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Airlines cancel more than 3,500 US flights over weekend
(AP)- Airlines have canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights this weekend and delayed thousands more, citing bad weather in Florida and other issues. FlightAware, a website that tracks flights, noted major disruptions at several Florida airports, including Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Orlando, as well as Baltimore and other airports around the country. JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska…
Cops corral slippery seal on jaunt through East End town
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — A wayward seal has been captured after an early morning foray through a Long Island town. Police in Southampton say they received a call at approximately 6:30 a.m. Sunday from a person who saw the roving mammal, later identified as a phocid, or earless seal, in the parking lot of a…
PD: Woman dies after being shot multiple times inside parking garage
New Hyde Park, NY- A 33-year-old woman died Thursday afternoon after police say she was shot shot multiple times inside a parking garage in Nassau County. Officials say they got a report of gunshots fired in the lower parking garage area of 1999 Marcus Avenue and upon arrival they found a victim with multiple gunshot…
Oscars producer says police offered to arrest Will Smith
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Oscars producer Will Packer says Los Angeles police were ready to arrest Will Smith after Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Academy Awards. In a clip released Thursday of an interview with “Good Morning America,” Packer says police called the incident battery and laid out the options for Rock. But Packer…
A Long Island mom was injured in crash while helping her son with his broken down car
Selden, NY- A Long Island mom was transported to the hospital Thursday night after an alleged drunk driver, pinned her in between her and her son’s vehicle. The accident happened on the side of Boyle Road in Selden around 10pm. Police say the mom, identified as Nancy Mortello, 51, of Selden, was helping her son,…
Pandemic took a toll on teen mental health, US study says
NEW YORK (AP) — New research says more than 4 in 10 U.S. high school students said they felt persistently sad or hopeless during the pandemic. The findings support earlier warnings that pandemic isolation from school closures and lack of social gatherings has taken a toll on young people’s mental health. The Centers for Disease…
Judge rejects New York’s redistricting plan, orders new maps
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered New York’s Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts after finding they were unconstitutional. Judge Patrick McAllister said in a Thursday ruling that maps redrawing the state’s congressional districts were gerrymandered to benefit Democrats. McAllister, a state trial court judge, said those districts must…
2 businesses closed & 2 arrested after inspections
Wyandanch, NY-Two people were arrested in Wyandanch on Wednesday and two businesses were forced to close after Code Compliance Inspections found the businesses were not up to several fire codes and employees sold e-cigarettes to minors. Suffolk County Police Department say the Fifth Precinct, along with Community Support Unit officers and the Town of Babylon…
Biden planning to tap oil reserve to control gas prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve in a bid to control energy prices. That’s according to two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview it. Prices…
UN report: Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Population Fund says new research shows that nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide — 121 million annually — are unintended, which it calls “a neglected crisis.” In its annual report released Wednesday, the fund says over 60% of unintended pregnancies end in abortion and an estimated 45% of abortions…
DNC, Clinton campaign agree to Steele dossier funding fine
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee have agreed to pay $113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation. The probe is into whether they violated campaign finance law by misreporting spending on research that eventually became the infamous Steele dossier. Word of the settlement comes from documents…
Grassroots labor group takes on Amazon in NYC union fight
NEW YORK (AP) — An independent group formed by former and current Amazon workers is trying to unionize a company warehouse in New York City. If successful, the effort at the Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island could lead to the first unionized Amazon facility in the U.S. Workers will determine whether or not they…