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NYPD accused of collecting DNA for ‘rogue’ database
NEW YORK (AP) – The Legal Aid Society has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the New York Police Department of surreptitiously collecting genetic material from thousands of New Yorkers and storing it indefinitely in a “rogue” DNA database. According to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Manhattan on Monday, the police routinely seize DNA…
General Motors recalls 740K SUVs
DETROIT (AP) – General Motors is recalling more than 740,000 small SUVs in the U.S. because the headlight beams can be too bright and cause glare for oncoming drivers. The recall announced Tuesday comes after U.S. safety regulators turned down a request from the Detroit automaker to avoid the recall. The company is recalling GMC…
Airline offers 17-hour flights from New York to New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s flagship airline says it has started selling tickets for direct flights to and from New York. The new route will take more than 17 hours southbound and be among the longest nonstop flights in the world. Air New Zealand had intended to start the route from Auckland to…
NYC may lift rules requiring face masks for children under 5
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is preparing to lift requirements that children under age 5 wear face masks in school. Adams on Tuesday said that he will make masks optional for those in daycare and prekindergarten starting April 4 if case rates and the risk of the virus spreading remain…
Port Jefferson woman charged in shoving death of NYC singing coach
NEW YORK (AP) — A 26-year-old woman has been charged in the death of an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach who was shoved to the ground on a New York City street. Lauren Pazienza, of Port Jefferson, Long Island, turned herself in to face a manslaughter charge in the death of Barbara Maier Gustern. Gustern hit…
Biden aides to Congress: Fund COVID aid, don’t cut budget
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior administration officials say Congress should provide the $22.5 billion President Joe Biden wants for continuing the battle against COVID-19 without cutting other programs to pay for it. The officials told reporters Monday that if Republicans continue insisting that additional federal efforts to combat the pandemic must be paid for by culling…
Biden warns US companies of potential Russian cyberattacks
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden is urging U.S. companies to make sure their digital doors are locked tight because of “evolving intelligence” that Russia is considering launching cyberattacks against critical infrastructure targets as the war in Ukraine continues. Biden’s top cybersecurity aide, Anne Neuberger, expressed frustration at a White House press briefing Monday…
Trump lawyers: Judge abused discretion in forcing testimony
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers say a New York judge abused his discretion with a decision last month requiring the former president to answer questions under oath in a civil investigation into his business practices. In papers filed Monday in a state appeals court, Trump’s lawyers said Manhattan Judge Arthur Engoron failed to…
Small museum known for ground zero tours could shut in weeks
NEW YORK (AP) — An institution that has offered guided tours of the World Trade Center site since well before the national Sept. 11 museum was built is in financial trouble. Leaders say the 9/11 Tribute Museum is poised to close within weeks, unless it can find someone to provide a last-minute rescue from millions…
State official: NY doesn’t expect ‘steep surge’ from variant
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s top health official says she doesn’t expect to see a “steep surge” in COVID-19 cases as a new omicron subvariant grows more prevalent in the state. State health commissioner Mary Bassett said Monday that the variant commonly known as “stealth omicron” now represents 42% of all cases in New…
Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags in exchange for safe passage. Russian troops have surrounded and are barraging the strategic southern port city. Ukrainian officials say the Russian military hit an art school sheltering some 400 people…
Jackson, 1st Black female high court pick, faces senators
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to begin its historic confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. The 51-year-old federal judge would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. Barring a significant misstep by Jackson, Democrats who control the Senate by the slimmest of margins intend to wrap up her…