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A marriage official offers a couple their rings during their wedding at the Empire State Building in New York, Wednesday Feb. 14, 2007. Cheating on your spouse is illegal in New York — but the state might soon change that. A bill working its way through the New York Legislature could repeal a more than century old law that makes adultery a crime. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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Cheating on your spouse is a crime in New York. The 1907 law may finally be repealed
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press
Thu,03/21/24-11:31PM , 126 Reads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — For more than a century, it has been a crime to cheat on your spouse in New York.

But adultery may soon be legal in the Empire State thanks to a bill working its way through the New York Legislature, which would finally repeal the seldom-used law that is punishable by up to three months behind bars.
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Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program after lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles severely hampered the legal market and allowed black-market sellers to flourish, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

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New York to probe sputtering legal marijuana program as storefronts lag, black market booms
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press
Mon,03/18/24-12:25PM , 91 Reads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program after lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles severely hampered the legal market and allowed black-market sellers to flourish, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered Monday.
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Members of the Armed Forces including the National Guard wait in the lobby of the New York City Mass Transit Authority Rail Control Center before the start of a news conference with Gov. Hochul, Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in New York. Hochul is deploying the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police search passengers' bags for weapons, following a series of high profile crimes on city trains. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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New York will send National Guard to subways after a string of violent crimes
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press
Wed,03/06/24-10:33AM , 61 Reads
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced plans Wednesday to send the National Guard to the New York City subway system to help police conduct random searches of riders' bags for weapons following a series of high-profile crimes on city trains.
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AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports changes that could be ahead for the RNC.

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Democrat Tom Suozzi wins New York race to succeed George Santos in Congress
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE - Associated Press
Mon,02/12/24-11:16PM , 68 Reads
Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election for a U.S. House seat in New York on Tuesday, coming out on top in a politically mixed suburban district in a victory that could lift his party’s hopes heading into a fiercely contested presidential election later this year.
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