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1 hari yang lalu · The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall (241 m) residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.Designed by Cass Gilbert, it was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1930, and remains one of the 100 tallest buildings in the United States as of 2024.. The Woolworth Building is bounded by Broadway and City Hall ...
1 hari yang lalu · Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor 118 miles (190 km) eastward into the North Atlantic Ocean with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km). With a land area of 1,401 square miles (3,630 km 2), it is ...
18 jam yang lalu · Alaska (⫽ ə ˈ l æ s k ə ⫽ ⓘ ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.It is in the Western United States region. The only other non-contiguous U.S. state is Hawaii.Alaska is also considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost (the Aleutian Islands cross the antimeridian into the eastern hemisphere) state in the United States.
1 hari yang lalu · The new Northern Ireland secretary, Hilary Benn, also denied there was a case for a border poll on the island of Ireland after Sinn Fein became the largest Northern Irish party at Westminster.
1 hari yang lalu · The U.S. healthcare system has been the subject of significant political debate and reform efforts, particularly in the areas of healthcare costs, insurance coverage, and the quality of care. Legislation such as the Affordable Care Act of 2010 has sought to address some of these issues, though challenges remain.
18 jam yang lalu · Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African American to serve on the Supreme Court and has ...
1 hari yang lalu · John Witherspoon, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), ... tending to the soldiers' wounds and buying and selling goods for them. ... some states, such as New York and New Jersey, where slavery was more widespread, passed laws by the end of the 18th century to abolish slavery by a gradual method. ...
