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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…
Trial set for MS-13 associate charged in deaths of 4 men
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A federal jury will hear opening statements next week in the trial of a Long Island woman accused of luring four young men to their slaughter by more than a dozen members of the MS-13 street gang. The racketeering trial of Leniz Escobar begins Monday on Long Island. Prosecutors say…
Horse rescued from Bohemia swimming pool
Bohemia, NY- A 3-year-old horse named Penny, was rescued from a Bohemia swimming pool over the weekend. On Saturday just before 8am, Suffolk County Police say they responded to a 9-1-1 call at a home on Pond Road after the homeowners said one of their horses, got stuck in their pool’s cover. Fifth Precinct officers,…
LI Doctor sentenced to prison for pandemic funds fraud
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island doctor has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison for fraudulently getting $3.7 million in pandemic relief loans. Authorities say between March and July 2020, Dr. Konstantinos Zarkadas used false information in applying for at least 11 loans from the federal government. They say…