating Independence Day in America's detention camps – during World War II and now
Japanese-Americans interned during World War II observed their first Independence Day in captivity with an orgy of patriotism. Which suggests that sometimes those who love America most, or desire it most, are those the nation treats most harshly. → Read More
American grad student held in Vietnam after street protest
The family of an American graduate student jailed in Vietnam a week ago for his role in an anti-government protest called on the Trump administration to ask Hanoi officials to resolve his case. Will Nguyen, 32, of Los Angeles was arrested June 10. → Read More
American grad student held in Vietnam after street protest
The family of an American graduate student jailed in Vietnam a week ago for his role in an anti-government protest called on the Trump administration to ask Hanoi officials to resolve his case. Will Nguyen, 32, of Los Angeles was arrested June 10. → Read More