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In this 1964 photo, a reporter questions Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa outside the federal courthouse in Chattanooga, Tenn., during Hoffa’s trial that ended in a jury tampering conviction. The decades-long odyssey to find the body of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa apparently has turned to a former New Jersey landfill below an elevated highway. The FBI obtained a search warrant to “conduct a site survey underneath the Pulaski Skyway,” Mara Schneider, a spokeswoman for the Detroit field office, said in a written statement Friday, Nov. 19, 2021. (Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP, File) TNCHA501 TNCHA501

November 19, 2021 at 8:23 am

FBI looks at land near New Jersey landfill for Jimmy Hoffa’s remains

The decadeslong odyssey to find the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa apparently has turned to land near a former New Jersey landfill that...

A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Ga. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for parasites that has been promoted by conservative commentators as a treatment despite a lack of conclusive evidence that it helps people with the virus. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) GAMS601 GAMS601

October 16, 2021 at 6:41 am

Lawsuits demand unproven ivermectin for COVID patients

Judges around the country are increasingly being asked to weigh in on the deworming drug ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment.

FILE – In this March 15, 2019, file photo, visitors to the Vessel climb its staircases on its opening day at Hudson Yards in New York. Officials are evaluating the future of the 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City after a string of suicides. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NYML604 NYML604

August 26, 2021 at 10:12 pm

A struggle to prevent suicides at soaring NYC sculpture VIEW

Officials are evaluating the future of a 150-foot-tall piece of public art in New York City known as the Vessel after a string of suicides....

August 19, 2021 at 3:27 pm

Chuck Close, artist of monumental grids, dies at 81

Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died at...

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August 3, 2021 at 7:19 pm

Black women, across generations, heed Biles’ Olympic example VIEW

Being a young Black woman in American life comes with its own built-in pressure to perform, and entails much more than meets the eye

July 23, 2021 at 11:48 am

Ruling leaves immigrants who newly applied for DACA in limbo

NEW YORK (AP) — When the text message popped up on his phone, Samuel Alfaro didn't want to believe it. It said his appointment with...

July 14, 2021 at 7:54 am

Iran foreign ministry: Iran kidnap plot is ‘imaginary story’

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday that accusations by U.S. authorities that Iran is plotting to kidnap Iranians abroad who...

July 13, 2021 at 3:50 pm

Feds charge 4 in Iran plot to kidnap activist in US, others

NEW YORK (AP) — An Iranian intelligence officer and three alleged members of an Iranian intelligence network have been charged in Manhattan with plotting to...

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Grand marshal Sandra Lindsay, a health care worker who was the first person in the country to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot, waves to spectators as she leads marchers through the Financial District as confetti falls during a parade honoring essential workers for their efforts in getting New York City through the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in New York. The parade kicked off at Battery Park and travel up Broadway in lower Manhattan, the iconic stretch known as the Canyon of Heroes, which has hosted parades honoring world leaders, celebrities and winning sports teams. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) NYJM117 NYJM117

July 7, 2021 at 9:52 am

As New York salutes health workers, Missouri fights a surge VIEW

New York threw a ticker-tape parade for the health care workers and others who helped the city get through the darkest days of COVID-19, while...

July 6, 2021 at 10:05 pm

NYC honors essential workers at parade up Canyon of Heroes VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Essential workers who helped New York City through the COVID-19 pandemic were honored Wednesday with a parade up Broadway — nurses,...