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Governor, NYC health commissioner recommend masks indoors
NEW YORK (AP) — The governor and New York City’s health commissioner are urging people to wear masks in indoor public settings as scientists work to learn more about the newly identified omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that the state won’t be “defenseless” if everyone wears masks indoors, gets…
US Rep. Tom Suozzi says he’s running for New York governor
NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi is joining a competitive primary race for New York governor that became wide open when Andrew Cuomo resigned. Suozzi told reporters at a virtual news conference Monday that he’s jumping into the 2022 race. The 59-year-old congressman from Long Island has said for months he’s been…
Feds ask ships to slow down to protect rare whales near Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected a rare species of whale southeast of New York City, and the federal government is using a voluntary protected zone to try to keep them safe. The whales are North Atlantic right whales. There are fewer than 350 of them left. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said…
Maxwell, Epstein were ‘partners in crime,’ prosecutor says
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffrey Epstein were partners in crime in the sexual abuse of teenage girls. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told the New York jury in opening statements Monday at Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial that she is accused of recruiting and grooming girls for the…
Mets get Scherzer
Mets get Scherzer UNDATED (AP) — The New York Mets have made a very big move toward rebuilding their starting rotation. A person familiar with the negotiations who tells The Associated Press that Max Scherzer has agreed to a three-year, $130 million contract with the Mets, subject to a successful physical. The $43.33 million average…
Merriam-Webster chooses vaccine as the 2021 word of the year
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year. Peter Sokolowski, editor at large for the dictionary company, tells The Associated Press that lookups for the word vaccine increased 601% over 2020. Even more telling, searches on the Merriam-Webster website increased by 1,048% over 2019, before…
PD: Suspects sought in explosion
Babylon, NY- Did you hear a loud bang on Sunday morning? Some south shore Long Island residents reported they felt their home shake on Sunday morning around 11am and police in Suffolk, say that loud bang, was from a device that was detonated on Fox Island, a barrier island in the Great South Bay. Officials…
CDC details on Omicron variant
(AP) — You’ve probably heard a lot about the new coronavirus variant. But if you want to read about it, you can get the latest on what U.S. officials know about it. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a new release on the omicron variant on its website — and some general hints…
Stage set for Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Two years after Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide behind bars, a jury is set to be picked Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s puppet or accomplice? Maxwell is accused of acting as Epstein’s chief enabler, recruiting…
NY prepares for new COVID-19 variant
East Farmingdale, NY- New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, said she’s preparing for the arrival of the omicron COVID-19 variant. Gov. Hochul, took took steps Friday to expand hospital capacity in New York State and declared a Disaster State of Emergency which goes into effect on Friday, December 3, 2021. The new protocols including hospitals…
NFL defensive great Michael Strahan to be next space tourist
NEW YORK (AP) “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan is going to space next month. Strahan, who turned 50 on Sunday, will join Laura Shepard Churchley, the eldest daughter of astronaut Alan Shepard, on the Dec. 9 mission aboard the New Shepard, a spacecraft named after her father and the first American in space. The…
Officials: Brian Laundrie fatally shot himself in the head
MIAMI (AP) — Brian Laundrie, who was found dead last month in a Florida swamp, shot himself in the head, officials announced Tuesday. Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt for more than a month as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend, Gabby Petito, during their cross-country van trip together.…