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COVID cases spike even as US reaches vaccine milestone
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. has reached a COVID-19 milestone of roughly 200 million fully vaccinated people, but cases and hospitalizations are still spiking, even in highly immunized pockets of the country like New England. The situation is not as dire as last year’s post-holiday surge before the public had any access to vaccines,…
Giant Christmas tree outside Fox News headquarters set afire
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man is facing charges including arson for setting fire to a 50-foot Christmas tree in front of Fox News headquarters in midtown Manhattan. The artificial tree outside of the News Corp. building that houses Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post caught fire shortly…
Help for New York homeowners struggling from pandemic
East Farmingdale, NY- There will soon be help for homeowners in New York State who are struggling because of the pandemic. Starting on January 3, 2022, New York State will begin accepting applications for the New York State Homeowner Assistance fund. The NYSHA is a federally funded program which can help homeowners with things like…
Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14
NEW YORK (AP) — One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers says the British socialite once felt her naked 14-year-old body before telling her it would be a “great body” for financier Jeffrey Epstein and his friends. The witness was identified only by her first name, Carolyn, and took the witness stand on Tuesday. She became the…
Man, 74, accused of sending threatening anti-LGBTQ letters
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island man is accused of sending violent, threatening letters to LGBTQ groups for several years. Robert Fehring, 74, of Bayport, New York, is accused in a federal criminal complaint of sending the letters as far back as 2013 and as recently as June. Fehring’s attorney, Glenn Obedin, says…
Publisher scraps plans to release book by Chris Cuomo
NEW YORK (AP) — A planned book by Chris Cuomo has been canceled as fallout continues for the former CNN host who had privately helped his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, respond to sexual harassment allegations. A spokesperson for Custom House, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that…
Amazon’s cloud service network outage causes havoc
UNDATED (AP) — A problem with Amazon’s system to provide computer services in the cloud left many businesses, governments and universities in the dumps. The outage in Amazon Web Services yesterday disabled a host of companies, including The Associated Press, for hours. The problem was centered in the eastern U.S., with issues beginning about midmorning.…
Instagram launches tool urging teens to take a break
LONDON (AP) — Instagram has launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service. An Instagram blog post says the previously announced “Take A Break” feature encourages teens to stop scrolling if they have been…
Pfizer says 2 doses of its COVID-19 vaccine might not be enough against new variant
East Farmingdale, NY- Drug maker Pfizer released information early Wednesday morning about the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine, against the Omicron variant. Pfizer said preliminary studies showed that two doses alone “might not provide a sufficient immune response against the variant” but that studies showed that a booster shot, “helps neutralize the variant”. The CDC…
Police continue search for a missing Long Island Mom
(Suffolk PD) Suffolk County Police Sixth Squad detectives are seeking the public’s help to locate a Centereach woman who was reported missing on December 2. Melissa Molinari was last seen at her residence, located at 45 Lolly Lane on November 21. Molinari was reported missing yesterday. She left her vehicle at home. Molinari, 38, is white, approximately…
NY detects 4 more cases of omicron, bringing total to 12
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Four more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected in New York. That brings the state’s number of cases up to 12. Two of the latest cases were found upstate, in Oneida County, and the other two were in Long Island’s Suffolk County. Of the previous eight…
New York City poised to give voting rights to noncitizens
NEW YORK (AP) — In New York City, long a beacon for immigrants, noncitizens are about to win an important civic duty: The right to vote. New York is poised to become the largest U.S. city to give access to the ballot box to those with green cards or legally authorized to work in the…