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Theodore Roosevelt's pocket watch was stolen in 1987. It's finally back at his New York home
The silver pocket watch was a prized possession of Theodore Roosevelt, a keepsake given to him by his sister and her husband in 1898 before he became president that would travel with him around the world and end up at Sagamore Hill — his home on Long Island, New York, and now a national historic...
'Babies killing babies:' Teenagers charged in shooting that killed 3-year-old and wounded 7-year-old
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two teenage boys were indicted Tuesday in the shooting death of a 3-year-old who was killed while riding his tricycle outside his Buffalo home last week, officials said. The toddler's 7-year-old sister was wounded. “Literally, babies killing babies,” Mayor...
Shooting in Buffalo leaves 3-year-old boy on tricycle dead and his 7-year-old sister wounded
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A 3-year-old boy riding a tricycle was fatally shot and his 7-year-old sister was grazed by gunfire at a family gathering in Buffalo, officials said Saturday. The children were not targeted in the Friday night shooting on a city street, Mayor Byron Brown said....
Balancing act: Swimmers Harting and Fink hold full-time jobs while chasing their Olympic dreams
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Zach Harting had a practical reason for getting a job away from the pool. He was approaching his 26th birthday. He needed health insurance. “I'm not on my parents' (plan) anymore,” Harting said. An Olympian at the Tokyo Games,...
When violence and trauma visit American places, a complex question follows: Demolish, or press on?
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Last week in Parkland, Florida, wrecking equipment began demolishing the building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School where a gunman's rampage in 2018 ended with 17 people dead. As the rumble of destruction echoed, people in the community set to explaining exactly why...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly says Buffalo supermarket killer used a bump stock
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Around an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a ban on bump stocks, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wrongly said a gunman who carried out a racist massacre in her hometown of Buffalo had used the gun accessory that can allow semiautomatic rifles to shoot as fast as a...
Hollywood's A-listers are lining up behind Joe Biden. Will their support matter in November?
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Robert De Niro showed up outside a Manhattan courthouse to decry Donald Trump as his New York hush money trial was winding down, it sparked a life-imitates-art screaming match with a nearby group of the former president's supporters. “You are gangsters!”...
Giants offensive coordinator Mike Kafka not focused on role in play-calling
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — When the New York Giants and their offense stumbled last season after making the playoffs in coach Brian Daboll's first season, there was some speculation on the future of offensive coordinator Mike Kafka. Instead, defensive coordinator Wink Martindale...
Supermarket gunman's lawyers say he should be exempt from the death penalty because he was 18
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The gunman who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket should be exempt from the death penalty because he was 18 at the time of the attack, an age when the brain is still developing and more vulnerable to negative influences, his defense team said in a new court...
New York judge seen shoving police officer will be replaced on the bench
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge who was censured after being seen on video shoving a police officer during a brawl with neighbors will be replaced on the bench, authorities said Wednesday. Judge Mark Grisanti, an acting State Supreme Court justice in Buffalo, has been serving...
