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President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Wednesday.

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Trump: NYC Truck Attack Suspect Should Get Death Penalty

11:22am November 02, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The president also said he'd consider sending suspect Sayfullo Saipov to the Guantanamo Bay detention center, though he seemed to backtrack from this position in tweets Thursday.

A makeshift memorial stands on a bike path in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday. Eight people on the path were killed in a truck attack Tuesday.

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Suspect In New York City Truck Attack Accused of Terrorism in Federal Complaint

8:01pm November 01, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Prosecutors say Sayfullo Saipov left a note declaring he drove onto a bike path in Manhattan in the name of ISIS. Eight people were killed. Saipov was shot by a police officer and is recovering.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York is being blamed by President Trump for promoting a visa program that was used by the alleged driver of the truck in the New York terrorist attack.

FACT CHECK: Trump Singles Out Chuck Schumer After N.Y. Terrorist Attack

5:13pm November 01, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The president blames the so-called diversity visa program sponsored by the New York Democrat for allowing an accused terrorist into the country.

Police gather at the scene of Tuesday's attack in New York City.

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'Another Pedestrian Hit': Listen To The Dramatic N.Y. Attack Dispatch Audio

11:11am November 01, 2017

Dispatch audio recorded from the New York Police Department as Tuesday's attack unfolded in the city reveals a dramatic — and often tense — response.

The state of New York is putting e-cigarettes into the same category as regular tobacco cigarettes, under new restrictions signed into law this week. Here, a man uses a vape device in London last summer, next to a No Smoking sign.

New York Bans Vaping Indoors In Public: State Law Classes E-Cigs With Cigarettes

1:45pm October 24, 2017

by Bill Chappell

"These products are marketed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes but the reality is they also carry long-term risks," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Mainland Colleges Offer In-State Tuition To Students Affected By Hurricane Maria

9:44am October 22, 2017

by Ariana Figueroa

State colleges, community colleges and one private university are working to help students in Puerto Rico and beyond continue their education.

Yom Kippur break fasts are notoriously epic — all manner of smoked fishes and delicate pastries are piled high on the best china (or, if you're feeding dozens, paper plates). For many of those gathered around a table heaped with traditional Eastern Euro

How Yom Kippur Fasts Became All About The Feasts

1:46pm September 29, 2017

by Deena Prichep

The Jewish holiday of reflection and hope tends to bring everyone to the heaping table of traditional foods when fasting is over, But celebrating with a huge feast was not always the case.

NYPD officers respond to a deadly crash involving two buses in the New York City borough of Queens on Monday.

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3 People Killed, More Than A Dozen Injured In 2-Bus Crash In New York City

1:38pm September 18, 2017

by Amy Held

"Hard to compare to anything I've ever seen, the sheer destruction from the impact of this collision," said New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Jesus Martinez (L) works at his bodega grocery store in the Queens borough of New York City in 2007. Tech entrepreneurs got pushback for calling their startup "Bodega."

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High-Tech 'Bodega' Falls Short Of The Real Thing

3:41am September 16, 2017

by Scott Simon

Two entrepreneurs attracted criticism after they unveiled a ritzy vending machine they named Bodega. NPR's Scott Simon muses on the value of the brick and mortar stores that predate the machine.

In a photo from 2015, then-Republican presidential candidate, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, greets New York Daily News publisher Mortimer Zuckerman during a luncheon hosted by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, at the the Yale Club in New York.

Publisher Tronc To Purchase New York's 'Daily News'

11:20am September 05, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The long-struggling tabloid, rival of The New York Post, will reportedly go for just $1 and the assumption of operational and pension liabilities.