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Trump pardons ex-NYPD officer who was convicted of helping China stalk expat
President Donald Trump granted a pardon Friday to a former New York police sergeant who was convicted of helping China try to scare an ex-official into going back to his homeland, a prominent case in U.S. authorities’ efforts to combat what they claim are Beijing’s farflung efforts to repress critics.
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Rudy Giuliani speaks out about NH car crash, reveals new details
Rudy Giuliani says he experienced “more pain than I ever felt” after a rear-end wreck last weekend in New Hampshire.
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What may have caused the helicopter crash in the Hudson River
Six people, including a family of five Spanish tourists, were killed when the helicopter broke apart near Jersey City.
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A heart-shaped note was found in socks bound for Luigi Mangione, prosecutors say
The revelation comes after Mangione’s lawyers requested that he be allowed to have a laptop to review legal material in his cell
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What happens to Donald Trump's felony conviction? 5 ways it could go
A New York judge says he’ll make a decision as early as next week on the future of Donald Trump’s hush money case.
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Ruling delayed on whether to scrap Trump's conviction in hush money case
A judge won’t decide Tuesday whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. New York Judge Juan M. Merchan, who presided over Trump’s historic trial, had been scheduled to decide whether to toss out the jury verdict and order a new trial — or even dismiss the...
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NYC's latest illegal weed shop crackdown is finally working
Thousands of marijuana shops boldly opened without a license in New York City after the state legalized recreational use of the drug, but after more than a year of lax enforcement, new state rules are finally allowing officials to padlock their doors. New York City’s sheriff’s office says it has shuttered around 700 illegal stores since new state regulations passed in...
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Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history
It was half of the Stonewall Inn, the gay dive bar where a 1969 police raid became a landmark moment for the LGBTQ+ rights movement. Yet for much of the 55 years since, there has been little outward indication that 51 Christopher St. was part of that history. It had housed the Stonewall’s biggest bar and one of the two dance floors…
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At Westminster dog show, a display of dogs and devotion
For all the pooch pageantry of Westminster — the coiffed poodles, the top-knotted toy dogs, the formality of dogs trotting around a ring — it’s also an illustration of the bond people form with dogs, and what each will do for the other.
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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits NJ, rattles entire tri-state; 4.0 aftershock felt hours later
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck New Jersey Friday, triggering frenzied phone calls from Manhattan to Albany to Long Island, Montclair and New Haven, as buildings rumbled in a region unaccustomed to the ground shaking — and that was before the area was hit with an aftershock almost as powerful. The U.S. Geological Survey said the inital quake hit just over…
