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NY teams up with neighboring states to share gun crime information
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The governors of four northeastern states are agreeing to share information about firearms purchases to help detect and investigate straw buyers and other gun crimes. Governors in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania signed an agreement Thursday to exchange gun crime data for use only by law enforcement. The agreement…
Senate dodges US debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing
By KEVIN FREKING, ALAN FRAM and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster Thursday night, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default that experts warned would devastate the economy and harm millions of Americans. The party-line Democratic vote of…
Pfizer asks FDA to OK shots for kids ages 5-11
NEW YORK — Pfizer is asking the U.S. government to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. If regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks. Pfizer already had announced that a lower dose of its vaccine worked and appeared safe in a study of the youngsters. Pfizer…
Two Suffolk County women arrested, accused of stealing from their employer: Goodwill
East Northport, NY- Two Suffolk County women have been arrested, accused of stealing more than $43,000 dollars, while working for Goodwill on Jericho Turnpike in East Northport. Police say the women took the money, during a nine-month period ending in August. Elana Sofia, 29, of Port Jefferson, and Sandra Bonilla, 33, of Brentwood, were charged…
PD: Islandia bank robbed
Islandia, NY- Suffolk Police say on Wednesday morning, a man robbed the Chase Bank on Veterans Memorial Highway in Islandia. According to detectives, a man entered the bank just before 11am and “handed a teller a note demanding cash and threatening the use of a gun”. Police say the teller complied, giving the man an…
Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Texas to suspend a new law that has banned most abortions in the state since September. The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman freezes for now the strict abortion law known as Senate Bill 8. It bans abortions once cardiac activity is detected, which…
NYPD takes ex-union chief’s gun, shield after FBI raids
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police department has placed the embattled former head of its sergeants union on modified assignment, stripping him of his gun and shield, a day after federal agents raided the union’s office and his home. Ed Mullins resigned Tuesday night as the president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association at…
Summer storms were a climate-change wake-up call for subways
NEW YORK (AP) — Transit officials and experts say this summer’s storms were the latest reminders that more needs to be done to prepare the East Coast’s vital transit systems in the face of more extreme and unpredictable weather caused by climate change. The head of New York’s transit agency suggests installing curbs around subway…
Congress foresees short-term debt fix amid perilous standoff
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic senators have edged back from a perilous standoff over lifting the nation’s borrowing cap. Democrats are signaling they are receptive to an offer from Republican leader Mitch McConnell that would allow for an emergency debt limit extension into December. McConnell made the offer late Wednesday. That was shortly before…
Kids account for 27% of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S.
East Farmingdale, NY- Children now account for 27% of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to a newly released report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The AAP says, “over 173,000 cases were added the past week, with nearly 850,000 child cases added over the past 4 weeks”. Here at home, The New York…
Workers at all of Kellogg’s U.S. cereal plants go on strike
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Work has halted at all of the Kellogg Company’s U.S. cereal plants as roughly 1,400 workers went on strike. It wasn’t immediately clear how much the supply of Frosted Flakes or other iconic brands would be disrupted. The strike includes plants in Omaha, Nebraska; Battle Creek, Michigan; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Memphis,…
Red Sox beat Yanks 6-2 in AL wild card
BOSTON (AP) — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 in the AL wild-card game. Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning for Boston. The Red Sox will play the AL East champion Tampa Bay Rays in the best-of-five…