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Editorial Roundup: New York

Nov. 23, 2023 15:03 PM EST

Wall Street Journal. November 21, 2023. Editorial: Another New York Gift to Florida Albany moves to bar nearly all non-compete employee agreements. As lousy as New York’s business climate is, it can get worse. Democrats in Albany are reminding...

NYC carriage driver shown in video flogging horse is charged with animal cruelty

Nov. 15, 2023 17:07 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A carriage horse driver was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty on Wednesday, more than a year after his frail, ill horse collapsed on the streets of Manhattan, prosecutors announced. Ian McKeever, 54, was arraigned on a charge of overdriving, torturing and...

'Doc' Antle of Netflix's 'Tiger King' pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking and money laundering

Nov. 06, 2023 14:52 PM EST

An exotic wildlife preserve owner who gained notoriety on the popular Netflix series “Tiger King” plead guilty Monday to animal trafficking and money laundering, the U.S. Justice Department announced. Bhagavan “Doc” Antle oversaw the sale or purchase of cheetah cubs, lion...

Video of injured deer sparks calls for animal cruelty charge for Vermont hunter

Oct. 18, 2023 16:33 PM EDT

Cell phone video that a game warden said showed a hunter petting an illegally shot and injured deer, and saying “good boy” before killing the animal, has raised calls from wildlife advocates for animal cruelty charges. But Vermont’s animal cruelty law does not apply to...

Kenyan Facebook moderators accuse Meta of not negotiating sincerely

Oct. 16, 2023 10:23 AM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The lawyer representing 184 former Facebook content moderators based in Kenya who sued the site's parent company, Meta, over working conditions and pay told the judge Monday that Meta has not been sincere in trying to reach an out-of-court settlement as agreed in the last...

South Carolina man convicted of turtle smuggling charged with turtle abuse in Georgia

Oct. 13, 2023 18:08 PM EDT

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A South Carolina man previously convicted of smuggling protected turtles between the United States and Hong Kong faces new allegations of turtle-related crimes in Georgia. Bibb County sheriff's deputies arrested and jailed Steven Verren Baker, 43, of Holly Hill,...

Overdose-reversing drug administered to puppy after possible fentanyl exposure in California

Sep. 10, 2023 17:25 PM EDT

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — A pit bull puppy that California police believe got into its owners' fentanyl stash was administered an overdose-reversing drug and is recovering, officials said. The dog's owners, a man and a woman, were arrested and could face charges including drug...