Saturday, November 16, 2024

Hochul: NY gov's office won't be toxic workplace on my watch

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Suddenly propelled to lead New York, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Wednesday to set a better tone in state government after the sexual harassment scandal that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Hochul: NY gov's office won't be toxic workplace on my watch

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Suddenly propelled to lead New York, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Wednesday to set a better tone in state government after the sexual harassment scandal that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Hochul: NY gov's office won't be toxic workplace on my watch

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Suddenly propelled to lead New York, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed Wednesday to set a better tone in state government after the sexual harassment scandal that
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Hochul says she's ready to lead following Cuomo's exit

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Suddenly tapped to lead New York through a pandemic and a political earthquake, Lt. Gov Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she was
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NYC to require vaccines or weekly testing for city workers

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NYC to require vaccines or weekly testing for city workers

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

NYC to require vaccines or weekly testing for city workers

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will require all of its municipal workers — including teachers and police officers — to get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Should states set pot policy by its potency? Some say yes

NEW YORK (AP) — As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Should states set pot policy by its potency? Some say yes

NEW YORK (AP) — As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Should states set pot policy by its potency? Some say yes

NEW YORK (AP) — As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Should states set pot policy by its potency? Some say yes

NEW YORK (AP) — As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers: DOJ defense in Trump defamation suit is 'dangerous'

The U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist’s claim that he defamed her when he denied her allegation of rape, her lawyers have told a court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers: DOJ defense in Trump defamation suit is 'dangerous'

The U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist’s claim that he defamed her when he denied her allegation of rape, her lawyers have told a court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Lawyers: DOJ defense in Trump defamation suit is 'dangerous'

The U.S. Justice Department made a “wrong and dangerous” argument in seeking to defend former President Donald Trump against a former advice columnist’s claim that he defamed her when he denied her allegation of rape, her lawyers have told a court.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

New York adults over the age of 21 can now possess and use marijuana — even in public —
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Nursing home disclosures taint Cuomo's pandemic performance

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents, attacks that challenge his reputation for straight-shooting competency and could cloud his political …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Nursing home disclosures taint Cuomo's pandemic performance

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents, attacks that challenge his reputation for straight-shooting competency and could cloud his political …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Nursing home disclosures taint Cuomo's pandemic performance

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents, attacks that challenge his reputation for straight-shooting competency and could cloud his political …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Nursing home disclosures taint Cuomo's pandemic performance

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents, attacks that challenge his reputation for straight-shooting competency and could cloud his political …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Lauded early in pandemic, Cuomo now panned on nursing homes

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wrote a book on managing the COVID-19 crisis. Now he faces intensifying accusations that he covered up the true death toll of the pandemic on nursing home residents, attacks that challenge his reputation for straight-shooting competency and could cloud his political …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Federal conspiracy charges for 2 Proud Boys in Capitol riot

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men identified as members of the Proud Boys have been indicted on federal conspiracy and other charges in the Capitol riot as prosecutors raise the stakes in some of the slew of cases stemming from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Expanded vaccine rollout in US spawns a new set of problems

The rapid expansion of COVID-19 vaccinations to senior citizens across the U.S. has led to bottlenecks, system crashes and hard feelings in many states because of overwhelming demand for the shots.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

NY congressman tests positive for virus, latest since breach

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat said Thursday that he has the coronavirus, making the New York Democrat the latest House member to report testing positive since dozens huddled together for protection during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows

NEW YORK (AP) — It's called the Biewer terrier, and it's been busy.
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Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows

NEW YORK (AP) — It's called the Biewer terrier, and it's been busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows

NEW YORK (AP) — It's called the Biewer terrier, and it's been busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows

NEW YORK (AP) — It's called the Biewer terrier, and it's been busy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.
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After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

After a year like this, expect a strange New Year's Eve

NEW YORK (AP) — If ever a year's end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Admissions changes aim to remedy segregation in NYC schools

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is changing its admission system for hundreds of middle and high schools, officials said Friday in announcing one of the most significant steps the nation's largest school system has taken in years to address racial segregation.
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Admissions changes aim to remedy segregation in NYC schools

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is changing its admission system for hundreds of middle and high schools, officials said Friday in announcing one of the most significant steps the nation's largest school system has taken in years to address racial segregation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Snow continues to fall on Northeast US, with vaccines in tow

NEW YORK (AP) — Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination campaign and in the thick of a virus surge that has throngs of people seeking tests daily.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'If not one thing, it's another': Storm rolls into Northeast

NEW YORK (AP) — A major snowstorm rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday at a key moment in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the
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Snow continues to fall on Northeast US, with vaccines in tow

NEW YORK (AP) — Snow continued to fall Thursday during a key period in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the start of the U.S. vaccination campaign and in the thick of a virus surge that has throngs of people seeking tests daily.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

'If not one thing, it's another': Storm rolls into Northeast

NEW YORK (AP) — A major snowstorm rolled into the Northeast on Wednesday at a key moment in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the
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'If not one thing, it's another': Northeast preps for storm

NEW YORK (AP) — The Northeast girded Wednesday for a major snowstorm at a key moment in the coronavirus pandemic, days after the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tourists few, NY gift shops struggle but don't lose (heart)

NEW YORK (AP) — In souvenir shops from Times Square to the World Trade Center, shelves full of T-shirts and trinkets still (heart) New York. But the proprietors wonder when their customers will, again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tourists few, NY gift shops struggle but don't lose (heart)

NEW YORK (AP) — In souvenir shops from Times Square to the World Trade Center, shelves full of T-shirts and trinkets still (heart) New York. But the proprietors wonder when their customers will, again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tourists few, NY gift shops struggle but don't lose (heart)

NEW YORK (AP) — In souvenir shops from Times Square to the World Trade Center, shelves full of T-shirts and trinkets still (heart) New York. But the proprietors wonder when their customers will, again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Tourists few, NY gift shops struggle but don't lose (heart)

NEW YORK (AP) — In souvenir shops from Times Square to the World Trade Center, shelves full of T-shirts and trinkets still (heart) New York. But the proprietors wonder when their customers will, again.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

New York City schools to close again as virus rate rises

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to bring students back to classrooms this fall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

New York City schools to close again as city fights virus

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is shuttering schools to try to stop the renewed spread of the coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday in a painful about-face for one of the first big U.S. school systems to bring students back to classrooms this fall.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

New York AG: Sotheby's helped rich art lover skirt taxes

NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New York AG: Sotheby's helped rich art lover skirt taxes

NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Biden backers express joy, relief on the streets of NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Horns blared. People cheered, danced, set off firecrackers and banged on pot lids. Some even jumped into a fountain as many parts of New York City burst into celebration at Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the presidential race.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New York AG: Sotheby's helped rich art lover skirt taxes

NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

New York AG: Sotheby's helped rich art lover skirt taxes

NEW YORK (AP) — Sotheby's helped an art collector dodge millions of dollars in New York sales taxes, the state attorney general said in a lawsuit filed Friday, accusing the prominent auction house of accepting bogus documentation to spare a top client a tax bill.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

'Very confident': NYC hospitals prepare for virus resurgence

NEW YORK (AP) — Like battle-hardened veterans, New York City hospitals and nursing homes are bracing for a potential resurgence of coronavirus patients, drawing on lessons learned in the spring when the outbreak brought the nation's largest city to its knees.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

As virus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots

NEW YORK (AP) — After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

As virus flares globally, new strategies target hot spots

NEW YORK (AP) — After entire nations were shut down during the first surge of the coronavirus earlier this year, some countries and U.S. states are trying more targeted measures as cases
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the new coronavirus
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NY high court keeps woman's suit vs. Trump on hold, for now

NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court decided Tuesday to leave a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump on hold for months at least.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

NY delays presidential primary; Trump nixes quarantine idea

NEW YORK (AP) — As coronavirus cases rose in the national epicenter of New York, President Donald Trump surprised governors of the state and neighboring New Jersey and Connecticut by saying Saturday that he might impose a quarantine on their residents before tweeting later in the day that a travel …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

On NYC's front lines, health workers worry they will be next

NEW YORK (AP) — A nurse died from coronavirus after working nonstop for weeks at a hospital where staffers frustrated with dwindling supplies posed in gowns made of trash bags. An emergency room doctor fears he had the virus long before getting too sick to work. Another nurse worries the …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York struggles with coronavirus, US deaths top 1,000

NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities mobilized to head off a public health disaster Wednesday, with the city's emergence as the nation's biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of the country as U.S. deaths from the pandemic topped …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

New York mobilizes against onslaught from the virus

The number of dead in the U.S. topped 800, with more than 60,000 infections
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The number of dead in the U.S. topped 800, with more than 60,000 infections

NEW YORK — Just days after New York leaders ordered people to stay home, authorities mobilized to head off a potential public health disaster Wednesday, with the city’s emergence as the nation’s biggest coronavirus hot spot a warning flare — and perhaps a cautionary tale — for the rest of …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs

NEW YORK (AP) — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

'Cacophony of coughing': Inside NYC's virus-besieged ERs

NEW YORK (AP) — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

NY, NJ, Connecticut to close bars, eateries to fight virus

NEW YORK (AP) — Bars and restaurants will become takeout-only and businesses from movie theaters and casinos to gyms and beyond will be shuttered Monday night throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut because of the coronavirus, the states' governors said.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Smart move or grave mistake? NYC keeps schools open

NEW YORK (AP) — As schools across the U.S. shut down in hopes of helping to fight the coronavirus, New York City officials are arguing just the opposite: They're keeping the nation's largest school system open to ensure that health and emergency workers aren't tied down with kids at home.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Big city, big worry: Pressure mounting to close NYC schools

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus sapped New York City of its famous hustle and bustle Friday, with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis and mounting pressure to close down public schools.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Big city, big worry: Pressure mounting to close NYC schools

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus sapped New York City of its famous hustle and bustle Friday, with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening crisis and mounting pressure to close down public schools.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

The city sleeps: New York bans big gatherings, museums close

NEW YORK (AP) — Museums prepared to shut their doors, the opera was silenced, lights dimmed on Broadway, big gatherings were banned and the subway was shunned as the largest city in the United States wound down Thursday amid a rise in coronavirus cases.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

St. Patrick's Day parades nixed, from New York to Dublin

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade has been postponed for the first time in its 258-year history because of coronavirus concerns, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer's downfall.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer's downfall.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be "totally confused" by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer's downfall.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Painstaking search continues after NYC blast, but hope dims

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In NYC, an unusual task force fights home-as-hotel rentals

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Tissues, counselors ease pain at 9/11 museum

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

NYC plan would keep tobacco products out of sight

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Pour some sugar ... no!

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Hopelessly unattached

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NYC to round out skyline with tallest Ferris wheel

NEW YORK - The Big Apple is getting another "biggest": the world's tallest Ferris wheel, part of an ambitious plan to draw New Yorkers and tourists alike to the city's so-called "forgotten borough."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

The painful, public journey of the 9/11 families

NEW YORK - In some of the nation's most wounded days, it became a deeply personal, wrenchingly public and wholly uncharted identity: "Sept. 11 family member."
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Gillett sued over Liverpool soccer loan

NEW YORK - A U.S. hedge fund is suing former Liverpool co-owner George Gillett Jr. over what the firm says is more than $117 million in debt he racked up investing in the Premier League soccer club.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Lil Wayne freed from jail

NEW YORK - Lil Wayne was freed from jail Thursday after serving eight months in a gun case, emerging with a hot new album, well-wishes from a former president and a deepened appreciation for his fans.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS AGO

Knightley, Worthington drama to close Toronto fest

TORONTO - Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington are slated to be the closing attractions at September's Toronto International Film Festival.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Art dealer pleads guilty to $120M swindle

NEW YORK - A Manhattan art dealer who catered to celebrities and artists' heirs apologized Thursday for bilking about $120 million from clients to finance a once-luxurious life now unraveled into bankruptcy, illness and a struggle with drinking.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Letterman agrees case against producer was handled properly

NEW YORK - From the start, David Letterman made sure the story of a $2 million shakedown attempt over his sex life was one he narrated himself.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO