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US in talks to compensate families separated at border
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is in talks to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to each child and parent who was separated under a Trump-era practice of splitting families at the border. The Wall Street Journal first reported that the government was considering payments around $450,000 to each person affected. A…
NYC braces for fewer cops, more trash as vax deadline looms
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is bracing for a worker shortage as its COVID-19 vaccine mandate looms and tens of thousands of municipal employees remain unvaccinated. Police officers, firefighters, garbage collectors and most other city workers face a 5 p.m. Friday deadline to show proof they’ve gotten at least one dose of the…
Facebook has a new name
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook is changing — its name, at least. The social networking giant now calls itself Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the new name reflects a commitment to developing the idea of people surrounding themselves with technology, a concept it calls the “metaverse.” As for the…
Cuomo accused of groping woman, a misdemeanor sex crime
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A sheriff’s officer has accused former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping a woman in an investigation stemming from the scandal that drove him from office earlier this year. But prosecutors said Thursday they didn’t know the document had been filed. And the woman’s attorney said she hadn’t been consulted.…
Police investigating the death of man found shot in the street
Huntington Station, NY- Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the murder of a man found shot on Murdock Street in Huntington Station last night, October 27, shortly before midnight.
Judge won’t stop vaccine mandate for NYC cops, other workers
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Wednesday refused to pause a vaccine mandate set to take effect Friday for the city’s municipal workforce, denying a police union’s request for a temporarily restraining order. Judge Lizette Colon ruled that the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate can take effect as scheduled. She also ordered city…
AP Sources: Letitia James will run for New York governor
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James plans to run for governor, according to three people directly familiar with her plans who were not authorized to speak publicly. James will enter the race as a formidable candidate for the Democratic nomination just months after issuing a damning report that drove Andrew Cuomo…
Flight from JFK makes emergency landing after passenger assaults flight attendant
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say an American Airlines flight from New York to California was diverted to Denver after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant. Flight 976 was heading Wednesday evening from John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana when it landed at Denver International Airport and taxied safely…
Nor’easter: Winds could gust up to 65mph
East Farmingdale, NY- On Tuesday, the first Nor’easter of the season, soaked Long Island. The National Weather Service reports the highest rain totals for Long Island in Suffolk County, where St. James got over 5 inches of rain. In Nassau County, Levittown and Mineola topped the list with close to 3 inches of rain. On…
Authorities to present findings in fatal movie-set shooting
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities are scheduled to discuss initial findings about a fatal movie-set shooting with a prop gun discharged by actor Alec Baldwin that left a cinematographer dead and the film director wounded. The news conference in New Mexico by Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza and area District Attorney…
County offers appointments for Moderna COVID-19 booster
Hauppauge, NY- The Suffolk County Department of Health Services is hosting a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster clinic on Thursday, October 28, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge. Schedule your appointment here, or call 311 for an appointment. For more information and a listing of additional vaccination clinics, visit www.suffolkcountyny.gov/vaccine.
Brooklyn Diocese fires music teacher after same-sex wedding
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Diocese has fired a Catholic music school teacher in Queens after he married a man. It says he violated a contractual stipulation to the Catholic Church. The Daily News reported Monday that Matthew LaBanca of St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Astoria and Corpus Christi Church was fired Oct. 13.…