Surveillance cameras caught several men emerging from sewer openings in Brooklyn over recent weeks, prompting online speculation and an official NYPD inquiry.
Several men were filmed emerging from Brooklyn manholes over recent weeks.
NYPD opened an investigation; no charges have been filed.
Urban exploration is considered the most plausible explanation by investigators.
The American diplomat who told the UN Security Council that the US would defend "every square inch of NATO territory" fled communist Romania and was granted political asylum in the United States.
He was born in Romania and fled the country during the communist regime.
He obtained political asylum in the US and rose to become ambassador to the UN Security Council.
He declared that the US would defend every square inch of NATO territory.
The 600-metre underground passage had electricity, ventilation and a rail system — and had already been used to move tens of millions of dollars worth of drugs.
A 600-metre tunnel with electricity, ventilation and a rail system was found on the US-Mexico border.
Cocaine worth over $45 million had been moved through the passage.
The tunnel's infrastructure points to an industrial-scale, long-running trafficking operation.
The French economist co-authors a Social Justice Report due Thursday, arguing all countries' incomes could reach the level of wealthy nations within this century.
Piketty co-authors a Social Justice Report to be published Thursday.
The proposal targets convergence of global incomes toward wealthy-country levels by 2100.
Concrete mechanisms for reaching that goal have not been publicly detailed.