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Ex-Epstein staffer testifies teen accusers visited mansion
NEW YORK (AP) — A former housekeeper is testifying that two women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing them as teens were repeated visitors to his Palm Beach mansion and that they were summoned by Epstein or his associate Ghislaine Maxwell. Juan Patricio Alessi began testifying Thursday at Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial. The…
US started inquiry into Cuomo sexual harassment claims
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials have disclosed that the U.S. Department of Justice began a civil inquiry in August into sexual harassment claims made against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The exact nature of the inquiry made public Thursday and its current status was unclear. The office of Gov. Kathy Hochul said it hired…
Baldwin: ‘Someone is responsible’ for shooting, but ‘not me’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin says someone is responsible for the shooting on a New Mexico film set that killed a cinematographer, but it’s not him. In an ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos that aired Thursday night, Baldwin said he would do anything to undo what happened, but he’s not the person who put…
New NY health commissioner takes over from embattled Zucker
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New state health commissioner Mary Bassett stepped into her role Wednesday, at a time when COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise in New York. The former New York City health commissioner led the city department’s response to Ebola and other disease outbreaks. Public health leaders hope Bassett will and usher in…
GOP risks government shutdown to fight Biden vaccine mandate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government could be heading for a temporary shutdown. Republicans in Congress are poised to stall a must-pass funding bill as they force a debate on rolling back the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for some workers. Conservative Republicans in the House and Senate want to take a hardline stand against…
Biden launching winter COVID-19 booster, testing campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is kicking off a more urgent campaign for Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots. Biden on Thursday is unveiling a winter plan to combat the coronavirus and its omicron variant with enhanced availability of shots and vaccines but without major new restrictions. Biden is set to require private insurers…
MLB owners lock out players, 1st work stoppage since 1995
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day. The strategy, management’s equivalent of a strike under federal labor law, ended the sport’s labor peace…
Justices signal they’ll OK new abortion limits, may toss Roe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority justices are signaling they will allow states to ban abortion much earlier in pregnancy. And they’re indicating they may go even further to overturn the nationwide Roe v. Wade right that has existed for nearly 50 years. After nearly two hours of arguments on Wednesday, all six…
Ghislaine Maxwell defense attacks actor accuser’s account
NEW YORK (AP) — The defense at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is trying to cast doubt on a key accuser’s allegation that the British socialite helped financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually the woman for years, starting when she was 14. A lawyer confronted the witness on Wednesday with FBI documents the defense says show she’s…
Rockin’ around the Christmas tree: Rockefeller tree lit up
NEW YORK (AP) — The holly, jolly, best time of the year has gotten a light-filled launch. The towering Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center has been officially turned on. The 79-foot Norway spruce is covered with more than 50,000 lights in a rainbow of colors. It bears a crystal-covered, 900-pound star. The tree was lit…
NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City says the first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in the city in hopes of curbing deadly overdoses. The city is calling the privately run facilities “overdose prevention centers,” but they’re also known as supervised injection sites.…
PD: 2 young children seriously injured in Tuesday night crash
Medford, NY- Two young children were seriously injured in a crash Tuesday night in Medford. Police in Suffolk say Kayla Kimble, 25, was driving a 2017 Hyundai Tuscon southbound on Horseblock Road with her three children in the vehicle, when they were hit by a northbound 2007 Mitsubishi Galant, that was trying to turn left…