Queens DA moves to drop 700 sex work-related prosecutions
<p>NEW YORK — The district attorney of Queens announced Tuesday that she is requesting the dismissal of nearly 700 cases involving prostitution-related offenses, and...
Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew...
Connecticut’s zoning laws a focus in racial equity debate
After the police killing of George Floyd, a Connecticut law professor invited architects, planners and land use attorneys to a discussion of how local...
Repairs begin on listing warship on Buffalo waterfront
<p>BUFFALO, N.Y. — Keeping the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park from going under during the pandemic has been hard enough without...
YouTube to broadcast 21 games as part of 3rd MLB season
<p>NEW YORK — YouTube will broadcast a Major League Baseball package of games for a third season,</p>
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Look out, Labs: French bulldogs now 2nd most popular US dog
NEW YORK — Could the French bulldog become America's favorite purebred pooch?
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McLaughlin, nun who exposed abuses in Rhodesia, dies at 79
<p>JOHANNESBURG — Sister Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sisters nun who was jailed and later deported by white minority-ruled Rhodesia for exposing human rights abuses,...
Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew...
White supremacists’ fake bomb threats net 3 years in prison
<p>FALLS CHURCH, Va. — A former Old Dominion University student who joined up with white supremacists in a swatting conspiracy that targeted a Black...
Spike Lee to head Cannes Film Festival jury
NEW YORK — Spike Lee, who was set to lead last year's jury for the Cannes Film Festival that was ultimately canceled by the...