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New York City Hit With Violent Crimes During Holiday Season

December 8, 2021
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New York has been hit with a spate of violent crime this holiday season ranging from multiple shootings and an attempted rape, to terrorizing apartment residents with a sword and threatening subway passengers, according to recent reports from the NYPD. According to figures given to Fox News on Monday by the New York Police Department…

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New York Hospital Fires 100 Unvaccinated Employees Who Received Religious Exemption

December 8, 2021
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A Buffalo, New York-based hospital system announced it fired about 100 unvaccinated employees who were previously granted a religious exemption. Workers at Kaleida Health had until Sunday, Dec. 6, to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Kaleida. The company said that it will now delay inpatient elective surgeries that are deemed non-essential at…

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New York Hospital Fires 100 Unvaccinated Employees Who Received Religious Exemptions

December 8, 2021
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A Buffalo, New York-based hospital system announced it fired about 100 unvaccinated employees who were previously granted a religious exemption. Workers at Kaleida Health had until Sunday, Dec. 6, to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to Kaleida. The company said that it will now delay inpatient elective surgeries that are deemed non-essential at…

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Wall Street Mixed as Omicron Worries Cloud Vaccine Update

December 8, 2021
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U.S. stock indexes struggled for direction on Wednesday after a strong start to the week, as investors digested a fresh update on Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, while the fast-spreading Omicron variant kept bigger bets in check. Pfizer and BioNTech said their three-shot course of COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralize the new Omicron variant…

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Maxwell Accuser Coached Witness Ahead of Testimony, Prosecutors Say

December 8, 2021
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NEW YORK—Prior to the jury being seated Tuesday morning, defense attorney Laura Menninger explained to Judge Alison Nathan that overnight, at 3:30 am, the prosecution disclosed to the defense that “Jane,” an alleged victim of Ghislane Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein who testified last week, had called her brother, “Brian,” who was scheduled to testify today,…

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Wall Street Inches Higher at Open After Vaccine Update

December 8, 2021
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Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday after Pfizer and BioNTech said a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was shown to have a neutralizing effect against the new Omicron coronavirus variant in a laboratory test. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 2.58 points, or 0.01 percent, at the open to 35,716.85. The S&P…

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Oil Steadies Near $75 as Investors Assess Omicron’s Impact

December 8, 2021
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LONDON—Oil prices steadied near $75 a barrel on Wednesday, taking a breather after strong gains earlier this week, as investors continued to assess the impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant on the global economy and fuel demand. Brent crude futures dropped 19 cents, or 0.25 percent, to $75.25 a barrel at 0925 GMT, after settling…

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World Shares Mostly Higher as Virus Fears Ease

December 8, 2021
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BANGKOK—Stocks advanced Wednesday in Asia after another broad rally on Wall Street as investors wagered that the new variant of the COVID-19 virus won’t pose a big threat to the economy. Shares rose in Paris, London, Tokyo, and Shanghai but fell in Frankfurt as Germany’s parliament elected Olaf Scholz as the country’s ninth post-World War…

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Billionaire Steinhardt Surrenders $70 Million of Antiquities, Accepts Collecting Ban: Manhattan DA

December 8, 2021
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NEW YORK—Hedge fund billionaire and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt has surrendered $70 million of stolen antiquities and accepted a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities to resolve a criminal probe, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said on Monday. Vance said his probe, begun in February 2017, found “compelling evidence” that the 180 antiquities were stolen from…

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Judge Temporarily Halts Vaccine Mandate for NYPD Employees, Other City Workers

December 7, 2021
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A New York Supreme Court justice on Tuesday put on hold the city government’s sweeping COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers, which includes all NYPD employees, pending a hearing next week. Judge Frank Nervo granted a hearing (pdf) that could lead to a restraining order against the mandate that was imposed by New York City…

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