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Court Denies Trump’s Appeal to Halt Daily $10,000 Contempt of Court Fine

May 4, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump’s appeal to suspend a $10,000-a-day fine levied against him for contempt of court was denied on Tuesday by a New York appellate court. The decision by Judge Tanya Kennedy of the appellate division of the state’s trial court means that Trump will have to continue paying the daily penalty while he challenges a…

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Woman Says Amazon.com Fired Her Because She Got ‘Long COVID’: Lawsuit

May 4, 2022
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NEW YORK—A former Amazon.com Inc employee sued the online retailer on Monday, saying it wrongly fired her and demanded she repay wages after she contracted “long COVID.” Brittany Hope, 29, a former brand manager for Amazon’s fashion line The Drop in Manhattan, is seeking damages for alleged violations of federal, state, and New York City…

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Feinstein, Midori, Perlman Headline Carnegie Ukraine Benefit

May 3, 2022
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NEW YORK—Singer Michael Feinstein, violinists Itzhak Perlman and Midori, and pianist Evgeny Kissin will perform at a Carnegie Hall benefit concert for Ukraine on May 23. Soprano Angel Blue, mezzo-sopranos Denyce Graves and Isabel Leonard, jazz vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant, singers Jessica Vosk and Adrienne Warren, and mandolinist Chris Thile also will perform along with…

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New York Changes Election Rules, Allows Hochul to Replace Embattled Running Mate

May 3, 2022
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday signed a bill clearing the path to remove embattled lieutenant governor candidate Brian Benjamin from the ballot. The new law, Senate Bill S8949, allows a person on the ballot to remove themselves if they have been arrested, charged with one or more state or federal misdemeanors or felonies,…

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Antonio Delgado Becomes 33rd Democrat to Retire from House

May 3, 2022
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U.S. Rep. Antonio Delgado (D-N.Y.) will step down after 2022 to run for New York lieutenant governor under Gov. Kathy Hochul, marking the 33rd Democrat to retire in a season expected to see major Republican gains. Delgado will join Hochul, who replaced disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August 2021, on the campaign trail in the…

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‘Doctor Strange 2’ Faces Censorship in China After Epoch Times Newspaper Box Appears in Clip: Hollywood Executive

May 3, 2022
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China’s ruling communist party is likely not going to allow Marvel’s new movie, “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” to open in China’s theaters, after an Epoch Times newspaper box made a brief appearance in a clip from the movie, according to a long-time Hollywood executive and film producer. Chris Fenton, author of “Feeding…

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Judge Rejects Trump Bid to Purge Contempt Ruling

May 2, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump’s affidavit saying he does not have documents sought by New York prosecutors has been rejected by a judge. Trump and two of his lawyers said in affidavits filed with the New York Supreme Court on April 29 that searches of inventories uncovered none of the documents New York Attorney General Letitia…

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Court-Ordered New York Map Re-do Could Mean Three More GOP Congressional Reps

April 29, 2022
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Republicans are poised to add as many as three seats in Congress depending on how New York’s rejected congressional district maps are revised under a court order by an appointed nonpartisan Special Master. The New York Court of Appeals—the state’s highest court—on April 27 upheld lower court rulings that new congressional maps drawn by the…

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New York High Court Rejects Democrat-Drawn Redistricting Maps

April 27, 2022
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The New York Court of Appeals tossed out a Democrat-drawn redistricting map, ruling that it was an unconstitutional power grab intended to elect more Democrats. The court—the highest in New York—sided with lower courts in saying that three maps backed by Democrats were unconstitutionally gerrymandered. The judges, in a 4–3 ruling, ordered a special master to…

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Bearing Witness to a Historic Appeal, Campaign of Terror in Communist China

April 25, 2022
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NEW YORK—Fears of police harassment and arrests have plagued 23-year-old Zhang Minghui ever since she turned one, the year Chinese police officers beat her father with wooden planks until his feet swelled up and turned a dark purple color, and burned his arm with a lighter. When she was not yet two years old, police…

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