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St. Paul's Student Not Guilty on Top Rape Charge

New Hampshire, unlike many other states, does not require prosecutors to show that force was involved to prove rape. In 1995, the state adopted language providing that guilt for sexual assault could be found if someone sexually penetrates another ... >> view original

New York Today: Enforcing a Ban

In New York, selling shark fin could get you in big trouble. Earlier this month, environmental officials announced that a Brooklyn seafood distributor had paid a $10,000 fine for trafficking shark fins, the state's first successful prosecution of the ... >> view original

Finding a Little Greenery in New York for $500000 or Less

In a city that's cleaner, leafier and safer than it has been in some time, home buyers are clamoring for private outdoor space, brokers say. But if you're looking at the lower end of the market — say, at apartments priced around $500,000 or less — is ... >> view original

Pilot practicing ahead of New York Air Show crashes, dies

The pilot lost control of the one-person plane and crashed into a wooded area abutting Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, a community about 70 miles north of New York City, New York State Police spokesman Steven Nevel said. The pilot died as ... >> view original

Europe Reels From More Migrant Deaths on Land and Sea

VIENNA — Europe reeled from fresh shocks in its escalating migration crisis Friday, with reports of 150 drownings in the Mediterranean and news that far more migrant corpses had been found crammed in an abandoned refrigeration truck in Austria than ... >> view original

Virginia Shooting Victims Were Hit in Head, Autopsies Show

The Virginia television reporter and cameraman whose murder on live television has renewed a national debate over gun violence both suffered gunshot wounds to the head, the state Office of the Chief Medical examiner in Roanoke said Friday. The reporter ... >> view original

New York Relies on Housing Program It Deplores as Homeless Ranks Swell

The Clarkson Avenue building is one of about 400 private apartment buildings that house more than 3,000 families for whom New York City's shelters have no room. The city pays nearly $2,500 a month for housing and services per family under a program ... >> view original

Regenerative Medicine Researcher Cleared of Scientific Misconduct Charges

His work, one of many efforts around the world to make human tissues, was the subject of a front-page article in The New York Times in 2012. Two of the patients, the Eritrean man and a man from Baltimore, have died. The third, a Turkish woman, has been ... >> view original

Holding On Tight To Old New York

That's the thinking behind "Culture in Transit," a project that "democratizes and preserves New York's cultural heritage by helping communities and small institutions digitize items that would have otherwise been hidden," says Sarah Quick of the ... >> view original

Iran Deal Opens a Vitriolic Divide Among American Jews

WASHINGTON — The attacks on Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat of New York, since he announced his support for the nuclear accord with Iran have been so vicious that the National Jewish Democratic Council and the Anti-Defamation League both ... >> view original