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Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over NYPD Surveillance Of Muslims

3:30pm October 13, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

A U.S. appeals court compared the police department's program to periods of discrimination against groups of Americans — such as Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Joyce Mitchell appears in court in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Monday. She was sentenced to 2 years and four months to 7 years in prison as part of a plea deal.

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N.Y. Prison Worker Who Helped Inmates Escape Gets Up To 7 Years

2:17pm September 28, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Joyce Mitchell, 51, provided tools such as hacksaws, drill bits and lighted eyeglasses to two convicted killers ahead of their June 6 prison break.

Pope Francis places a white rose at the South Pool of the Sept. 11 memorial in downtown Manhattan on Friday.

At Sept. 11 Memorial, Pope Francis Says 'Grief is Palpable'

4:46pm September 25, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Pope Francis led an interfaith prayer service at the museum commemorating those who died in the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

United Airlines jets are parked at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.

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United Airlines CEO, Other Senior Executives Resign Amid Investigations

8:47pm September 08, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The airline is the target of internal and federal corruption investigations regarding possible improper dealings with a former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Amtrak workers install new electrical cable in the north tube of the Hudson River tunnels. Amtrak says roughly 200,000 riders use these tunnels on a daily basis.

Aging Tunnels Under Hudson River Threaten To Disrupt Transport, Commerce

2:48pm August 26, 2015

by Joel Rose

It's been 105 years since the rail tunnels between Manhattan and New Jersey were built. But even as they show their wear and tear, politicians disagree on who should foot the bill to replace them.

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A homeless man panhandles along Manhattan's Eighth Avenue in New York City.

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New York City Struggles To Keep Up With High Homeless Numbers

2:25pm August 24, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

The number of people sleeping in New York's shelters has been slow to fall after hitting a record high of 59,000 last year. Advocates for the homeless say more New Yorkers are living on the streets.

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Creator Of The 'Rent Is Too Damn High' Party Endorses Candidate Deez Nuts

6:27pm August 21, 2015

by Laura Wagner

New York politician Jimmy McMillan founded The Rent Is Too Damn High Party. Now he's endorsing presidential candidate Deez Nuts, a 15-year-old boy from Iowa.

The house next door to Maureen and Michael McCabe has been sitting empty for seven years. "It freaks me out," Maureen McCabe says. "I don't know if there's animals running around there, mice and rodents."

Ever Since The Great Recession, Zombie Houses Have Haunted New Jersey

3:19pm August 20, 2015

by Joel Rose

Years after the subprime mortgage crisis, New Jersey has the nation's highest rate of zombie homes — abandoned by their former owners but not yet through foreclosure. Some sit vacant for years.

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Alisha Lalani, 10, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., looks at her phone as her mother and brother check in for their flight to Miami at Washington's Reagan National Airport. Their flight was one of thousands delayed as a result of a technical glitch with an FAA au

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East Coast Flights Returning To Normal After Glitch Causes Delays

11:05am August 17, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The FAA says it has resolved problems in an automated system that caused problems for thousands of travelers in New York and the Washington, D.C., metro area.

It is illegal to sell toy guns in New York that look real.

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New York Attorney General Orders Immediate Halt To Realistic Toy Gun Sales

6:57pm August 03, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

New York law requires toy guns made in realistic colors to have a bright, 1-inch-wide orange stripe "down both sides of the barrel and the front end of the barrel," according to a press release.