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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — It’s “total insanity” that a man who killed eight children and two women in a New York City home 34 years ago was freed from prison recently because he was eligible to be released under state ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Democrats won two special elections for the New York state Senate Tuesday but Republicans will remain in charge of the chamber after a key Democratic senator who has sided with Republicans announced that he’ll stay put. ...

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PHOENIX — A mistrial was declared Monday in the case of a U.S. Border Patrol agent after an Arizona jury acquitted him of a second-degree murder charge in the killing of a teen from Mexico but deadlocked on lesser counts ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. appeals court on Monday favored humans over animals in a novel copyright lawsuit filed over a series of entertaining selfies taken by a monkey with a toothy grin. U.S. copyright law does not allow lawsuits ...

NEW YORK (AP) — First, Jared Kushner’s big plans for a skyscraper in Manhattan fell apart. Now, it’s the turn of his major twin-tower project across the river in New Jersey. Plans for a pair of gleaming, 66-story residential towers ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s escalating dispute with China over trade and technology is threatening jobs and profits in working-class communities where his “America First” agenda hit home. The Commerce Department has received more than 2,400 applications from companies ...

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Bitcoin “miners” who use rows of computers whirring at the same time to produce virtual currencies began taking root along New York’s northern border a couple of years ago to tap into some of the nation’s cheapest hydroelectric power, offering ...

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PORTLAND, Maine — A high school student in Maine who fled his native Zambia can compete in a U.S. government-funded poetry contest, a federal judge ruled Friday. The National Endowment for the Arts had blocked the 11th-grader’s participation, saying he ...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors highlighted gaps in Bill Cosby’s travel records on Monday as they sought to downplay their significance to the comedian’s defense on sexual assault charges. Cosby’s lawyers introduced the records in an attempt to show he couldn’t ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State lawmakers in New York are examining a legislative proposal to give terminally ill people the right to seek life-ending medication from their physician. The Assembly’s Health Committee is scheduled to hold a public hearing on ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is proposing changes to the state’s laws on sex trafficking so child victims won’t be required to testify. The Democrat announced the legislative proposal on Friday. He said that under current ...

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NEW YORK — Wells Fargo will pay $1 billion to federal regulators to settle charges tied to its mortgage and auto lending business, the latest chapter in years-long, wide-ranging scandal at the banking giant. However, it appears that none of ...