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Renewed wildfire escapes containment and prompts evacuation near New York-New Jersey border

Nov. 17, 2024 02:54 AM EST

WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Windy conditions renewed a wildfire that escaped a containtment line and prompted emergency officials to enact a voluntary evacation plan for a small number of houses in a community near the New York-New Jersey border on Saturday. The voluntary evacuation...

How a viral, duct-taped banana came to be worth $1 million

Nov. 17, 2024 00:46 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Walk into any supermarket and you can generally buy a banana for less than $1. But a banana duct-taped to a wall? That might sell for more than $1 million at an upcoming auction at Sotheby’s in New York. The yellow banana fixed to the white wall with silver duct...

Trump attends UFC championship fight in New York, taking a break from Cabinet picks

Nov. 16, 2024 23:53 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump walked out to a roaring standing ovation just ahead of the start of the UFC pay-per-view card at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, combining two things close to his heart: fierce battles inside the octagon and New York City. ...

Katie Taylor beats Amanda Serrano again in another slugfest with a disputed decision

Nov. 16, 2024 09:31 AM EST

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano was as bloody and bruising as the original. The disputed decision — and the reaction to it — was about the same, too. Taylor retained her unanimous super lightweight championship in a...

Siena Saints play the Albany (NY) Great Danes, seek 4th straight victory

Nov. 16, 2024 03:45 AM EST

Siena Saints (3-0) at Albany (NY) Great Danes (2-1) Albany, New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Great Danes -4.5; over/under is 147 BOTTOM LINE: Siena will look to keep its three-game win streak alive when the Saints take on Albany...

NYC concerned about low reservoir levels after months of little rain

Nov. 15, 2024 19:49 PM EST

GILBOA, N.Y. (AP) — New York City officials are concerned about low reservoir levels after months of little rain, saying they may postpone repairs on a temporarily out-of-service aqueduct to bring more water into the stressed system. Mayor Eric Adams issued a drought watch this...

Kiyan Anthony will follow in his father Carmelo's footsteps and go to Syracuse

Nov. 15, 2024 18:30 PM EST

Kiyan Anthony is following in his father’s footsteps. He’s going to play basketball at Syracuse. Carmelo Anthony’s son — a highly touted shooting guard from Long Island Lutheran High — made it official on Friday, two years after the Orange offered him a scholarship. ...

Firefighters are closer to taming the wildfire that's across the New Jersey-New York border

Nov. 15, 2024 18:20 PM EST

WEST MILFORD, N.J. (AP) — Firefighters were getting closer Friday to taming a wildfire burning across the New Jersey-New York border on Friday, increasing their encirclement of the hard-to-access blaze. The fire, named the Jennings Creek blaze, was 90% contained on the Passaic...

New York judge rejects state efforts to shutter bitcoin mine over climate concerns

Nov. 15, 2024 15:50 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A cryptocurrency plant in central New York can continue operating after a court rejected the state’s effort to shutter the facility over concerns about its climate impact. The decision was hailed as a victory by Greenidge Generation, a large-scale crypto mine in...

Ben & Jerry's lawsuit accuses parent company of censorship over Gaza

Nov. 15, 2024 14:30 PM EST

Ben & Jerry’s has sued its parent company Unilever accusing it of silencing the ice cream maker from making statements in support of Palestinians in the Gaza war. The complaint, filed Wednesday in federal court in New York, says the multinational conglomerate has failed to...