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The most populous county in Minnesota is planning to prohibit smoking on any county property, even if smokers are in their own cars. Lighting up is already banned inside the
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Governor Andrew Cuomo’s speech to the Association of Black and Latino Legislators yesterday in Albany was drowned out by chants of “tax the rich,” led by City Councilman Charles Barron.
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For a second time in a week, Iran’s opposition drew tens of thousands of supporters to the streets across the nation on Sunday calling for the end to the Islamic
The GOP’s “reckless” demand for immediate budget cuts all but guarantees a government shutdown next month, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) warned yesterday. Schumer was on the warpath over House Speaker
With barely two months remaining before the European Union is scheduled to partially lift a nearly five-year ban on liquids in air passenger hand luggage, airports across the region are
As the investigation into what caused the deadly five-alarm apartment building fire in Brooklyn continues, fire department union leaders blamed recent staff reductions for the amount of time it took
The passage of two Iranian naval vessels through the Suez Canal has been delayed by 48 hours, a canal official said on Sunday. The frigate and supply ship had been
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