President Biden had promised to halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, but an essential tool the administration planned to use to achieve that goal now appears out of reach. The New York Times reported Friday that Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative West Virginia Democrat, has indicated to the White House that…
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Ali Harbi Ali, 25, a British citizen and the son of a former Somali government official, was arrested at the crime scene; was not previously known to the British security forces. The suspect being held by UK police on suspicion of the terrorist murder of MP David Amess is named Ali Harbi Ali, British media…
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This week in the criminal trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard from a second former lab director of the blood-testing startup, former executives of the two major retailers that inked deals with the failed company, as well as the beginning of testimony from a former employee who was involved in its critical Walgreens…
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As homelessness grows in New York City, owners seek ways to defuse conflicts between panhandlers and their customers and employees, from hiring guards to feeding the hungry. When Stephen Werther, an owner and the chef of the West Village restaurant and market Suprema Provisions, opened his business for outdoor dining in the summer of 2020,…
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A 21-year-old man has been arrested for gunning down a Bronx teen in a gang-related slaying that led Police Commissioner Dermot Shea to lament the victim’s live-by-the-gun, die-by-the-gun lifestyle. Detectives identified Xavier Rosado as the killer of 16-year-old Nisayah Sanchez shortly after the Sept. 29 shooting on E. 187th St. in Crotona, a police source…
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This change in New York City’s tap water is hard to swallow. The city shut down the Catskill Aqueduct — which brings water from the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County to the Big Apple — this month for a 15-week repair project, leading to earthy compounds in our H20. In other words, it tastes like…
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A man with 37 prior arrests has been charged in the case of a woman chased to her Bronx apartment before he tried to break in. Terrifying video of the incident, which happened around 2 a.m. at a multi-unit residential building near East 168 Street and Sherman Avenue in the Concourse Village section on September…
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The International Space Station was unexpectedly tilted on Friday after a test firing of thrusters on Russia’s Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft continued longer than expected. First reported by the New York Times, the personnel aboard the ISS were never in danger according to a statement from Russia’s Roscosmos space agency. Ground teams for NASA and Roscosmos…
The Food and Drug Administration will delay its decision on authorizing Moderna Inc’s vaccine for adolescents while it examines whether it leads to an inflammatory heart condition, the Wall St. Journal has reported. The move comes after four Nordic countries have taken stronger stances against giving Moderna vaccines to younger adults. The issue surrounds myocarditis,…
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday threatened to sue the Biden administration over an anticipated coronavirus vaccine mandate. The governor’s comments came during a press conference in Fort Myers on monoclonal antibody treatments, which the governor has worked to make more accessible in the state to prevent severe COVID-19 infections. “I think that the mandate…
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