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Donald Trump’s DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer says she will not seek to depose ex-President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of rape because she wants to speed the case toward trial. Attorney Roberta Kaplan made the revelation Tuesday in Manhattan federal court during a pretrial hearing. She said…
Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic’s first year
(AP)- Pregnancy-related deaths for U.S. mothers climbed higher in the pandemic’s first year. Government data released Wednesday show a decades-long trend that continued to disproportionately affect Black people. Overall, there were almost 24 deaths per 100,000 births in 2020. That compares with 20 per 100,000 the previous year. The numbers reflect mothers dying during pregnancy,…
New York plans cybersecurity hub to coordinate responses
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state wants to improve its cybersecurity defenses. She announced Tuesday that a new joint cybersecurity operations center will open in the coming months. She said it will unify threat assessments and responses between government agencies, critical businesses and utilities. The Brooklyn-based hub will eventually…
NY will let hemp farmers grow pot to prepare for legal sales
NEW YORK (AP) — New York is paving the way for hemp farmers to get a head start on growing marijuana for legal sales that are expected to begin next year. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday that lets hemp growers apply for two-year licenses to grow for the forthcoming legal recreational pot market. Licensees…
Man arrested in fatal shooting of student at SUNY-Potsdam
POTSDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a music education student at the State University of New York in Potsdam campus died from gunshot wounds in an apparent isolated incident. New York State Police charged a 31-year-old New York man with second-degree murder Saturday. Potsdam police responded to a report of an unconscious woman on the…
NY won’t enforce booster mandate for health care workers
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State health officials said Friday that New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages. Gov. Kathy Hochul pointed to a troubling rise in breakthrough infections when she announced the mandate in January. Her administration set a deadline…
Funeral set for firefighter who collapsed day after blaze
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Funeral arrangements are set for a New York firefighter who collapsed in his firehouse a day after battling a blaze in Queens. Jesse Gerhard was from Islip and was working out of a firehouse in Far Rockaway when he died Wednesday. A day earlier, he had helped fight a blaze in…
NYC subway safety plan gets going after a violent weekend
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s latest plan to tackle both crime and homelessness in subways is rolling into action. Police have logged more than a half-dozen attacks in trains and stations over the holiday weekend. Mayor Eric Adams announced a new subway safety plan Friday. It involves sending more police, mental health clinicians and…
PD: Baptist Church sign damaged
(Huntington Station, NY)- Suffolk County Police Hate Crimes Unit detectives responded to Evergreen Baptist Church on February 20 at approximately 11:30 a.m. to investigate a damaged sign. Detectives believe the incident to be non-criminal as the damage appears to be weather related. -Press release from Suffolk County Police
3 subway stabbings in one day over the weekend in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say three people were stabbed Saturday in the New York subway system in separate attacks that come as concerns rise about transit crime. A 20-year-old woman was stabbed three times in the abdomen at the Van Siclen Avenue station in Brooklyn and was taken to a hospital. A man was…
Funeral set for firefighter who collapsed day after blaze
ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Funeral arrangements are set for a New York firefighter who collapsed in his firehouse a day after battling a blaze in Queens. Jesse Gerhard was from Islip and was working out of a firehouse in Far Rockaway when he died Wednesday. A day earlier, he had helped fight a blaze in…
Federal officials confirm bird flu detected on Long Island
NEW YORK (AP) — A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York. Samples from the flock were tested at the Cornell University Animal Health Diagnostic Center and confirmed at a USDA laboratory in Ames, Iowa. The USDA announced the confirmation on Saturday.…