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Governor Hochul Announces Crackdown on Impaired Driving During Super Bowl Week
(Press Release) One of Several Annual Alcohol- and Drug-Related Enforcement Campaigns Funded by the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee Special Enforcement Campaign Runs from February 3 to February 9 Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that State Police and local law enforcement agencies will participate in the national enforcement initiative on impaired driving in the week leading…
New York shields abortion pill prescribers after a doctor was indicted in Louisiana
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill to shield the identities of doctors who prescribe abortion medications, days after a physician in the state was charged with prescribing abortion pills to a pregnant minor in Louisiana.The new law, which took effect immediately, allows doctors to request for their…
Trudeau says Trump tariffs will be postponed by at least 30 days
(AP) In separate negotiations, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump to pause planned tariffs for at least a month. Trump’s tariffs against China are still slated to go into effect on Tuesday. Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s…
Beyoncé wins album of the year at the 2025 Grammys for ‘Cowboy Carter’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé won album of the year for “Cowboy Carter” at Sunday’s Grammys, delivering her — at last — the show’s elusive top award.The superstar, who is both the most awarded and nominated artist in Grammys history, has been up for the category four times before and many feel she has been…
Lawmakers introduce legislation that would have cable companies refund customers for missing programming
Federal lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require cable companies to refund customers for missing programming for which they have paid.The “Stop Sports Blackouts Act,” is in response to the ongoing dispute between MSG Networks, the company that carries the broadcasts of the Knicks, Rangers, Islanders and Devils, and Altice, the parent company of Optimum…
Costco, Teamsters reach tentative contract agreement, avoiding a strike
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business WriterCostco and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, avoiding a strike, the union said Saturday.Teamsters spokesman Matthew McQuaid confirmed the agreement, which will have to be approved by members. Details of the agreement weren’t immediately available. The Associated Press left a message seeking comment…
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, handlers say, predicting 6 more weeks of wintry weather
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his top-hatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania.Phil was welcomed with chants of “Phil, Phil, Phil,” and pulled from a hatch on his tree stump shortly after sunrise before a member…
Trump says Americans could feel ‘some pain’ from his new tariffs
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that Americans could feel “some pain” from the emerging trade war triggered by his tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China, and claimed that Canada would “cease to exist” without its trade surplus with the United States.The trade penalties that Trump signed Saturday at his Florida…
NASA’s 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s two stuck astronauts took their first spacewalk together Thursday, exiting the International Space Station almost eight months after moving in.Commander Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore removed a broken antenna and wiped the station’s exterior for evidence of any microbes that might still be alive after launching from Earth and…
Jogger saved after becoming trapped in mud
A Medford man was rescued after becoming trapped in chest-high mud while Jogger in Smithtown.Police say the man’s dog wandered onto a drained pond in Blydenburgh County Park. As he attempted to retrieve the dog, he began to sink.Police, aided by a helicopter, were able to locate the man and pull him to safety.
Here’s what is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River and killing everyone on board. The collision occurred at around 9 p.m. Wednesday in one of the world’s most tightly controlled airspaces, just over 3…
Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
NEW YORK (AP) — Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of the lifestyle she once embodied, has died. She was 78.Faithfull passed away Thursday in London, her music promotion company…