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November 18, 2020 at 11:31 am

New York City schools to close again as virus rate rises VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said...

November 6, 2020 at 2:10 pm

New York AG: Sotheby’s helped rich art lover skirt taxes

NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a...

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October 30, 2020 at 5:19 am

‘Very confident’: NYC hospitals prepare for virus resurgence VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Like battle-hardened veterans, New York City hospitals and nursing homes are bracing for a potential resurgence of coronavirus patients, drawing on...

FILE – In this Saturday, May 2, 2020 file photo, people sit in view of Lower Manhattan at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, N.J. Rising cases of COVID-19 in the nation and Northeast may lead to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut re-thinking how they add other states to their quarantine list. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he’ll release an update Wednesday to his plan that designates parts of New York City and suburban communities as hot spots where schools and nonessential businesses are closed. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) NYFF101 NYFF101

October 18, 2020 at 10:15 pm

As virus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots VIEW

After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted...

A sign posted on Oct. 2nd advises anyone entering Edward R. Murrow High School must go through a city health screening, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in the Midwood section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The school is one of many in New York City that will close Tuesday after New York Gov Andrew Cuomo ordered schools in city neighborhoods with high coronavirus rates to shut down. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) NYKW104 NYKW104

October 6, 2020 at 7:25 am

New York to impose new shutdowns in coronavirus hot spots

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state will reinstate restrictions on businesses, houses of worship and schools in and near areas where coronavirus cases are...

October 5, 2020 at 7:00 pm

Lawyers: Trump can’t use job as a shield in defamation suit

NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a woman who claims President Donald Trump raped her in a department store dressing room a quarter century ago...

October 2, 2020 at 2:34 pm

NY to local governments: Enforce virus rules or face fines

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state’s daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 1,500 for the first time since late May as Gov. Andrew...

September 29, 2020 at 8:51 am

Women’s issues at UN: Still ‘too low down on the agenda’

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Addressing the U.N. General Assembly last week, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina noted a milestone: the 25th anniversary of the Beijing...

September 28, 2020 at 10:06 pm

NYC elementary schools reopen in big back-to-school test VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Elementary school students went back to classrooms across New York City on Tuesday in a high-stakes test for the nation's biggest...

September 26, 2020 at 5:41 pm

Belarus tells UN sanctions would be ‘harmful for everyone’ VIEW

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Belarus' foreign minister warned Western nations Saturday against imposing sanctions over the country's disputed presidential election and crackdown on protesters, saying...