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Police investigating antisemitic and racist stickers found throughout Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neighborhood

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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police are investigating antisemitic and racist stickers discovered throughout the city's neighborhood with the largest Jewish population in addition to other areas.

The stickers, plastered on light poles near the busy intersection of Murray and Forbes avenues in Squirrel Hill, contained images of swastikas and ...Read more

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Accused NYC stab spree killer had been assaulted by correction officer in May

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NEW YORK — The homeless man accused of carrying out an unprovoked stabbing spree across Manhattan that left three strangers dead got into a violent clash with a correction officer earlier this year that left both hurt and facing charges, the Daily News has learned.

In August, Ramon Rivera, 54 — accused of murdering three New Yorkers in a ...Read more

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Prince Harry lets Jelly Roll 'tattoo' his neck. 'Have you done this before?'

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On Nov. 19, the Invictus Games 25 Instagram page shared a video.

The video featured the founder of the Invictus Games, Prince Harry, sitting in a chair in the middle of the East Side Ink Tattoo parlor in New York City. “This is where people get tattooed, right?”

Harry was patiently waiting for his tattoo artist to meet with him when ...Read more

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Dozens sick with norovirus during monthlong Pacific cruise

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An outbreak of highly contagious norovirus left 55 passengers and 15 crew members sick during a month-long cruise across the Pacific Ocean.

The Coral Princess, a Princess Cruises vessel, left Singapore on Oct. 17 and headed to Long Beach, Calif. After the outbreak, the healthy crew started enhanced cleaning and disinfection procedures with the ...Read more

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Republican lawmakers are attacking new Congress member Sarah McBride and her right to use the bathroom. She isn't taking the bait

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Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride, elected this month as the first openly transgender member of Congress, called U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s attempts to keep her out of women’s facilities at the U.S. Capitol a distraction.

Mace, R-S.C., introduced a bill Monday prohibiting lawmakers, officers, and House employees from using “single-sex ...Read more

Haitian charged with raping a child in Massachusetts will keep high bail, state's Supreme Judicial Court rules

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BOSTON — The Haitian national charged with raping a 15-year-old “disabled” girl at a Rockland hotel converted into migrant housing will remain held on $150,000 bail after Massachusetts’ highest court rejected his request to lower it.

Cory Alvarez, who is subject to deportation by U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement, is charged with ...Read more

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Young Thug: Prosecutors rest their case in Georgia's longest trial

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ATLANTA — After nearly a year’s worth of testimony from more than 175 witnesses, Fulton County prosecutors rested their case Tuesday in a gang and racketeering trial that has become the longest in Georgia history.

Missing was the trial’s star defendant; Atlanta rapper Young Thug, one of four members of “Young Slime Life” who pleaded ...Read more

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House Democrats' low-fuss leadership elections

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WASHINGTON — Top House Democratic leaders who assumed their roles two years ago will continue in their positions in the new Congress after most ran unopposed in leadership elections held Tuesday.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, Minority Whip Katherine M. Clark of Massachusetts and Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar of California,...Read more

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NYC fatal stab spree suspect Ramon Rivera never did more than year in jail despite arrests, mental health woes

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NEW YORK — Despite multiple arrests and a history of mental health problems, Ramon Rivera, accused of killing three strangers in a wild Manhattan stabbing spree, was never sentenced to more than a year in jail.

He was most recently release from Rikers Island on Oct. 17 after serving two-thirds of a 364-day burglary sentence.

Mayor Eric Adams...Read more

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Debbie Dingell reelected to House Democratic leadership post

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell of Michigan won reelection Tuesday to her post as leader of House Democrats' messaging arm.

Dingell faced a challenge from freshman U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, but ultimately won by a wide margin to retain her position as chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee. Dingell ...Read more

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Judge 'troubled' by Danny Masterson's attorneys tracking down jurors after rape trial

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LOS ANGELES — Attorneys working for Danny Masterson contacted jurors from the actor's rape trial despite a judge's order meant to limit publicly available information about their identities, drawing alarm from the jurors and Masterson's victims, court records show.

In an order made public in September, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge ...Read more

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NYC prosecutors concede Trump sentencing in hush money case may need to be delayed

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NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors on Tuesday told the judge presiding over President-elect Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case they concede he may need to consider pushing back sentencing until Trump is out of office — but they plan to fight Trump’s renewed efforts to get the verdict tossed.

In a court filing, prosecutors asked state...Read more

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Howard Lutnick tapped to lead Commerce Department under Trump 2.0

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’ll nominate billionaire Howard Lutnick, chairman and CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald LP and co-chair of the transition team, to be his commerce secretary as well as top trade adviser.

The move is widely seen as a consolation prize for Lutnick, who is overseeing Trump’s transition ...Read more

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's agenda boosted by secret donors, web of nonprofits

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LANSING, Mich. — Allies of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used millions of dollars from secret donors and a web of nonprofit organizations to promote her policy agenda and celebrate Democrats who joined in championing it, according to a tax filing obtained by The Detroit News.

Since 2020, supporters of Whitmer, a Democrat, have raised about $...Read more

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Did RFK Jr. eat McDonald's in that viral pic aboard Trump's plane? Here's the answer

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Did he or didn’t he?

Political watchers who no doubt saw the viral picture of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aboard president-elect Donald Trump’s plane Sunday had one big question.

Did the environmental lawyer/fitness fanatic indulge in McDonald’s?

The snap in question was taken aboard Trump Force One and posted to Donald Trump Jr.’s ...Read more

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson proposes lowering property tax hike to $150 million as budget negotiations continue

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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson is now proposing hiking Chicago property taxes by $150 million, down from his original $300 million recommendation for 2025 that was unanimously struck down by the City Council last week.

But he stopped short Tuesday of saying he has the votes in the council to pass even the smaller increase.

Johnson’s new ...Read more

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NYC fatal stab spree suspect Ramon Rivera never did more than year in jail despite arrests, mental health woes

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NEW YORK — Despite multiple arrests and a history of mental health problems, Ramon Rivera, accused of killing three strangers in a wild Manhattan stabbing spree, was never sentenced to more than a year in jail.

He was most recently release from Rikers Island on Oct. 17 after serving two-thirds of a 364-day burglary sentence.

Mayor Eric Adams...Read more

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On the day Laken Riley was killed, her mom frantically tried to reach her

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ATHENS, Ga. — Just as Laken Riley began her ill-fated jog on the morning of Feb. 22, she texted her mother.

“Good morning. About to go for a run if you’re free to talk.”

She tried to call her mom at 9:03 a.m.

She never got a chance to try again.

Prosecutors say that’s because she unexpectedly encountered Jose Ibarra on the running ...Read more

LA sheriff's deputy avoids jail in shooting death of suicidal man

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LOS ANGELES — An L.A. County sheriff's deputy will avoid jail time in the 2021 shooting death of a suicidal man under the terms of a plea deal reached with prosecutors Tuesday morning.

Remin Pineda will be placed on two years of probation and must give up his right to be a police officer in California after pleading no contest to one count of...Read more

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NYC fatal stab spree suspect Ramon Rivera never did more than year in jail despite arrests, mental health woes

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NEW YORK — Despite multiple arrests and a history of mental health problems, Ramon Rivera, accused of killing three strangers in a wild Manhattan stabbing spree, was never sentenced to more than a year in jail.

He was most recently release from Rikers Island on Oct. 17 after serving two-thirds of a 364-day burglary sentence.

Mayor Eric Adams...Read more