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Amazon Labor Union workers vote overwhelmingly in favor of affiliation with Teamsters
Workers who are part of the Amazon Labor Union are aligning themselves with the Teamsters, overwhelmingly voting in favor of an affiliation. The ALU members voted 98.3% in favor of the affiliation, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Tuesday. The affiliation gives the...
Dangerous heat puts tens of millions in the US on alert. New York activates the National Guard
Extreme heat alerts affected tens of millions of people in the United States on Tuesday as cities including Chicago broke records at the start of a week of sweltering weather. States in the Midwest started to bake Monday in what the National Weather Service called a dangerous and...
Singer Justin Timberlake arrested, accused of driving while intoxicated on Long Island, source says
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Justin Timberlake has been arrested and is accused of driving while intoxicated on New York’s Long Island, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official said Timberlake was expected to be arraigned later Tuesday in Sag Harbor, on the...
Post Malone and Doja Cat to headline Global Citizen Festival to mobilize young people
NEW YORK (AP) — Post Malone and Doja Cat, two of pop music’s biggest stars, will headline this year’s Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park on Sept. 28, as organizers focus on mobilizing young people to help address the world’s pressing problems. The COVID-19...
Police officer in Yonkers, New York, charged with assaulting man during arrest
YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) — A supervising police officer in Yonkers, New York, was arrested and charged on Monday with assaulting a suspect following a high-speed chase three months ago, prosecutors said. Detective Sgt. Hector Cartagena, 55, pleaded not guilty to charges including...
New York midwife pleads guilty to destroying 2,600 COVID-19 vaccines and issuing fraudulent cards
NEW YORK (AP) — An upstate New York midwife pleaded guilty on Monday to federal fraud charges for her role in giving out thousands of COVID-19 immunization cards to people who never received the vaccine, prosecutors said. Kathleen Breault, 66, of Cambridge, admitted in Brooklyn...
Liberty to play Commissioner's Cup final at UBS Arena in Long Island. Barclays out due to NBA draft
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty will play the Commissioner's Cup championship game on June 25 against the Minnesota Lynx at UBS Arena in Long Island because the NBA draft makes the Barclays Center unavailable, the league announced Monday. The draft is the next night and there...
A small plane crash in upstate New York kills the pilot
COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — A small plane crashed in upstate New York near Albany on Monday, killing the pilot, who was the only person aboard, authorities said. The twin-engine Piper PA-31 crashed near the end of the runway at Albany International Airport at around 8:15 a.m., the Federal...
Man on fishing trip drowns trying to retrieve his keys from a lake. Companion tried to save him
HASTINGS, N.Y. (AP) — A man drowned in a lake in upstate New York after his keys fell into the water and he tried to retrieve them, police said. Anthony Davis, 44, was fishing with two other men in Oneida Lake in the town of Hastings just before 10 a.m. Sunday when Davis' keys fell...
Biden's campaign announces a $50 million advertising blitz highlighting Trump's conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is spending $50 million through the end of June, a blitz that includes its first television ad trumpeting Donald Trump’s felony conviction and signals that the Democratic incumbent is seeking to make his Republican opponent’s legal...
