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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) – Honduras extradited former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United States on Thursday to face drug trafficking and weapons charges in a dramatic reversal for a leader once touted by U.S. authorities as a key ally in the war on drugs. Just three months after leaving office, a handcuffed Hernández boarded … Read More “Honduras ex-president Hernández extradited to US” »
NEW YORK (AP) – The man charged with opening fire on subway riders on a train in Brooklyn was ordered held without bail Thursday at his first court appearance, where prosecutors told a judge he terrified all of New York City. Brought into a Brooklyn federal court without handcuffs, a subdued Frank James, 62, softly … Read More “Brooklyn subway attack suspect ordered held without bail” »
NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcibly kissing a worker at a New York nightclub in 2018 in a deal that is likely to keep him out of jail. Gooding also publicly apologized for the first time to two other women who accused him of similar behavior in separate … Read More “Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcible touching” »
NEW YORK (AP) – The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after the suspect himself called police to come get him, law enforcement officials said. Frank R. James, 62, was taken into custody about 30 hours after the carnage on … Read More “Brooklyn subway suspect tipped off police to his location” »
ALBANY, NY (AP) – New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin resigned Tuesday in the wake of his arrest in a federal corruption investigation, creating a political crisis for Gov. Kathy Hochul seven months after she selected Benjamin as a partner to make a fresh start in an office already rocked by scandal. Benjamin, a Democrat, … Read More “NY lieutenant governor resigns after arrest in federal probe” »
ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, NY (AP) – As New York inches toward launching a retail marijuana market, sales of buds and edibles are already flourishing on some Native American land around the state. Shops dot the main road through the US side of Mohawk territory straddling the Canadian border. In the Finger Lakes, the Cayuga … Read More “As NY preps pot market, sales grow on Native American land” »
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Even though only a small percentage of Walt Disney Co. workers participated in a walkout Tuesday, organizers felt they had won a moral victory with the company issuing a statement denouncing the anti-LGBTQ legislation that sparked employee outrage. Throughout the day, pockets of employees staged demonstrations at various sites across the … Read More “Disney in balancing act as some workers walk out in protest” »
NEW YORK (AP) – St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus, including the nation’s largest in New York City, in a sign of growing hope that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic may be over. The holiday served as a key marker in the outbreak’s progression, with parades celebrating … Read More “St. Patrick’s Day parades turn pandemic blues Irish green” »
Purdue Pharma reached a nationwide settlement Thursday over its role in the opioid crisis, with the Sackler family members who own the company boosting their cash contribution to as much as $ 6 billion in a deal intended to staunch a flood of lawsuits facing the maker of OxyContin. The deal follows an earlier settlement … Read More “Purdue Pharma, US states agree to new opioid settlement” »
ALBANY, NY (AP) – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state will end a COVID-19 mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings, but will keep masking rules in place in schools for now. The mask mandate for places like grocery stores, shops and offices was put in place Dec. 10 … Read More “New York mask mandate to expire, but not in schools” »