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Members of the media gather outside Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, Friday, March. 31, 2023.

Judge bans TV cameras, allows limited media access to Trump’s NYC arraignment

April 4, 2023 at 7:10 a.m.

The ex-president's arraignment will not be televised. No TV cameras will be permitted inside a Manhattan courtroom for the historic arraignment of Donald Trump on Tuesday, a judge ruled. Five...

Former President Donald Trump arrives to board his airplane for a trip to a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, at West Palm Beach International Airport, March 25, 2023, in West Palm Beach, Fla.

NYC braces for Donald Trump to arrive Monday after historic indictment; cops prepare for protests at courts, Trump Tower

April 3, 2023 at 8:00 a.m.

After months of anxiety for Americans and furious outbursts from Donald Trump, the former president is set to come to New York City on Monday following his historic indictment, the...

In this pool photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, attends a training session with the Russian national judo team at the Yug-Sport Training Center in Sochi, Russia. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Take that! Vladimir Putin loses honorary judo president title due to Ukraine invasion

February 28, 2022 at 8:04 a.m.

The International Judo Federation dealt a body slam to Russian President Vladimir Putin's ego, suspending his status as honorary president Sunday. The federation joined a host of other high-level international...

The Winter Garden Theater on Broadway in Manhattan, New York

NYC launches effort to vaccinate Broadway workers

March 25, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

The hottest ticket on Broadway will soon be for vaccines. The city is setting up vaccination sites along the Great White Way to get Broadway workers jabbed, Mayor de Blasio...

Gov. Cuomo has denied allegations of impropriety and refused to leave office.

Cuomo’s ‘vaccine czar’ tried to assess state officials’ support amid harassment allegations: report

March 14, 2021 at 5:41 p.m.

A longtime Cuomo ally who's overseen the state's vaccination efforts recently called county officials to gauge their support of the embattled governor, according to a published report. An unnamed Democratic...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, and Mayor Bill de Blasio

De Blasio labels latest Cuomo allegations as ‘disgusting’ as more Dems call on gov. to resign

March 11, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.

ALBANY — Dozens of Gov. Cuomo's fellow Democrats are defecting in light of the latest allegations of sexual harassment levied against the governor and other swirling scandals. More than 55...

Charlotte Bennett told the New York Times the governor had asked her questions about her sex life, whether she "had ever been with an older man" and made her feel "horribly uncomfortable and scared."

Cuomo makes qualified apology, promises to empower state AG to oversee investigation

February 28, 2021 at 6:17 p.m.

Gov. Cuomo on Sunday issued a qualified apology for conduct leading to sexual harassment allegations and said he would empower state Attorney General Letitia James to oversee an investigation of...

Heather Randazzo, an employee at Compassionate Care Foundation's medical marijuana dispensary, trims leaves off marijuana plants in the company's grow house in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

Legal marijuana measure passes in New Jersey

November 4, 2020 at 10:13 a.m.

New Jersey voted to legalize recreational marijuana for adults age 21 and older on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The constitutional amendment allows the possession and use of the...

A banner asking Governor Cuomo to Cancel Rent is seen on a building on Madison St. near Ralph Ave in Brooklyn during the coronavirus pandemic outbreak on May 19, 2020.

NYC launches effort to keep struggling tenants from being evicted and out of Housing Court

July 21, 2020 at 3:38 p.m.

Warning the city is on the brink of a housing crisis, Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday launched an online service to provide mediation services to struggling tenants. "We are about...

Pediatric Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome

NYC detects 52 cases of mysterious COVID-linked syndrome in kids: de Blasio

May 12, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

New York City has detected 52 total cases of "pediatric multi-system inflammatory syndrome" in children, the mysterious, potentially deadly condition linked to coronavirus, Mayor de Blasio said Tuesday. That marked...

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