NEW NYC MAYOR SEEKS TO ADVANCE LIBERAL AGENDA
By JONATHAN LEMIRE FILE – In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, William Bratton, left, speaks while New York Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio looks on during a news conference in…
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RAPPER FLAVOR FLAV STOPPED FOR SPEEDING, POT IN NY
FILE -This Oct. 17, 2012, file photo provided by the Las Vegas Police Department, shows rapper Flavor Flav, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr. New York State police…
CHRISTIE FACES POLITICAL FALLOUT OVER TRAFFIC JAM
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Dec. 19, 2013 file photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks in Trenton, N.J. A day after revelations that…
BELOW-ZERO TEMPS PUSH INTO MIDWEST, NORTHEAST
By TAMMY WEBBER and KERRY LESTER Allan Umscheid, owner of Yards By Al in Lawrence, Kan, feels the bitter wind and catches drifting snow on his face as he runs…
NY SET TO ALLOW LIMITED — USE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA
By MICHAEL VIRTANEN File-This June 4, 2013 file photo shows New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaking about his Women’s Equality Act during a news conference in the Red Room at…
OUTSIDE MONEY CAN BE KEY FACTOR IN 2014 ELECTIONS
By PHILIP ELLIOTT Virginia Gov-elect, Terry McAuliffe, gestures during a news conference in Richmond, Va., on Dec. 18, 2013. McAuliffe’s successful campaign for governor in Virginia might provide a playbook…
DE BLASIO VOWS SWEEPING CHANGE AS NYC’S NEXT MAYOR
By JONATHAN LEMIRE Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio stands with his wife, Chirlane McCray as they talk with school children at MS 51 after he announced Carmen Farina as the next…
WORKER AB– USE BY DIPLOMATS A PROBLEM, ADVOCATES SAY
By COLLEEN LONG FILE – In this Dec. 20, 2013 file photo, Nahar Alam, second from right, a former domestic worker from Bangladesh, gestures towards the Indian Consulate in New…