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Kiermaier hit after scouting report flap; Rays to playoffs
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Hit by a pitch two days after scooping up a Toronto scouting report and setting off a flap, Kevin Kiermaier hopes to see the Blue Jays in the playoffs. “Oh yeah, it was intentional,” Kiermaier said after reliever Ryan Borucki hit him on...
Giants G Shane Lemieux has knee surgery, out indefinitely
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — New York Giants starting left guard Shane Lemieux had surgery on his left knee and is expected to miss the rest of the regular season. Lemieux, who hurt the knee early in training camp, had surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New...
Ukraine's leader takes UN to task as 'retired superhero'
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Leaders who are “playing” at unity and stuffing pressing problems into an overflowing bag of woe. A world that's in the same boat, but first-class passengers get the lifeboats. A United Nations that resembles ”a retired superhero" that has lost sight of what it...
NYC vaccine mandate for teachers, staff to go forward
NEW YORK (AP) — A vaccine mandate for New York City's public school teachers and other staffers can go forward as planned next week, after a state judge on Wednesday lifted a temporary restraining order. The city had announced last month that school employees would have...
Aides of former Gov. Cuomo on hook for new legal bills
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state has stopped paying legal bills for state employees who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as he faced ongoing investigations on the state and federal level. Gov. Kathy Hochul's spokesperson Haley Viccaro said Wednesday that the state...
12th inmate dies as New York City's jail crisis intensifies
NEW YORK (AP) — An inmate on a New York City jail barge died Wednesday after a medical emergency, the city’s Department of Correction said. It is at least the 12th death of a city inmate this year and the second this week amid what some elected officials and advocates have deemed a...
R. Kelly's rules protected him, prosecutors in sex trial say
NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly got away with sexually abusing underage victims for more than two decades by ruling his inner circle enablers with an iron fist, a prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday at the R&B singer’s sex-trafficking trial. “The defendant set rules,...
Editorial Roundup: New York
Advance Media New York. September 22, 2021. Editorial: NY independent redistricting is an epic flop New York’s first attempt at independent redistricting was an epic failure, and there is absolutely no joy in saying we told you so. ...
Son charged with fatally stabbing father, sister at home
WARREN, N.Y. (AP) — A 22-year-old man is accused of killing his father and 12-year-old sister at home with his younger brother, 9, witnessing it. Michael J. Andreev Jr. has been arrested and charged with two counts of murder and a weapons charge in Sunday's killings,...
Panthers, off to 2-0 start, visit Texans in prime time
In an effort to get every team a Thursday game, NFL schedule makers often take some of the likely tail-enders and stick them in early season games. Sort of a “let's get them out of the way before they've lost a lot” philosophy. It's unlikely...
