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NY Attorney General: B&H Failed to Pay Millions in Taxes
The New York state attorney general says one of the nation’s biggest photo and video equipment retailers, Manhattan’s B&H, has failed to pay millions in sales taxes.
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Exxon Denies That It Misled Investors on Climate Risks
Climate change may be the defining risk for oil and gas companies in coming decades, and attorneys for New York state are saying Exxon Mobil misled investors about how it was handling that risk. The state made closing arguments Thursday in a case that accused the energy giant of downplaying the impact of stricter climate regulations in a warming world....
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DA: Man Gets 10 to 20 Years in Prison for 1993 Rape at Knifepoint of 11-Year-Old Girl in New York City
A 61-year-old man will face 10 to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to the 1993 rape at knifepoint of an 11-year-old girl, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. announced Monday.
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Walmart Sues Tesla for Solar Panels That Went Up in Flames
Walmart sued Tesla for “gross negligence” on Tuesday, saying that the electric car company’s energy division installed solar panels that went up in flames on its store rooftops. The retailer said fires broke out at seven store rooftops between 2012 and 2018, causing millions of dollars in damage. One location in Ohio had to be closed for eight days, Walmart...
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Judge Signs Off on Harvey Weinstein's Legal Team Overhaul
A judge signed off Friday on changes to the legal team representing Harvey Weinstein in his rape and sexual assault case, allowing the film producer to swap out his bulldog New York City defense attorney for a four-person team that’s full of courtroom star power.
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Tinder Founders Sue IAC for Billions, Claiming Company ‘Robbed' Them of Stock Options
A group of founders, current executives and early employees of Tinder sued the dating app’s owner IAC and its subsidiary Match Group for at least $2 billion, claiming the defendants “robbed Tinder employees” by cooking financial information, “undermining Tinder’s valuation and unlawfully stripping away their Tinder stock options.”
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Passengers on ‘Frightful, Death Threatening' Southwest Flight Sue Airline, Boeing
A group of passengers onboard the Southwest jet that was forced to make an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded are suing the airline, claiming severe emotional distress and seeking unspecified damages. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court also names the Boeing Company, GE Aviation Systems LLC, Safran USA Inc. and CFM International Inc....
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Infamous Colombia Drug Lord Extradited to New York in Multi-Ton Cocaine Trafficking Case
One of Colombia’s most notorious drug kingpins was extradited to New York from Colombia late Monday and is expected to appear in federal court in Brooklyn later Tuesday, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case tell News 4. Daniel Rendon Herrera, arrested in Colombia in 2009 and held there until Monday, faces federal narco-terrorism and international cocaine trafficking charges,…
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Drawers of Cash, Lots of Drugs Seized in Million-Dollar-a-Month Upper West Side Cocaine Ring: Officials
A multi-state cocaine distribution ring based in an Upper West Side apartment was disrupted with the arrests of six individuals on state narcotics charges, law enforcement officials said Thursday. Gerardo Gonzalez and five others are accused of using an apartment on Columbus Avenue to distribute multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine on a monthly basis in New York City, New Jersey and…
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Famed Fashion Photographer Bruce Weber Accused of Sexual Harassment
A former male model has filed a lawsuit against famed fashion photographer Bruce Weber, accusing him of sexual harassment during a 2014 photo shoot. In a complaint filed with the New York State Supreme Court Friday, Jason Boyce, 31, claimed that Weber, 71, pressured him to take his clothes off and touch his own genitals during the photo shoot.
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To Snare Radical Cleric, Team of NYPD Investigators Traveled to the Middle East
A once-imprisoned radical Islamic cleric is behind bars again, this time because of an unusual investigation that took NYPD officers far beyond their jurisdiction, to the Middle East, to make contact with a member of the Islamic State group.
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Radical Jamaican Cleric Indicted in New York on Terror Charge
A radical Muslim cleric who was convicted of stirring up racial hatred in Britain and deported to Jamaica was indicted Friday in New York on charges of recruiting would-be terrorists.
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Lawsuit Claims Uber Discriminates Against Wheelchair Riders
A nonprofit disability rights organization filed a class-action lawsuit against Uber, claiming the ride-hailing service discriminates against New York City riders with disabilities by not providing enough access to vehicles that can accommodate wheelchairs.
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Man Charged with Murder in Fatal T.I. Concert Shooting
A hip-hop podcaster has been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting at a popular New York concert venue before a T.I. performance.
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Three More Join Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox News
Three more people came forward Monday with claims of discrimination at Fox News, including a woman who says she was harassed and threatened by a former radio news anchor, NBC News reported. Kathleen Lee, a Fox News Radio shift editor, said in the lawsuit filed in New York State Supreme Court that former anchor Ron Flatter tormented her during a...
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New York Taxi Cab Operator Busted for Fare Gouging Immigrants Fleeing to Canadian Border
The owner of a New York taxi company has been ordered to pay several thousand dollars in fines and implement a series of business changes after he was nabbed gouging prices against undocumented immigrants fleeing across the border into Canada, the state’s attorney general said Wednesday.
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Petroleum Manager Sentenced to Prison for $600K Heating Oil Scam at BK Terminal: Prosecutor
The 40-year-old manager of a Brooklyn fuel terminal will serve up to three years in New York state prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of gallons of heating oil worth $600,000, prosecutors say.
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Police Investigate Shooting at T.I. Concert
One man is dead after shots broke out at a T.I. concert Wednesday. Rana Novini reports.