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Villanova’s Maddy Siegrist is a Big East prime-time attraction

NEW YORK — Maddy Siegrist, reigning Big East player of the year, answers most questions with a kind of wry half-smile, game for most any query, strange or straightforward.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 20, 2022

They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence

While the U.S. considers finally banning the carcinogen, a group of men have come forward, saying they were exposed repeatedly while working at a chemical plant in New York.

WEKU · Oct 20, 2022

Paul Haggis: Oscar-winning filmmaker’s civil trial for rape begins in New York

The jurors heard opening statements and from the plaintiff’s first witness, Nancy Manoogian

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2022

New Jersey Legislators Advance a Bill That Tramples on the Right To Bear Arms While Pretending To Respect It

Carry permit applicants would have to prove they are not dangerous, and guns would be banned from myriad locations.

Reason · Oct 19, 2022

Trump deposed by rape accuser’s lawyers in defamation suit

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump was questioned under oath Wednesday by lawyers for New York author E. Jean Carroll, who alleges he raped her in a department store dressing room two decades ago and defamed her when he denied it while he was in office.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

NYC jury to begin deliberating in Anthony Rapp’s civil sex abuse case against Kevin Spacey

NEW YORK — A Manhattan jury heard the remaining evidence in actor Anthony Rapp’s civil sex abuse lawsuit against Kevin Spacey on Wednesday and will soon begin deliberating the case.

Tribune News Service · Oct 19, 2022

New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch MLB Playoffs

The New York Yankees will meet the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the ALCS on Wednesday night from Minute Maid Park.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 19, 2022

Dude, Where's My Trucks? Uncle Budd NYC Still Searching For 12 Confiscated Cannabis Trucks

As New York’s legal cannabis program limps toward its most important goal of actually allowing the sale of weed in retail shops, NYC residents have options as they wait for the state bureaucracy to catch up.

Benzinga · Oct 19, 2022

NY plans 2035 gas-powered vehicle ban

But if you want to buy an EV, the state is making it more affordable

Salon · Oct 19, 2022

Cuomo’s return: Ex-gov launches podcast, laments downfall

Fourteen months after resigning in a sexual harassment scandal, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking to elbow his way back into the public eye

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2022