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This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest, background center, assaulting an Asian American woman, on ground, Monday, March 29, 2021, in New York. The 65-year-old woman was walking in midtown Manhattan a few blocks from Times Square on Monday afternoon when a man approached her and kicked her in the stomach, knocking her to the ground, police said. The man then stomped on the woman's face several times while...

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Attack on Asian American woman near Times Square raises alarms

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Karen Matthews Associated PressMarch 30, 2021

FILE — In this Feb. 22, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at a COVID-19 vaccination site in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York's attorney general said she's moving forward with an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo after receiving a letter from his office Monday, March 1, 2021, authorizing her to take charge of the probe. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)

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Accuser rips Cuomo’s attempt at apology

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, and Marina Villeneuve Associated PressMarch 1, 2021

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., speaks at a news conference in New York, Feb. 24, 2020.

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Manhattan DA gets Trump tax records

by Michael R. Sisak Associated PressFebruary 25, 2021

New York City Police face off with activists during a protest march in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, May 31.

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NYPD sued over Floyd protest response

by Michael R. Sisak Associated PressJanuary 14, 2021

This photo, provided by the New York City Police Department, Monday, Jan.4, 2021, shows the hoax explosive device at a mall in the Queens borough of New York. A police spokesman said that an initial investigation showed there was no explosive device. "An investigation is underway into the hoax," NYPD Sergeant Edward Riley said in an emailed statement. (New York City Police Dept. via AP)

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Self-described ‘nationalist’ suspected in NYC bomb hoax; was expelled from UMass Amherst

by Michael R. Sisak Associated PressJanuary 5, 2021

FILE - In this April 19, 2017 file photo, Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre speaks to reporters in East Patchogue, N.Y. New York's Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, on New York's Long Island, and the largest in the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because of financial pressure from lawsuits over past sexual abuse by clergy members. Barres said more than 200 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by clergy members have been filed against the...

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Suburban NY diocese files for bankruptcy amid abuse lawsuits

by Michael R. Sisak Associated PressOctober 1, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Court blocks release of Trump tax returns

by Michael R. Sisak Associated PressSeptember 1, 2020

FILE - This Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. New York’s attorney general is suing the National Rifle Association, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for personal benefit. The lawsuit filed Thursday, Aug. 6,...

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NY attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, Larry Neumeister Associated Press, and Lisa Marie Pane Associated PressAugust 6, 2020

Medical personnel wearing personal protective equipment remove bodies from the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Thursday, April 2, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York. As coronavirus hot spots and death tolls flared around the U.S., the nation's biggest city was the hardest hit of the all, with bodies loaded onto refrigerated morgue trucks by gurney and forklift outside overwhelmed hospitals, in full view of passing motorists. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Virus’s economic fallout mounts

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, Lori Hinnant Associated Press, and Mark Sherman Associated PressApril 2, 2020

Cruise ships are docked at PortMiami, Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Miami. The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it's working with Holland America on a detailed docking plan that would require two ships carrying passengers and crew from an ill-fated cruise to handle all medical issues without impacting South Florida's already-stressed hospitals. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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New York deaths double in 3 days, with worst to come

by Michael R. Sisak Associated Press, Angela Charlton Associated Press, and Mark Sherman Associated PressApril 1, 2020