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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Democrat Eric Adams won New York City’s mayoral race on Tuesday on promises to boost public safety and give voice to working-class residents, drawing on his experience as a police captain and as a Black man who experienced police brutality as a youth. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president since 2014, will […]
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Democrat Eric Adams wins New York City mayoral electionBy Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Democrat Eric Adams won New York City’s mayoral race on Tuesday on promises to boost public safety and give voice to working-class residents, drawing on his experience as a police captain and as a Black man who experienced police brutality as a youth.
By Joseph Ax, Gabriella Borter and Jason Lange FAIRFAX, Va. (Reuters) – Republicans won the Virginia governor’s election and were within striking distance in New Jersey on Wednesday, a warning that President Joe Biden’s Democrats are in trouble heading into next year’s congressional elections. Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive who surged in the
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Earlier today, Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted preparations for vaccinating school-aged children and announced the “#GetTheVaxFacts” campaign to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation. A rush transcript of the Governor’s remarks are available below: “Governor Hochul: Hello, everybody, thank you for joining. The ranks are getting smaller. All right. So, here’s my promise. Everybody who’s shown up in person gets to ask a question.
More than half of the world’s 7.8 billion people live in cities and urban areas. By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion will be living there. As that figure continues to climb and ever more people flock to metropolitan areas in the hope of a better life, the big question is: how do we fit everyone
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday cast doubt on an effort by the National Rifle Association to revive its lawsuit challenging New York state’s closing of gun stores early in the COVID-19 pandemic because they were “non-essential” businesses. The NRA, which is also defending itself against a
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Since the Endangered Species Act was established nearly 50 years ago in the United States, the Fish and Wildlife Service has prevented the extinction of more than 99 per cent of the species listed in the act. Unfortunately, even federal protection cannot totally protect American wildlife from what scientists call the “sixth mass extinction.” In
By Roselle Chen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bustling New York City may not seem a bee-friendly place, but its high-rise rooftops and tiny gardens are buzzing with honeymakers threatened by pesticides in rural areas. About 2.4 million Italian honeybees waited in a white van to be taken to their new homes early Friday. It was
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By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – New York City’s police union filed a lawsuit on Monday against a vaccine mandate for municipal workers ordered last week by Mayor Bill de Blasio. The mayor on Wednesday ordered all city employees to show proof of inoculation against COVID-19 or be placed on unpaid leave, drawing the union’s ire.
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