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Trump administration cancels plans to develop new offshore wind projects

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The Trump administration is canceling plans to use large areas of federal waters for new offshore wind development, the latest step to suppress the industry in the United States. More than 3.5 million acres had been designated wind energy areas, the ...

Father accused of drowning daughter pleads not guilty in New York court

ELIZABETHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A man has pleaded not guilty to drowning his 9-year-old daughter while vacationing in New York's Adirondack region and hiding her body in the water of a wooded area. Luciano Frattolin entered his plea Wednesday. Frattolin had reported Melina Frattolin missing just ...

Man built and stashed homemade bombs throughout New York City, prosecutors say

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man accused of plotting to set off homemade explosives he had stashed at sites across Manhattan has been indicted, federal prosecutors said. Michael Gann, 55, built at least seven improvised explosive devices last month with chemicals he bought online in May and ...

New York to make phone calls free in its state prisons

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will soon make phone calls free in its state prisons, officials said Tuesday. People who are incarcerated in the state's prisons currently receive three free, 15-minute phone calls a week. After that, the calls cost 2.4 cents a minute. The state corrections ...

Mets induct David Wright into team Hall of Fame, retire No. 5

By JERRY BEACH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets inducted David Wright into their Hall of Fame and retired his No. 5 on Saturday — nearly 21 years after his big league debut. "I went straight from the airport to the ballpark and I couldn't wait to see what number I was ...

The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

By DAVE COLLINS and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth. Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning what's known ...

Takeaways as Congress sends tax and spending cuts bill to Trump’s desk

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed the massive tax and spending cuts package that President Donald Trump calls "beautiful," getting it to his desk a day before the July 4 deadline that he had set. The 887-page bill includes spending cuts, tax ...

Ex-aide to New York governor pleads not guilty to new pandemic fraud charge

NEW YORK (AP) — A former aide to two New York governors already facing charges of acting as an illicit agent of China pleaded not guilty on Monday to additional charges that she improperly profited from the state's purchase of face masks and other key medical supplies during the COVID-19 ...

New York City doctor pleads guilty to sexually abusing patients in hospital

NEW YORK (AP) — A doctor pleaded guilty Monday to sexually abusing sedated patients at his New York City hospital and raping women who were unconscious at his home. Zhi Alan Cheng admitted to abusing seven women, including three female patients he was treating at New York-Presbyterian Queens ...