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For NYC Women's March 2.0, Focus Turns to the Ballot Box

Friday, January 19, 2018

Walk, register, run: the march will stretch from Central Park West down to Bryant Park. And afterwards, the focus turns to encouraging women to vote — and run for office.

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Congress Is Likely Racing Toward a Government Shutdown

Friday, January 19, 2018

Democrats in the Senate say they will filibuster a four-week, government-wide funding bill that passed the House Thursday evening.

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NYPD Declares DNA Match in 1994 Prospect Park Rape Case

Tuesday, January 09, 2018

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Detectives say they've cracked a 1994 cold case, bringing validation to a woman who was said to have "invented the crime."

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U.S. to End Special Protections for Salvadoran Immigrants

Monday, January 08, 2018

Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans, who were granted temporary status after an earthquake hit the Central American country in 2001, will be forced to leave the U.S. or face deportation in 2019.

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Police Raid Two Locations in Brooklyn for Evidence in Midtown Bombing

Monday, December 11, 2017

Law enforcement agents from the NYPD and FBI searched apartments associated with suspect Akayed Ullah.

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Met Opera Suspends Ties to Conductor James Levine Following Sex Charges

Sunday, December 03, 2017

The Met said it has suspended longtime conductor, James Levine, and will open an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse.
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Met Opera Suspends Ties to Conductor Following Sex Charges

Sunday, December 03, 2017

The Met said it will open an investigation into allegations that its longtime conductor, James Levine, sexually abused a man three decades ago beginning when the man was a teenager.

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Garrison Keillor Says He's Been Fired Over Alleged Improper Behavior

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

The statement came shortly after Keillor, an avowed Democrat, wrote a syndicated column that ridiculed the idea that Sen. Al Franken should resign over allegations of sexual harassment.

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Trump Administration Is Ending Temporary Permits for Haitians

Friday, November 17, 2017

The decision gives about 59,000 Haitians with Temporary Protected Status — about 5,200 of them in New York State — until July 2019 to leave the U.S.

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Judge in Menendez Bribery Case Declares Mistrial

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Jurors said on Thursday that after reviewing the evidence "slowly and thoroughly and in great detail," they remained deadlocked.

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Accused TriBeCa Attacker Had Hoped to Kill Pedestrians on Brooklyn Bridge

Wednesday, November 01, 2017

Sayfullo Saipov, who has been formally charged with supporting a terrorist group, asked to display ISIS' flag in his hospital room and said "he felt good about what he had done."

New Jersey Man Convicted in Last September's Chelsea Bombing

Monday, October 16, 2017

Ahmad Khan Rahimi was found guilty on Monday of planting two pressure-cooker bombs on New York City streets, including one that injured 30 people when it detonated last summer.

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Thaaa, Yankees Win Their Wild-Card Game

Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Home runs from Aaron Judge and Didi Gregorius and brilliant work from the bullpen lifted the Yankees to a win over the Minnesota Twins in the AL wild card game.

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At U.N., Trump Threatens 'Total Destruction' of North Korea

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

"Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime," President Trump told the U.N. General Assembly, saying the U.S. would, if forced, destroy North Korea to protect itself. 

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Three Dead After Tour Bus, City Bus Crash in Flushing

Monday, September 18, 2017

The company that operate the tour bus, Dahlia Tours, has a poor safety record, according to federal records.

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Judge in Menendez Case: No 'Tabloid Trial' in My Courtroom

Thursday, September 07, 2017

The judge sent the jury out of the courtroom twice to chide prosecutors for focusing on irrelevant details about swanky hotels, limestone baths and rain showers.

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Menendez Trial Begins with Opening Statements

Wednesday, September 06, 2017

The Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey is accused of accepting bribes from a longtime friend seeking political influence.

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In an Angry Speech, Trump Defends His Charlottesville Comments

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

President Trump opened his rally in Phoenix with calls for unity, claiming that "our movement is about love." Then he went on a tear against the media.

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Public Theater Loses Sponsors Over Trump Depiction in 'Julius Caesar'

Monday, June 12, 2017

Delta and Bank of America are dropping their sponsorship over the Shakespeare in the Park production of "Julius Caesar," which depicts a Trump look-alike who gets killed on stage.

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Watch Live: James Comey Testifies Before Senate Intelligence Committee

Thursday, June 08, 2017

In a hugely anticipated hearing, fired FBI director James Comey will recount a series of controversial conversations with President Trump. 

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