Tag Archives: New York

Penguins take on the Metropolitan Division-leading Rangers

New York Rangers (43-19-4, first in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (29-27-9, seventh in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 3 p.m. EDT FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NHL LINE: Penguins -106, Rangers -125; over/under is 7.5 BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins play the Metropolitan Division-leading New York Rangers. Pittsburgh has an 8-5-4 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 29-27-9 record overall. …

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Executive Order 9066 authorized Japanese detention during World War II, not gift cards for recent migrants CLAIM: President Joe Biden issued Executive …

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Trump’s New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting March 25, a New York judge ruled Thursday, turning aside demands for delay from the former president’s defense lawyers, who argued it would interfere with his campaign to retake the White House. The decision means that the first of Trump’s four criminal prosecutions …

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New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines. The map proposal now moves to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which can approve the plan or reject it and draw its own lines. It’s unclear exactly when …

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One state has a shortage of marijuana and its neighbor had too much. Here’s why

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Marijuana retailers in Connecticut say a dearth of licensed growers in the state’s fledgling legal pot industry has left them with a shortage of product to sell. The supply problem has appeared after slow retail growth in neighboring New York last year left growers there struggling with the opposite: an excess of supply. It would seem …

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