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January 19, 2021

NYPD, protesters clash in Manhattan on MLK Day with 29 arrested

The New York Police Department said at least 29 people were arrested – and at least 11 officers were injured – Monday when a crowd of protesters showing out on what would Martin Luther King Jr.’s 92nd birthday converged with police outside City Hall in lower Manhattan.

January 19, 2021

NY paper pulls down blog mocking GOP Rep. Stefanik as 'childless'

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., blasted the Albany, New York-based newspaper Times Union as "truly heinous and wildly impropriate" for publishing a blog that mocked her as "childless."

January 19, 2021

Pfizer can’t sell COVID-19 vaccines directly to New York; HHS approval needed, company says

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer cannot sell its COVID-19 vaccine directly to New York as the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, had asked the company’s CEO to do. 

January 19, 2021

Dry Inauguration Day forecast for DC, strong winds and fire danger for Southern California

Weather should be dry for Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, D.C. It will be partly sunny and with temperatures in the low 40s, which is average for this time of year in the nation's capital. 

January 19, 2021

Mets general manager Jared Porter sent reporter unsolicited photos

Mets general manager Jared Porter’s standing with the team could be on shaky ground following a report late Monday night indicating he sent unsolicited texts and images to a female reporter in 2016.

January 18, 2021

NAACP chapter president under fire after sending genital picture to teen

The president of a recently reactivated NAACP chapter in New York admitted over the weekend to sending a sexually explicit photograph of himself "intended for my wife to an individual I was working with."

January 18, 2021

Strong winds bring elevated fire danger, risk of power outages to parts of California

Strong winds ahead of a system that will bring much-needed rain to Southern California this week have elevated fire danger and brought the risk of power outages.

January 16, 2021

Manhattan DA’s office expands criminal probe of Trump’s businesses

The Manhattan District Attorney's Office is expanding its criminal probe of President Trump and his businesses -- issuing subpoenas for documents pertaining to a Trump property in suburban Westchester County, N.Y., Fox News has confirmed.  

January 15, 2021

Twitter mocks Andrew Yang for 'bodega' video as he campaigns for New York City mayor

Former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang launched his bid for Mayor of New York City this week, but his campaign is off to a rough start after social media slammed the tech entrepreneur for posting a video in a bodega that many New Yorkers said was too open and spacious to actually be a bodega. 

January 15, 2021

Cuomo takes parting shot at Trump admin, targets 'reclamation' of SALT funds

The SALT cap has been one of the bigger thorns in Cuomo's side in recent years.