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Nets’ Kyrie Irving’s Unable to Play in Home Games Due to Not Revealing Vaccination Status

October 12, 2021
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Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving is expected to miss home games due to refusing to comply with New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Irving was allowed to practice with the team after the Nets’ training facility was considered private. His return to the team’s home court, however, will remain restricted. “I think we recognize he’s not…

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Wall Street Ends Choppy Session Lower on Earnings Jitters; Financials Down

October 12, 2021
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NEW YORK—U.S. stocks ended a choppy session lower on Monday as investors grew nervous ahead of third-quarter earnings reporting season. Supply chain problems and higher costs for energy and other things have fueled concern about earnings, set to kick off with JPMorgan Chase & Co. results on Wednesday. Indexes reversed early gains after midday and…

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New York Among Handful of States Standing to Receive More Rental Relief Aid

October 12, 2021
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that the state is seeking more federal funding for its Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), a drastic turnaround given that state officials were concerned about the program’s operation just a couple months ago. In a news release late last week tied to another COVID-19 measure, Hochul said that…

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Vaccine Effectiveness in New York Dropped as Delta Variant Surged During Summer, Study Shows

October 11, 2021
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The effectiveness of the three COVID-19 vaccines dropped significantly over the course of 10 weeks this summer when the Delta variant exploded to become the dominant strain of the CCP virus, according to a preprint study (pdf). Scientists from the New York State Department of Health and the University at Albany School of Public Health studied…

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Officials at NYC Columbus Day Parade Speak About the Vaccine Mandates

October 11, 2021
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MANHATTAN, New York—Several officials participated in the 77th annual Columbus Day parade in New York City, the first large-scale parade since the pandemic started. The most notable presence was Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, who, after taking some questions from reporters, marched for about two blocks up to St. Patrick’s cathedral, where she greeted New York…

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EpochTV Review: How to Make New York Great Again

October 11, 2021
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Commentary Recently, “Crossroads” host Joshua Philipp interviewed Larry Sharpe, the 2018 Libertarian candidate for governor in New York State. I admit to being biased, as I voted for Sharpe in 2018, thought he was far superior to both the Republican candidate and our recently dethroned King Cuomo, and I will happily vote for him if…

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NYC’s Unvaccinated Teachers Need to Waive Right to Sue For 1 Year of Health Benefits

October 11, 2021
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Aside from being put on unpaid leave, New York City teachers who’ve declined to get the COVID-19 vaccine won’t be allowed to keep their health benefits for another year unless they give up their right to sue the city over its vaccine mandate. This condition was the result of an arbitration invoked by the city’s…

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Futures Dip as Oil Rally Fuels Inflation Worries

October 11, 2021
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U.S. stock index futures slipped on Monday as surging commodity prices added to inflation worries, which could cloud the earnings season set to start with Wall Street banks later this week. Rising raw material costs, labor shortages, and other supply chain bottlenecks have raised concerns of elevated prices denting corporate profit. U.S. oil rose nearly…

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Wall Street Rises as Big Tech, Financials Gain

October 11, 2021
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U.S. stock indexes rose on Monday as growth and financial stocks gained, shrugging off inflation worries in the run up to third-quarter earnings reports from later this week. Mega-caps Apple Inc., Tesla Inc., and Microsoft Corp, rose between 0.6 percent and 1 percent, with nine of the 11 major S&P 500 sector indexes trading higher….

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Crude Jumps on Global Energy Crunch; US Oil at 7-Year High

October 11, 2021
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LONDON—Oil prices rose 2 percent on Monday, extending multiweek gains as an energy crisis gripping major economies shows no sign of easing amid a pick up in economic activity and restrained supplies from major producers. Brent crude was up $1.62 cents, or 2 percent, at $84.01 a barrel by 0914 GMT, The highest level since…

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