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New York regulators fine Deloitte $10m over StanChart
Nikhil Kumar is The Independent's New York correspondent. He was formerly assistant editor on the foreign desk and has also done a variety of jobs on the city desk, where he wrote about markets, commodities and other business and economics ...
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LGBTQ Muslims seek sexual asylum from persecution in Islamic countries
LGBTQ Muslims face intrusive applications for "sexual asylum," and struggle to reconcile same-sex relationships with traditional Islamic ...
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In Syracuse well cool quickly this evening
Cooler and drier air is pressing south across Central New York. With drier air settling in and clearing skies, the temperature this evening will cool fast. We will probably be in the 50s by 9 or 10 p.m. The ground is pretty moist, and as the wind settles down tonight, some of our soil moisture will evaporate into the air. This added moisture into the the air may result in some ground fog in ...
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MLB Los Angeles Dodgers at New York Yankees ppd. rain
Tuesday's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees has been postponed due to rain in New York. The game will be made up Wednesday at 1 p.m. EDT as part of a split doubleheader, with the second game scheduled for 7:05 ...
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Appeals court OKs E. 91st street garbage facility
A state appeals court approved the controversial plan to put a massive garbage facility on E. 91st Street, arguing that the Dept. of Sanitation took required steps to evaluate the environmental impact on the neighborhood. Assembly Member Michael Zellner sued the city in Manhattan Supreme Court last May to block the proposal, claiming the sanitation agency did not comply with the state rules. ...
69.6°F Light Rain
Winds: From the NW at 3.0 MPH Gusting to 14.0 MPH
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Basic Instinct 2
In the 14 years following the release of Paul Verhoevens Basic Instinct, the notorious erotic thriller that made her a star, Sharon Stone has been trying to live down the character of cold-hearted seductress and possible ice-pick-wielding murderess Catherine Tramell. Shes ... ...
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18 mayors Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
FILE - In this March 12, 2013 file photo, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg looks at a 64-ounce cup, as Lucky's Cafe owner Greg Anagnostopoulos, left, stands behind him, during a news conference at the cafe in New York. The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary ...
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Surveillance helped stop plots against NYSE and New York subway official says
FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce details how the NSA's phone surveillance program foiled a terror plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange. Joyce made the remarks while testifying Tuesday at a House ...
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Harvey flirts with no-no fans career-high 13
NYM@ATL: Harvey sets new career-high in strikeouts ATLANTA -- Until Tuesday, Matt Harvey had always been the main event. The Man. In each of his first two-dozen games as a big leaguer, he was the overriding reason why people came to the ballpark, flipped on their televisions and watched, mesmerized, as he succeeded. Then Zack Wheeler came along, arriving at Turner Field for the second half ...
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Justices wont take abortion-doctor killers case
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a petition to review the case of an anti-abortion extremist who claims his constitutional rights were violated during the state and federal trials that sent him to prison for life for the sniper-style slaying of an abortion ...
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New leader for operator of NY thoroughbred tracks
NEW YORK (AP) -- The directors of the New York Racing Association have chosen a lawyer without a background in horse racing as the organization's new president and ...