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NY attorney general Letitia James ends run for governor
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James has suspended her campaign for governor, saying she will run for reelection to her current position. The Democrat said in a statement Thursday that she needs to continue her work as attorney general, citing “a number of important investigations and cases” underway. James oversaw an…
PD: 2 unknown adults boarded a bus filled with kids
Holbrook, NY- Police on Long Island are investing how and why, two adults were able to board an occupied school bus on Wednesday morning. Suffolk County Police say an adult male and female, boarded a school bus in Holbrook that was transporting students to Sachem North High School. Police say the unidentified individuals boarded the…
Police investigate fatal crash on Rt 110
Farmingdale, NY- Suffolk County Police are investigating an early morning fatal crash on Route 110. Police say they got a call of an accident on Rt 110, just after 4am on Thursday morning. The accident involving a vehicle and a truck took the life of an adult man. A portion of the roadway was closed…
Cash payments to teen girls described at Maxwell trial
NEW YORK (AP) — A former boyfriend of a woman who says she was paid to give sexual favors to Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 corroborated parts of her account at the sex trafficking trial of the millionaire’s longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell. The man said Wednesday on multiple occasions in the early 2000s he…
Allergan settles for $200M with New York over opioids
NEW YORK (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Allergan Finance LLC will pay $200 million to New York state and two of its counties as part of an agreement that removes it from an ongoing state lawsuit over the opioid crisis. In the agreement, Allergan did not admit to any liability. In a statement, the company said…
Vaccine makers racing to update COVID shots, just in case
(AP)- Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against omicron even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case. Experts doubt today’s vaccines will become useless, and the first hints this week suggested vaccines likely do offer some protection against the newest variant threat. But further tests are underway to tell…
COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully vaccinated people, but cases and hospitalizations are still spiking, even in highly immunized pockets of the country like New England. The situation is not as dire as last year’s post-holiday surge before the public had any access to vaccines,…
Giant Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters set afire
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man is facing charges including arson for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The artificial tree outside of the News Corp. building that houses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post caught fire shortly…
Help for New York homeowners struggling from pandemic
East Farmingdale, NY- There will soon be help for homeowners in New York State who are struggling because of the pandemic. Starting on January 3, 2022, New York State will begin accepting applications for the New York State Homeowner Assistance fund. The NYSHA is a federally funded program which can help homeowners with things like…
Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers says the British socialite once felt her naked 14-year-old body before telling her it would be a “great body” for financier Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. The witness was identified only by her first name, Carolyn, and took the witness stand on Tuesday. She became the…
Man, 74, accused of sending threatening anti-LGBTQ letters
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man is accused of sending violent, threatening letters to LGBTQ groups for several years. Robert Fehring, 74, of Bayport, New York, is accused in a federal criminal complaint of sending the letters as far back as 2013 and as recently as June. Fehring’s attorney, Glenn Obedin, says…
Publisher scraps plans to release book by Chris Cuomo
NEW YORK (AP) — A planned book by Chris Cuomo has been canceled as fallout continues for the former CNN host who had privately helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, respond to sexual harassment allegations. A spokesperson for Custom House, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that…