4 h. ago AMANDA WILLIAMS: As a male nursery worker is convicted of appalling abuse... why I'd NEVER let a man I didn't know look after my little girl

About a year after the birth of my first child I considered hiring a nanny. I placed my details on a well-known website which allows you to lay out what you want from a caregiver.

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4 h. ago London neighborhood booms: new gas station marks rapid growth, schools and businesses expand

London neighborhood booms: new gas station marks rapid growth, schools and businesses expand  KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi

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4 h. ago Kim Cattrall marries longtime love Russell Thomas in intimate London ceremony

Kim Cattrall marries longtime love Russell Thomas in intimate London ceremony  New York Post

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4 h. ago New York City officers won't face charges in fatal shooting of 19

Two New York City police officers won't be charged in the shooting death of a 19-year-old during a mental crisis last year

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4 h. ago Mortgage fraud indictment against Letitia James rejected by grand jury

James denied any wrongdoing and accused the Trump administration of using the justice system to seek revenge on political opponents

Economics

5 h. ago Grand jury rejects new mortgage fraud indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James

The Justice Department has failed to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump

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5 h. ago Now Trump ally blasts Lammy's justice reforms, warning lack of juries will see more jailed under 'absurd censorship laws'

An ally of the US President said that removing the right to a jury trial is 'misguided' and will see more people jailed for breaching the UK's 'absurd censorship laws'.

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7 h. ago US health department unveils strategy to expand its adoption of AI technology

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has outlined a new strategy to expand its use of artificial intelligence

Science

7 h. ago Maryland dad praised after building daughters $200,000 apartments in his own home as NYC rent is too high

Two adult women with remote jobs opted to leave New York City’s surging rent rates behind for free, brand-new apartment units at their childhood home in Potomac, Maryland

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7 h. ago US Treasury slaps $7.1M fine on New York firm for managing properties for Putin ally

The U.S. Treasury has imposed a $7 million fine on a New York property management firm for allegedly violating Russia-related sanctions

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8 h. ago Toxic waste and hospital blood bags could leak into our water supplies

Experts say it's the 'worst possible scenario' as floods caused by climate change now threaten to wash the hazardous junk into our food chain

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9 h. ago New York mayor issues order targeting Israel divestment weeks before Mamdani takes office

Eric Adams signed orders on boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, and protests near houses of worshipNew York City’s mayor, Eric Adams, has issued two executive orders he says are meant to combat antisemitism, less than a month before he hands over the keys to the mayoralty to Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel.The first order prohibits city agency heads and staff from engaging in “any policy that discriminates against the state of Israel, Israeli citizens based on their national origin, or individuals or entities based on their association with Israel”. It also prohibits officials overseeing the city pension system from making decisions in line with the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which Mamdani has said he supports. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago ICE has seen a dramatic jump in arrests since Stephen Miller’s decree

ICE has been targeting illegal immigrants who do not have criminal convictions or charges, despite the Trump administration saying immigration crackdowns would focus on criminals

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11 h. ago Meghan Markle wore the best chic Christmas pyjamas in her new Netflix show

Meghan Markle wore a classy and chic pair of red pyjamas in her Netflix series With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration, and they're still in stock to buy

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11 h. ago Bing and Kathryn Crosby’s private collection to go under the hammer

Some 185 items belonging to the Hollywood couple were going on sale at Sotheby’s in New York later this month.

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12 h. ago Black hole mystery is SOLVED: Terrifying simulation reveals how voids generate intense light that can be detected from billions of light

Astrophysicists in New York have created terrifying simulations of how black holes naturally create dazzling displays detected from billions of light years away.

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12 h. ago Epstein donated at least $150,000 to Harvard social group after his 2008 conviction, records show

Jeffrey Epstein’s charitable foundation, Gratitude America, donated to ‘The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770’ on at least three occasions after 2008, according to tax records

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12 h. ago Paedo miss who had sex with 2 pupils and a baby with one is banned from classroom

Rebecca Joynes is currently serving a six-and-a-half-year sentence, handed down in July after she was convicted of six counts of sexual activity with a child, including offences committed while in a position of trust

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13 h. ago Our beauty director's ultimate beauty & wellness Christmas gift list

From the must-have mask to the perfect pill pot, and the at-home sauna, Rose Beer curates her ultimate gift list

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13 h. ago Ali Faqirzada is an Afghan refugee. He deserves to stay in America | Francine Prose

In a more reasonable, more compassionate country, we would thank Ali Faqirzada for how much he has done on behalf of his people and our ownOn 14 October, Ali Faqirzada – an Afghan refugee, a resident of New Paltz, New York, and a computer science student at Bard College – arrived for an interview at a federal immigration office on Long Island. He was applying for political asylum, a designation for which he was – and remains – a perfect candidate.In his native country, Faqirzada had assisted the American government and Nato with projects designed to improve the lives of Afghan women and help them get an education. But after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the ministry where he, his mother and sister had worked was bombed by the Taliban, and one of its employees was murdered.Francine Prose is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Continue reading...

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