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The city is conducting its own internal investigation into the incident.
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Kathryn Stockett became a literary phenomenon with her debut novel ‘The Help,’ a book that spent more than two years on the bestseller list and was adapted into an Academy Award–winning film. Now, nearly two decades later, she returns with ‘The Calamity Club,’ a sweeping historical novel set in 1933 Mississippi.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Advocates estimate at least 2,800 people outside of New York City could benefit from the HIV Emergency Shelter Allowance program.
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Proposed changes would add penalties for those who benefit financially from sex trafficking, and allow victims to collect punitive damages from their estates. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul says the idea is under consideration, but she is wary of adding too much more to the budget. -
The New York Democrat said only four companies — including one owned abroad — dominate the meatpacking industry in the U.S.
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State officials allege a Character.AI bot claimed to be a licensed psychiatrist and provided a fake state medical license number.
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Hebrew Union College, the oldest Jewish seminary in the United States, was established in 1875 in Cincinnati by the founder of Reform Judaism in North America. The college has other campuses, but its rabbinical program in Cincinnati will shut down and graduate its last four students at the end of the first week in May.
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May 5 is International Day of the Midwife. This year's theme is "one million more" — reflecting a shortage of midwives. -
The hugely popular prediction market was shut down by U.S. regulators in 2022 and re-opened in Panama, where it has benefited from tax and legal benefits for years.
