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In mourning yet again, NYC prepares to honor fallen officer
NEW YORK (AP) — A city reeling from a spate of violence is preparing to lay to rest a rookie police officer killed last week. He’s being hailed as an inspiration to his immigrant community, as investigators sought to make sense of a domestic dispute that left another officer “fighting for his life.” Funeral services…
NY expands absentee voting after defeat of ballot measure
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers can again choose to vote by absentee rather than face the risk of catching COVID-19 at polling sites through the rest of 2022 under a bill that Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Friday. The bill’s passage comes months after voters in November defeated two proposed constitutional amendments expanding voting rights.…
New York mobile sports bets top $600M in 2 weeks, rival NJ
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New York sportsbooks took more than $600 million worth of bets from phones or computers in the first two weeks of the activity being legal this month. Figures posted Friday by the New York State Gaming Commission show the four currently operating mobile books — FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars and Rush…
Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally
NEW YORK (AP) — “Superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. That’s according to new research that suggests antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year. The new estimate was published Thursday in the medical journal Lancet. It is not a complete count of deaths. Instead,…
Meat Loaf, ‘Bat Out of Hell’ rock superstar, dies at 74
NEW YORK (AP) — Meat Loaf, the rock superstar loved by millions for his “Bat Out of Hell” album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” has died at age 74. A family statement provided by his longtime agent says the singer born…
Ghislaine Maxwell requests new trial after juror interviews
NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. In a Wednesday letter to U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan, Maxwell lawyer Bobbi Sternheim said the motion for a new trial had been filed under seal and requested that all submissions…
PD: LI Nanny stole over $15k in jewelry
(Smithtown, NY)- A Long Island family says the woman they hired to watch their children, took more than $15,000 in jewelry from the families home. Suffolk County Police say Amparo Hoyos Garcia, 69, of Patchogue worked for the family on Grassy Pond Drive in Smithtown and took items from the home between December 22, 2021…
Amazon to open clothing store in mall
NEW YORK (AP) — These days, many of us shop on Amazon instead of going to a mall. Now, in one case anyway, you can shop at Amazon at a mall. The online retailing giant plans to open a clothing store in Southern California later this year. It’s the latest foray into brick-and-mortar for Amazon,…
Rating upgrade clears way for $10B Hudson tunnel project
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal regulators have given a key approval to a $10 billion project to build a new train tunnel under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. The Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday it had upgraded the project’s rating. That makes it eligible to pursue federal grants. The widely anticipated…
NWS: Winter Weather Advisory for Long Island
East Farmingdale, NY- The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Long Island in effect through 1pm on Thursday. Forecasters predict areas in Nassau and Suffolk Counties could see one to three inches of snow which might make for dangerous travel conditions. Afternoon temperatures are expected to drop below freezing and create…
US jobless claims rise to 286,000, highest since October
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three months as the fast-spreading omicron variant disrupted the job market. Jobless claims rose for the third straight week — by 55,000 to 286,000, highest since mid-October, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which…
Hochul nabs biggest haul of 2022 gubernatorial field
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Kathy Hochul has raised nearly $22 million for her election campaign, a huge sum that gives her a dominating advantage over a narrowing field of opponents in the Democratic primary. Hochul’s haul dwarfs her closest competitors among both Democrats and Republicans, according to campaign finance filings Tuesday. Democratic U.S. Rep.…