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Hochul, Adams vow major crackdown on illicit NYC cannabis shops: 'Insanity stops right now'
NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams celebrated Friday after securing tools in the state budget to crack down on unlicensed cannabis shops, and offered a blunt message to the illicit sellers: City and state authorities are coming after them.
“This is your warning,” declared Adams, carrying a padlock at a joint news conference...Read more
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Gov. JB Pritzker says 'evolution of the leadership' needed at CTA
SPRINGFIELD, Il. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for an “evolution of the leadership” at the CTA, as embattled agency President Dorval Carter has looked to Springfield for solutions to a looming budget crisis.
Carter has found himself in the hot seat as the CTA struggled in recent years to provide frequent, reliable and safe service. At the ...Read more
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Iran's 'axis of resistance' watches Israel and waits for command
Earlier this month, Kamleh Al-Yaseeni was supposed to accompany a friend to a hospice for the elderly in Damascus where they both volunteered, but she changed her mind to stay home with her disabled son, friends and neighbors said. It was a decision that would cost both their lives.
The Syrian family died in an airstrike on the three-story ...Read more
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Ukraine says bomber downed as Russia launches deadly strike
Ukraine said it shot down a Russian strategic bomber in combat for the first time since the Kremlin’s invasion began after the aircraft launched a missile strike that left at least seven people dead in the central Dnipro region.
The Tu-22M3 was downed some 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the Ukrainian border after launching missiles, Ukraine...Read more
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Man lights self on fire outside Trump trial courthouse
NEW YORK — A man set himself on fire in a park across from Manhattan Criminal Court Friday where former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial continues, according to a report.
Firefighters and emergency medical technicians were called to the scene about 1:15 p.m. after the man burst into flames inside a barricaded area at the park.
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Crew suspected of taking $250,000 in Scratchers from 44 stores arrested by sheriff's department
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Sheriff's detectives investigating a series of strong-arm robberies during which thousands of California Lottery Scratchers games were stolen from convenience stores caught a break last week.
On April 11, detectives spotted a vehicle linked to 44 robberies over a nine-week stretch parked outside a 7-Eleven ...Read more
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Biden administration updates campus protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday finalized new rules designed to bolster legal protections at colleges and universities for LGBTQ+ and pregnant students and victims of sexual misconduct.
The new rules do not address the politically contentious issue of transgender athletes competing on women’s sports teams, however. Last year...Read more
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Get ready for one of the busiest Atlantic hurricane seasons on record, forecasters say
PHILADELPHIA — The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is likely to be destructive and costly and has the potential to be one of the busiest on record.
That's the consensus of several major forecasting services, all of which point to conditions in the tropical Pacific and in the Atlantic hurricane-formation zone that are ripe for a tropical-storm ...Read more
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Kemp on Medicaid expansion in 2025: 'I'm in the no camp.'
ATHENS – Gov. Brian Kemp said he opposes an effort to expand Medicaid next year, even as a growing number of Republicans say they’re open to a debate on allowing Georgia to join the 40 other states that have boosted their programs for low-income residents.
The governor told Politically Georgia during a live event Thursday that he’s ...Read more
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Chicago Public Schools launches a new, 'more equitable' funding model
CHICAGO — While legislators in Springfield consider a bill that would prevent Chicago Public Schools from closing schools or making changes to its admissions policies through 2027, district officials have begun finalizing a budget they claim will benefit all of the district’s schools – neighborhood and selective enrollment – in the ...Read more
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Pregnancy complications linked to risk of early death, even decades later
From gestational diabetes to preeclampsia, pregnancy complications may be associated with a woman’s risk of early death — even decades later.
“Adverse pregnancy outcomes may lead to small physiologic changes that are initially hard to detect, such as inflammation or other abnormalities in small blood vessels,” Dr. Casey Crump, a ...Read more
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Rule for emergency aid bill adopted with Democratic support
WASHINGTON — The House adopted a rule Friday to take up a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, in a bipartisan show of support that likely paves the way for passage Saturday.
With scores of Republicans opposed to Ukraine aid and furious that a border security measure was left on the sidelines, Democrats took the unusual ...Read more
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Trump back in NYC court for hush money trial, slams 'unfair' gag order
Trump back at court, complains gag order is ‘unfair’
NEW YORK — Jury selection at Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial is expected to enter the home stretch Friday, with only five alternates to be seated before prosecutors make their case against the former president to a panel of his peers.
Trump returned to the lower Manhattan ...Read more
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Newsom offers a compromise to protect indoor workers from heat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has compromised on long-sought rules that would protect indoor workers from extreme heat, saying tens of thousands of prison and jail employees — and prisoners — would have to wait for relief.
The deal comes a month after the administration unexpectedly rejected sweeping heat ...Read more
25 years later, a Columbine teacher reflects on why she stayed: “We take care of each other”
DENVER — Twenty-five years ago, Michelle DiManna sat in the math office at Columbine High School grading papers and talking to a colleague when she heard students screaming in terror.
Two heavily armed shooters had entered the Jefferson County school late in the morning on April 20, 1999, and proceeded to kill 12 of their classmates and a ...Read more
Rule for debate on war supplemental heads to House floor
WASHINGTON — The House Rules Committee approved a rule late Thursday for consideration of a $95.3 billion foreign aid package in a rare bipartisan vote that signaled solid support for the measure despite considerable GOP opposition.
The committee voted 9-3 for the rule setting terms for floor consideration of the long-stalled aid package, ...Read more
Colorado “assault” weapons ban faces likely key vote in Senate from father of mass shooting victim
The proposed ban on the sale, transfer and manufacturing of many high-powered, semi-automatic guns in Colorado will face an uphill fight in the state Senate after clearing the state House for the first time.
The measure, House Bill 1292, would ban guns referred to as “assault” weapons by its Democratic sponsors. It now heads to a Senate ...Read more
'Help me, help me': Metro bus driver stabbed, reviving fears about safety
LOS ANGELES — A video circulating on social media captured the moments a bus driver was stabbed Saturday night by a passenger in Willowbrook as other passengers watched.
The driver survived and is recovering at home, but the incident heightens concern about the safety of Metro's bus drivers and passengers. The attack came less 24 hours after ...Read more
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Wild turkey numbers are falling in some parts of the US – the main reason may be habitat loss
Birdsong is a welcome sign of spring, but robins and cardinals aren’t the only birds showing off for breeding season. In many parts of North America, you’re likely to encounter male wild turkeys, puffed up like beach balls and with their tails fanned out, aggressively strutting through woods and parks or stopping traffic on your street....Read more
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Getting a good night’s rest is vital for neurodiverse children – pediatric sleep experts explain why
Most of us are all too familiar with the consequences of a poor night’s sleep – be it interrupted sleep or simply too little of it. If you’re a parent with kids at home, it often leaves you and your children on edge.
Children with neurodiverse conditions, such as autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, are ...Read more
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