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NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea Tests Positive for COVID-19
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a senior police official.
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War of Words Between Commissioners
Police unions are livid and demanding New York City’s Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot resign or be fired after she reportedly gave an emphatic rejection when the NYPD sought more face masks for officers. Tracie Strahan with the story.
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Ex-NBA Commissioner Stern Suffers Brain Hemorrhage
The former head of the NBA was at a Manhattan restaurant when he collapsed, and was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery for a “sudden brain hemorrhage.” NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.
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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Rally Cut Short by Police Tear Gas
Thousands of people took to Hong Kong’s streets Sunday in a new wave of pro-democracy protests, but police fired tear gas after some demonstrators hurled bricks and smoke bombs, breaking a rare pause in violence that has persisted during the six-month-long movement. In the largest of three rallies, a key thoroughfare along the waterfront on the Kowloon side of Victoria...
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NFL and Kaepernick Still at Odds Over Workout Opportunity
A week after Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout fell apart, disagreements and distrust about it remain on issues such as its timing, who was invited and who could film the quarterback. In conversations with The Associated Press, representatives from both sides blamed each other for what went wrong on Nov. 16. Kaepernick’s side said the NFL orchestrated a workout as a...
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Steelers QB Rudolph Fined $50,000 for Brawl With Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph was fined $50,000 by the NFL for involvement in a helmet-swinging brawl in a game against the Cleveland Browns.
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Browns' Garrett Attends Appeal Hearing for NFL Suspension
Myles Garrett looked composed and casual, a stark contrast to the last time he was seen in public. Stylishly dressed in a bright blue suit and black turtleneck, the Cleveland Browns’ star defensive end met Wednesday with an appeals officer in New York in hopes of getting a reduction to an indefinite NFL suspension that has temporarily ended Garrett’s season...
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NFL to Hear Garrett's Appeal Early This Week
Myles Garrett will soon learn when he can play again. The Cleveland Browns star defensive end, who was suspended indefinitely after the NFL ruled he used a helmet “as a weapon” to strike Pittsburgh quarterback Mason Rudolph in the head, will have his appeal heard by the league early this week, a person familiar with the timeline told The Associated...
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Teen Faces Involuntary Manslaughter Charges in Shooting of 11-Year-Old Brother
A 19-year-old faces involuntary manslaughter and weapons charges in the shooting death of his 11-year-old brother in Philadelphia’s Overbrook neighborhood earlier this week.
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Teenage Girl Charged With Murder of Man Found Beaten and Tied to Bed in Philadelphia Home
A teenage girl has been charged with murder in the death of a 60-year-old Northeast Philadelphia man found beaten in his home.
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Citrus County Lawmakers Refuse to Allow Library to Subscribe to New York Times
Florida lawmakers refused to vote on a request from their county’s library to pay for a subscription to The New York Times, siding with President Trump’s position on the paper and citing concerns over “fake news,” NBC News reported.
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‘Sorry Not Sorry for Partying': Triumphant Nats Ride Zamboni Shirtless in Celebration With Caps
The Washington Nationals kept the World Series victory party going at the Washington Capitals’ hockey game Sunday night.
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‘Sorry Not Sorry for Partying': Triumphant Nats Ride Zamboni Shirtless in Celebration With Caps
The Washington Nationals kept the World Series victory party going at the Washington Capitals’ hockey game Sunday night.
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Bail Revoked for Francisco Ortiz, Man Accused of Shooting 11-Month-Old and Providing Gun Used to Kill 2-Year-Old
A Philadelphia judge revoked bail Friday morning for Francisco Ortiz, the 29-year-old man accused of shooting 11-month-old Yazeem Jenkins in North Philadelphia last month.
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Hearing Concludes in Licensing Case for Missouri's Last Abortion Clinic
An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state’s only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official. The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn’t expected until February at the...
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Survivors Say Burning Train Took 20 Minutes to Stop, 74 Dead
A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab Province on Thursday, killing 74 people, and survivors said afterward it took nearly 20 minutes for the train to stop amid contradictory reports about the condition of the train’s brakes. Three carriages were consumed by flames from a fire caused by a cooking gas stove and dozens of people...
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Murphy Commits New Jersey to Climate Change Resiliency Plan
On the seventh anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey’s governor committed the state to a far-reaching plan to deal with climate change and protect itself from future storms.
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State of the MTA Seven Years After Superstorm Sandy
MTA subway tunnels were badly damaged from the destructive storm, and it has taken the transit agency years just to come back from it — and their work still isn’t nearly done. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.
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Die-Hard Nats Fan Transforms Into World Series Trophy for Game 4
She was Lady Stanley for the Capitals. Now, she’s Miss World Series for the Nats. Kora Findler is taking D.C. sports fandom to the next level with her trophy costumes. News4’s Shomari Stone interviewed her ahead of Game 4.
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Suspect in Shooting of 11-Month-Old Might Have Supplied Gun Used to Kill 2-Year-Old, Philadelphia Police Say
The alleged gunman arrested for shooting 11-month-old Yazeem Jenkins in North Philadelphia last weekend may have supplied the AK-47 used in a separate shooting of 2-year-old Nikolette Rivera, Philadelphia police said Friday.