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Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case
A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s bid to delay his sentencing in his hush money case in New York.
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Euthanized squirrel Peanut tests negative for rabies after being taken from NY home
Peanut, a social media star pet squirrel seized and euthanized by authorities in New York, has tested negative for rabies.
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NYC tap water could change during $2 billion project to fix major supply tunnel
A stretch of aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City’s water is being shut down through the winter as part of a $2 billion project to address massive leaks beneath the Hudson River. The temporary shutdown of the Delaware Aqueduct in upstate New York has been in the works for years, with officials steadily boosting capacity from other parts...
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NY hiker rescued after surviving frigid night fall down Adirondack mountain peak
Forest rangers successfully rescued an upstate New York hiker who survived a frigid night on a rugged Adirondack mountain peak trapped above a cliff, after she slipped and fell hundreds of feet down from the summit. “I thought I might have froze to death. There were like 45-mile-an-hour winds (70 kph) up there,” veteran hiker Hope Lloyd said Wednesday about…
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After troubled start, New York is shaking up its legal marijuana market with new competitors
New York officials launched legal recreational marijuana sales by promising many of the first retail licenses to people with past drug convictions, hoping to give people harmed by the war on drugs a chance to succeed before competitors crowded in. But more than nine months after sales started, only about two dozen state-sanctioned dispensaries have opened their doors. Legal challenges…
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Hudson River swimmer completes 315-mile trek, conquering fatigue and pollution
The Hudson River snakes through forests and rushes over boulders in the Adirondack Mountains before settling into a wide, slow flow closer to New York City. It stretches 315 miles (507 kilometers) from source to end. Lewis Pugh finished swimming all of it on Wednesday morning. The 53-year-old endurance swimmer emerged from the water off the lower tip of Manhattan…
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Fiancé witnessed woman swept away in Hudson Valley deadly flooding
A rare flash flood emergency was triggered for communities north of New York City on Sunday after torrential rains led to unprecedented flooding and resulted in one death. One of the worst hit places was the Hudson Valley, where rescuers found the body of Pamela Nugent, of Fort Montgomery, whose home was surrounded by water. “Her house was taking too…
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New York Pot Regulators Vote to Settle Lawsuit Stalling Upstate Dispensaries
New York marijuana regulators voted Tuesday to settle a federal lawsuit that has blocked them from granting dispensary licenses in the Finger Lakes region. The settlement reviewed at a meeting of the Cannabis Control Board would remove a legal impediment that has slowed the growth of New York’s fledgling marijuana market. The state was sued last year by a...
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NY Judges to Get More Power in Setting Bail, Part of $229B State Budget Deal: Hochul
Judges in New York will have more discretion to jail people awaiting trial for alleged crimes, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday night, a policy change fiercely resisted by some of her fellow Democrats.
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NY State Allowing 12 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for Some Employees
More than 10,000 New York state employees will be eligible for 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave starting Tuesday under a new policy from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration.
