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This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle.

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Q&A: The polio virus was detected in New York City wastewater. Do you need to worry?

The highly infectious viral disease can lead to permanent paralysis of the arms and legs and even death in some cases. Health officials are urging people to get vaccinated if they haven't been.

August 12, 2022
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation.

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  • Law

What is the Fifth Amendment, and how has it been used?

Former president Donald Trump said in a statement that he has had no option but to use the Fifth Amendment in the New York attorney general's investigation into his business practices.

August 11, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that she is pledging $10 million to establish new teams in every county and in New York City dedicated primarily to combat domestic terrorism. Here, Hochul holds up signed legislation as she is surrounded by lawmakers during a bill signing ceremony at the Northeast Bronx YMCA on June 6, 2022 in New York City.

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  • National

NY governor pledges $10 million to fight domestic terrorism after Buffalo shooting

Each county's plan must include input from law enforcement, mental health and school professionals.

August 10, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Former President Donald Trump departs Trump Tower on Wednesday in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation.

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  • Law

Trump says he refused to answer any questions under oath in today's New York testimony

"I once asked, 'If you're innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?' Now I know the answer to that question," Trump said in a statement. He called the case a politically motivated witch hunt.

August 10, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
<em>Vision divine du 11 Mars 1948</em>, is a series of eight drawings by Ivoirian artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré. They depict a vision that Bouabré said he experienced that year: "seven colored suns" creating a "circle of beauty around their 'mother-sun.' " This piece and other works from Bouabré are part of an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art.

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A vision of 7 suns led a self-taught Ivoirian artist to draw the everyday and the holy

The Museum of Modern Art shows the colorful works of Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, a prolific artist from the Ivory Coast who documented his Bété culture — and even created a pictograph language.

August 09, 2022
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  • Max Barnhart
A Washington state man has been arrested after allegedly calling a Buffalo, N.Y., grocery store and threatening to kill the Black people inside. This nearby Tops Grocery store in Buffalo was the scene of a deadly mass shooting in May.

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  • National

A man is charged with threatening to shoot Black shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store

The federal criminal complaint details other threatening calls allegedly made by the suspect over the past year to businesses in California, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington state, officials say.

July 26, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for New York governor, seen here speaking at the 2022 New York GOP Convention in March, was attacked on Thursday by man with a pointed weapon at an upstate event but was uninjured, his campaign said.

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  • Politics

Republican NY governor candidate Lee Zeldin was attacked at an event but not injured

Zeldin was giving a speech when a man climbed onstage and began wrestling with him. A video showed the man appearing to grab Zeldin's arm before the two fall to the ground as others intervene.

July 21, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
This 2014 illustration made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a polio virus particle. On Thursday, July 21, 2022, New York health officials reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade. (Sarah Poser, Meredith Boyter Newlove/CDC via AP)

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  • Health

The first U.S. case of polio since 2013 has been detected in New York

The patient, who has developed paralysis but is no longer contagious according to the AP, may have contracted the virus overseas. The CDC says no cases of polio have originated in the U.S. since 1979.

July 21, 2022
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  • Ayana Archie
The white gunman who killed 10 Black people and injured three other individuals at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., in May was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday on hate crimes and firearm charges. Here, a memorial for the supermarket shooting victims is set up outside Tops on July 14.

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  • National

Suspect in the Buffalo mass shooting has been indicted on federal hate crime charges

The white gunman has been held without bail since his arrest after the May 14 shooting that killed 10 Black people and injured three others.

July 14, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Tops Markets announced Monday that its Buffalo, N.Y. location will reopen on July 15 following the deadly mass shooting in May. Here, investigators stand outside during a moment of silence for the victims of the Buffalo supermarket shooting outside the Tops Friendly Market on Saturday, May 21, 2022.

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  • National

Buffalo's Tops grocery will reopen this week following the mass shooting in May

The Tops Friendly Markets grocery store opened on Jefferson Avenue on the East Side of Buffalo in 2003. The newly remodled store will reopen to the public on July 15.

July 12, 2022
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Police secure an area around a supermarket where several people were killed in a shooting, Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y.

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  • National

New body armor rules in New York miss the vest worn by the Buffalo killer

Vests carrying steel, ceramic or polyethylene plates, which can potentially stop rifle rounds, aren't explicitly covered by the New York state legislation.

June 20, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a ceremony where Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills to strengthen gun laws on June 6, 2022 in New York.

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  • National

A judge has ruled New York's lawsuit against the NRA can move forward

The New York attorney general's lawsuit against the NRA is no mere "witch hunt," a Manhattan judge ruled Friday in dismissing the group's claims that the case is a political vendetta.

June 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Congressman Chris Jacobs, R-N.Y., poses for a photo with his daughter Anna, 1, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill, on July 21, 2020, in Washington. Jacobs says he will not run for another term in Congress amid backlash over his support for new gun control measures.

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  • Politics

Buffalo-area GOP Rep. Jacobs won't run again after backlash for gun control support

After mass shootings in Buffalo and at a Texas school, Jacobs said he would vote for a federal assault weapons ban if he had a chance. His comments sparked a furious reaction from conservatives,

June 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The New York Senate Chamber is pictured during a legislative session at the state Capitol on the last scheduled day of the 2022 legislative session, Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Albany, N.Y.

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  • National

N.Y. passes a bill that raises the age to buy and own semi-automatic rifles

The bill raising the age limit is part of legislation that will restrict civilian purchases of bullet-resistant armor, and require new guns to be equipped with microstamping technology.

June 03, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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A burn-proof edition of 'The Handmaid's Tale' goes up for auction

Organizers say proceeds from the auction will be donated to PEN, which advocates for free expression around the world.

May 24, 2022
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