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NEW YORK — Rockaway beaches were closed for swimming Tuesday after sharks were spotted off the coast of the Queens shoreline — shutting off access to New Yorkers seeking relief from scorching temperatures.

Blazes have scorched over 3m acres as temperatures expected to reach 100F in much of the Plains and Mississippi Valley

Cannabis Users In UK Face Losing Passports Under New Proposed Laws

A funding agreement has been reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York's aging Penn Station rail hub

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month that expanded the right to carry firearms outside the home, gun rights activist Andrew Namiki Roberts rushed to the Honolulu Police Department to apply for four permits to carry handguns in public. He was fourth in line, surrounded by excited Hawaii…

NEW YORK — Coronavirus infection rates are surging in the city with more than 15% of all tests coming back positive on average in the past week, data from the Health Department shows — and it remains unclear what Mayor Eric Adams plans to do to address the pandemic resurgence.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Conservative lawmakers are preparing to challenge New York’s recently enacted gun laws in court, arguing rules requiring people to let officials access their social media accounts to assess “character and conduct” are unconstitutional.

Some experts are raising questions about how the law will be enforced and how it will address US free speech concerns.

People seeking to carry concealed handguns in New York will be required to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their "character and conduct." Some worry about free speech concerns.

New York state is rolling out a novel strategy to screen applicants for gun permits by requiring people seeking to carry concealed handguns to hand over their social media accounts for a review of their “character and conduct.”

Stopping Mass Shootings Requires Combatting Online Extremism