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MLB players vote to end lockout, salvaging 162-game season
NEW YORK (AP) — There will be a Major League Baseball season. Players have voted to accept management’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season. Owners were unanimous in their approval of the package, which still needs ratification by all players.…
New York closes 6 state prisons as inmate numbers drop
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Six correctional facilities in upstate New York are closing as the number of inmates drops across the state prison system. The closings on Thursday were first announced in November and were expected to save $142 million. The facilities scheduled to close at the end of the business day were: Ogdensburg Correctional…
NYC revival plan includes tourism, clean streets, pot sales
NEW YORK (AP) — After two years of the pandemic battering New York City, Mayor Eric Adams is hoping to steer his city toward an economic revival by luring tourists back, beautifying the streets and embracing New York’s looming legal pot industry. Adams is a Democrat who was elected last year on a pro-business, anti-crime…
Senate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies. The money hitched a ride on a $1.5 trillion, government-wide spending bill that’s five months late but loaded with political prizes for both parties. Senate passage Thursday…
Strike on Ukrainian hospital that killed 3 draws outrage
MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian airstrike on a Mariupol maternity hospital that killed three people drew outrage on Thursday. Ukrainian and British officials branded it a war crime. As efforts to reach a broad cease-fire failed, emergency workers renewed efforts to get vital food and medical supplies into besieged cities. And to get traumatized…
MLB cuts another week off schedule as both sides fail to come to an agreement
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has chopped off another week of the upcoming season with the lockout in its 98th day. The decision means the season won’t begin until April 14 at the earliest and comes after differences narrowed on the three most contentious economic items under discussion. Management Wednesday gave the union…
States calling for gas tax relief
UNDATED (AP) — With gas prices at record highs across the U.S., a growing number of governors and state lawmakers are calling for the suspension of gas taxes. They say cutting federal and state levies at the pump could provide relief to motorists facing the prospect of even higher pump prices as the country cuts…
Charles Entenmann, who helped expand family’s bakery, dies
BAY SHORE, N.Y. (AP) — Charles Edward Entenmann, who helped turn his family’s New York-based bakery into a national brand, has died at age 92. Entenmann died Feb. 24 in Hialeah. His son, Charles William Entenmann, confirmed the death to Newsday. Charles E. Entenmann was a grandson of William Entenmann, a German immigrant who founded…
1st NY pot sales permits will go to people with convictions
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The first licenses to sell recreational marijuana in New York will go to people who were casualties of the war on drugs. State officials said Wednesday that people with marijuana-related convictions will get dibs on the first 100 to 200 retail cannabis licenses awarded by the New York. It’s part of…
MLB, union bargain for 16 1/2 hours, recess until morning
NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League Baseball spent 16 1/2 hours bargaining, then recessed talks until this morning as Commissioner Rob Manfred let his deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season pass. Shortly after 3 a.m. on the 98th day of the lockout, MLB said no additional games…
Congress passes legislation to give Postal Service a boost
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has passed legislation that would shore up the U.S. Postal Service and ensure six-day-a-week mail delivery. The measure goes on to President Joe Biden for him to sign into law. The long-fought postal overhaul has been years in the making and comes amid widespread complaints about mail service slowdowns. Many Americans…
Feds say NY Russian Center founder charged as foreign agent
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve charged a woman who has Russian and U.S. citizenships with subverting laws requiring foreign agents to register with the U.S. government. The woman founded what prosecutors described as “Russian propaganda center” in New York City. The charges against Elena Branson were unsealed in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.…