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YouTube, TikTok, Snap execs face senators on kids’ safety
WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions on what the companies are doing to ensure young users’ safety. The hearing Tuesday comes as the panel bears down on hugely popular social media platforms and their impact on children. The Senate Commerce subcommittee…
Union vote at Amazon’s NY warehouse big step closer
NEW YORK (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board says there’s sufficient interest to form a union at an Amazon distribution center in New York City. That’s after union organizers delivered hundreds of signatures to the federal agency. It’s a key step in authorizing a vote that could establish the first union at the nation’s…
Boosting boosters: Hochul & de Blasio get extra jabs
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio separately received COVID-19 booster shots. The two Democrats received their shots at separate events Monday. They were eligible because they had each received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine earlier this year. De Blasio got a booster shot of the…
Police union sues NYC to stop vaccine mandate implementation
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s largest police union has filed a lawsuit to keep a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for police officers from going into effect. The Police Benevolent Association represents about 24,000 police officers in the New York Police Department. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced last week that the entire municipal workforce including…
Demonstrators support Irving vs vaccine mandate at Nets game
NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators supporting Nets guard Kyrie Irving and protesting New York’s vaccine mandate gathered outside Barclays Center before Brooklyn’s home opener. A few dozen people were protesting in the plaza outside the arena. Some were chanting “Let Kyrie play! Let Kyrie play!” and holding signs that said “Stand with Kyrie.” A small…
Crew member: Baldwin careful with guns before fatal shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A camera operator told authorities that Alec Baldwin had been careful with weapons on the set of the film “Rust” before the actor shot and killed a cinematographer with a gun he’d been told was safe to use, records released Sunday show. A search warrant affidavit includes details with camera operator…
Woman found fatally stabbed on front lawn on Long Island
UPDATE: Suffolk County Police arrested an Albany man for stabbing a Coram woman to death at her home. Homicide Squad detectives arrested Kason Parker on October 24 and charged him with Murder 2nd Degree. Parker, 33, of 11 Teunis St., Albany, will be arraigned today at First District Court in Central Islip. CORAM, N.Y. (AP) —…
Long Island prepares for 1st Nor’easter of the season
East Farmingdale, NY- The first Nor’easter of the 2021-2022 season, is on its way. A coastal storm is developing off the east coast which forecasters say, will develop into a Nor’easter and impact Long Island Monday night through Wednesday morning. Difficult travel conditions are expected. Winds could gust up to 45 miles per hour. Power…
Small plane ends up in shrubs near Long Island airport
EAST QUOGUE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say a small plane attempting an emergency landing has overshot a runway at a Hamptons airport and plowed into some shrubs, but no injuries were reported. The Southampton Town Police Department says the plane took off Saturday from the East Hampton, headed west and had an engine failure. The…
Judge won’t bar public from Ghislaine Maxwell jury selection
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has rejected British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid to block the public and news media from jury selection in her New York City trial on charges she recruited teenage girls for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse. U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan said Thursday that the press and public…
Gang boss in Haiti threatens to kill abducted missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The boss of a notorious Haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a U.S.-based missionary group last weekend is warning that the hostages will be killed if his demands aren’t met. Gang leader Wilson Joseph delivers the death threat in a video posted on social media Thursday. He also threatens…
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids
Pfizer says kid-size doses of its COVID-19 vaccine are safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing infections in elementary school children. Details of the study were posted online Friday as U.S. regulators consider opening vaccinations to youngsters 5 to 11. The shots could begin early next month if regulators give the go-ahead. If the FDA…