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NYC officer disciplined for “politically oriented patch”

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NEW YORK — New York City police said Saturday that they have disciplined an officer who wore a “politically oriented patch” after a video...

New warden at Epstein jail served as prison executioner

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WASHINGTON — The interim warden appointed to run the federal jail where Jeffrey Epstein died was put in the position after serving as the...

Fresh funding aims to revitalize Indigenous oral history

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Associated Press — A major effort is getting underway at several universities, tribal museums and libraries around the U.S. to digitize the oral histories...

Attorneys challenge Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan approval

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DOVER, Del. — Four women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct are appealing a Delaware judge’s approval of the...

Now-adult in same-sex custody battle seeks removal from suit

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The now-18-year-old woman at the center of a yearslong, same-sex custody dispute that spanned Vermont to Nicaragua said in court documents filed Wednesday that...

GOP’s Tenney, who won House seat by 109 votes, is sworn in

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Republican Claudia Tenney of New York was sworn in Thursday as a member of Congress, reclaiming a seat she lost two years ago and...

Latest rail plan would put tunnel under Long Island Sound

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President Joe Biden’s promise to improve the nation’s infrastructure has renewed interest in the decades-old idea of a high-speed railroad connecting New York and...