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Trump dismisses Curtis Sliwa for mayor: ‘we don't need thousands of cats'
President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed Curtis Sliwa — his own party’s New York City mayoral candidate — as “not exactly prime time.”
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Trump admin to investigate NY's funding threat over Long Island tribal school mascot
The Massapequa School Board president has said it could cost more than $1 million to rebrand the school if the name and mascot are changed.
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Museums closed Indigenous exhibits months ago. Tribes still waiting to get items back
Tucked within the expansive Native American halls of the American Museum of Natural History is a diminutive wooden doll that holds a sacred place among the tribes whose territories once included Manhattan. For more than six months now, the ceremonial Ohtas, or Doll Being, has been hidden from view after the museum and others nationally took dramatic steps to board...
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Judge strikes down Long Island county's ban on female transgender athletes
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman had maintained the ban was meant to protect girls and women from getting injured if they are forced to compete against transgender women.
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Former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner backs Nassau County ban on transgender female athletes
Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner on Monday said she supported a local New York official’s order banning female sports teams with transgender athletes from using county-owned facilities.
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Queens man convicted of killing, dismembering woman after taking tips from ‘Dexter'
A New York man was convicted Monday for killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name — then trying to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said.
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Mayor Adams stands by top aide at center of latest FBI raid on members of inner circle
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Friday stood by a longtime adviser whose properties were raided by the FBI and shrugged off concerns about the mounting federal probes of people linked to his administration.
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Honduran ex-president accused of running country as ‘narco-state' stands trial in NYC
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Now, federal prosecutors say the political leader ran his Central American nation as a “narco-state,” collecting millions of dollars from violent cartels to fuel his rise to power.
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NYC trial scrutinizing lavish NRA spending under Wayne LaPierre nears a close
A New York lawsuit claiming National Rifle Association executives wildly misspent millions of dollars of the nonprofit’s money on lavish perks for themselves is wrapping up after weeks of contentious testimony. Closing arguments began Thursday in state Supreme Court in Manhattan in the case brought by state Attorney General Letitia James against the NRA, its former CEO Wayne LaPierre and three other NRA officials. Jury...
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City Council overrides Adams, NYPD cops will have to record race of people they question
Should police have to report any time they stop a person on the street? In New York, the question has divided local government as the City Council voted to pass a bill, over the objections of Mayor Eric Adams, that would require officers to document basic information. The issue was thrust into the national spotlight in recent days when NYPD...
