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Sen. Menendez found guilty on all counts in federal corruption trial
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez was found guilty on all 16 counts in his federal corruption trial, including charges of bribery and conspiracy for a public official to act as a foreign agent, a jury decided Tuesday in a Manhattan courthouse.
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‘I Couldn't Even See:' Masked Thieves With Bear Spray Terrorize NYC Jewelry Store in $800K Heist
Exclusive video showed the panic after the employees inside the Bronx store struggled to see and breathe after being sprayed with bear mace during a smash-and-grab robbery in which the suspects made off with $800,000 in merchandise
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‘Life-Threatening and Unconscionable': NYC Leaders Call on State to Fix Rikers Situation
The list of issues at Rikers is long and jaw-dropping — violence, trash piled up, human waste coating the floors, and at the top of the list: staffing
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65-Year-Old Asian Woman Kicked in Stomach, Stomped in Face as NYC Witnesses Stand By
A violent attack against an Asian-American man aboard a Brooklyn subway train and a separate assault on an Asian woman in Manhattan are being investigated by police. New York’s Hate Crimes Task Force has offered to assist in the investigation.
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How a New Website Could Get You Access to a COVID-19 Vaccine Quicker
There is a new COVID vaccine online waitlist system created to keep precious temperature-regulated doses from going to waste.
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‘A Miracle': Toddler Recovers After Spending Life Hospitalized With Rare Condition
Christine Pathak has marked every milestone in a hospital — most of them inside St. Mary’s in Queens. Everything from trick-or-treating to Thanksgiving to Christmas to birthdays were celebrated at the hospital. That all changed Friday. It was during her time hospitalized, when there were moments that standing seemed impossible for the now 2-and-a-half-year-old. The fact that she walked through…
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What to Know About Coronavirus Super Spreader Events
A recently published paper found that coronavirus super-spreading events are the result of the right people at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and that the riskiest window of infection may be very brief
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NJ Student Makes Hundreds of Masks To Help Hospital, Doctor Who Delivered Her at Birth
A college student started making masks from donated scraps of hospital material that she folded and sewed — and the person who donated the material is the same doctor who delivered her 20 years ago
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New York Trial Tests Heartburn Medication to Treat COVID-19
As researchers race to develop a treatment for COVID-19, a new study out of the region has produced promising results with an unusual medication. Doctors at Northwell Health want to know if a common, inexpensive heartburn drug could offer a treatment for COVID-19. The study started a few weeks ago, but doctors at Northwell Health kept it under wraps until…
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Weinstein Sentenced to 23 years for Sexual Assaults
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced in a Manhattan criminal courtroom Wednesday to 23 years for sexually assaulting a former production assistant and raping an aspiring actress — a landmark sentencing in the #MeToo era. Just hours after the monumental sentencing, sources close to the family told NBC New York that the convicted rapist was on his way back to Bellevue Hospital…
