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St Patrick’s suspect previously arrested at other cathedral
A college philosophy teacher arrested after entering St. Patrick’s Cathedral carrying two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters had also been arrested at a New Jersey cathedral this week.
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World Trade Center installs granite monoliths to honor sickened relief workers
A 600-ton crane has delivered six granite monoliths to the World Trade Center — stone sculptures honoring those who were sickened or died from toxins while cleaning up the site of the terrorist attack.
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This wheelchair ballroom dancer is breaking barriers
Not only is Cheryl Angelelli breaking barriers for women with disabilities, she’s breaking world records. Angelelli might be paralyzed from the chest down, but she’s a star on the dance floor.
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National Women’s Hall of Fame may lose funding over induction of Jane Fonda
In a draft resolution, Seneca Falls town supervisor Greg Lazzaro decried Fonda’s 1972 visit to North Vietnam, during which she posed atop a Viet Cong anti-aircraft weapon.
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Gillibrand in 2020 Democratic race as full-fledged candidate
New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand formally joined the 2020 White House race on Sunday and previewed the hard line she will take against President Trump by announcing a rally outside one of his signature Manhattan properties.
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Irish pride, and dash of politics, at St Patrick’s Parade
Not even Brexit could put a damper on the largest American celebration of Irish heritage on Saturday, with tens of thousands of marchers following a painted green line up Fifth Avenue for the six-hour procession.
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NY drug raid recovers enough fentanyl to kill nearly 2 million people
Five kilograms of the poisonously potent synthetic opioid were seized along with 6 kilograms of heroin, a more common street drug which, when spiked with fentanyl, has caused tens of thousands of fatal overdoses in America in recent years.
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Amazon begged to reconsider New York location in letter by politicians, CEOs
In an open letter addressed to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, politicians and other business leaders wrote, in part, “We urge you to reconsider, so that we can move forward together.”
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Man fakes his own kidnapping to avoid paying Super Bowl bet: Police
Robert Brandel, 60, was arrested in western New York on Wednesday after officers found him in the back of his pickup truck with his hands and feet wrapped in duct tape, police said.
2 months ago -
Amazon feels ‘welcome’ in Arlington, but still plans more extensive outreach
The company’s head of worldwide economic development, Holly Sullivan, says Amazon employees were regularly surveying Crystal City locals about the prospect of becoming the neighborhood’s newest, and largest, occupant.
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NYC’s Chinatown welcomes Year of the Pig with vibrant parade
Confetti and spectators a half-dozen or more deep at points lined the route of the Lunar New Year Parade in lower Manhattan.
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Man discovers 30-year-old Apple computer still in working order
“My oldest, who is 9, exclaimed “that’s a computer?!” in genuine surprise, and then pointed at the floppy drives and asked “what are those?” My younger twins just kept laughing at how silly it seemed to them.”
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Amazon dumps NYC headquarters and its promised 25,000 jobs
Amazon says it will not be building a new headquarters in New York, a stunning reversal after a yearlong search.
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New York City bookstores respond to Amazon headquarters announcement
One group that’s not sad to see Amazon back out of its New York headquarters? New York City’s independent bookstores, some of which took to social media to celebrate Amazon’s retreat in no uncertain terms:
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Arlington board chairman: Amazon jobs from canceled New York site aren’t coming here
After Amazon announced Thursday that they would not build a planned phase of their second headquarters in New York, the chairman of the Arlington County Board said that the jobs that would have gone to Queens are not headed to the Crystal City site the sales giant has already selected.
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