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Shaquanna Parnell, right, with the Mayor’s Office of Public Engagement, hands an information leaflet to a passenger arriving at Amtrak’s Penn Station, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, in New York. Mayor de Blasio is asking travelers from 34 states and Puerto Rico, where COVID-19 infection rates are high, to quarantine for 14 days after arriving in the city. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) NYML101

August 6, 2020 at 10:26 am

NYC begins registering travelers at COVID-19 checkpoints

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City opened new traveler checkpoints Thursday to register visitors and residents returning from nearly three dozen states who are...

August 1, 2020 at 12:13 pm

Ruling renews fairness debate in Boston Marathon bomber case

“Boston Strong” remains a “vibrant” rallying cry more than seven years after the marathon bombing killed three people and injured more than 260 others, a...

July 29, 2020 at 8:07 am

Report: Russian oligarchs skirt U.S. sanctions with shady art deals

NEW YORK (AP) — Russian oligarchs have skirted U.S. sanctions through murky high-end art deals, according to a congressional report released Wednesday that urged lawmakers...

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July 15, 2020 at 11:54 am

Feds bring terrorism charges in latest MS-13 gang crackdown VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities announced terrorism charges Wednesday against a leader of MS-13, continuing a nationwide crackdown against a notorious street gang that...

July 14, 2020 at 10:08 pm

Judge denies media request to unseal files on Saints owner

A judge has denied a request by news organizations including The Associated Press to unseal court records involving the mental competency of billionaire Tom Benson...

July 13, 2020 at 9:39 pm

Blame game? Cuomo takes heat over NY nursing home study

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing blistering criticism over an internal report that found a controversial state directive that sent...

July 10, 2020 at 12:46 pm

Ex-Trump fixer Cohen returned to prison where sentence began

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was transferred to the same federal lockup in Otisville where he was...

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trumpís personal lawyer and longtime fixer, leaving federal court in New York, Aug. 21, 2018. Cohen pleaded guilty on Tuesday to campaign finance and other charges. He made the extraordinary admission that he paid a pornographic actress ìat the direction of the candidate,î referring to Trump, to secure her silence about an affair she said she had with Trump. (Andres Kudacki/The New York Times) XNYT201 XNYT201 XNYT201

July 9, 2020 at 11:38 am

Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer, Michael Cohen, was returned to federal prison Thursday, after balking at certain conditions...

July 8, 2020 at 2:10 pm

New oversight committee would restore faith in NYPD, AG says

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James proposed sweeping changes Wednesday to boost oversight of the New York City Police Department, including...

July 2, 2020 at 6:43 am

Epstein pal arrested, accused of luring girls for sex abuse VIEW

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday on charges she helped lure at least three girls — one as young as 14 — to be...

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