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Cuomo administration defends removing nursing home COVID-19 death data from report
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top lawyer was on the defensive Friday, arguing that officials stripped the full number of nursing home deaths from a report issued last summer due to incomplete data. Cuomo senior counsel Beth Garvey issued a statement contending that the governor’s embattled COVID-19 team didn’t alter any information in the July report and argued it was public information that seniors who died outside of the facility in which they lived were counted separately. “A decision was made to use the data set that was reported by the place of death with firsthand knowledge of the c...
New York Daily News
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Teen convicted in 2014 Slender Man stabbing seeking early releaseOne of the two Wisconsin teen girls who plotted to murder their friend to appease fictional internet demon Slender Man in 2014 is seeking early release from a mental health institution. Anissa Weier, now 19, will formally ask for her release March 10, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Weier and Morgan Geyser schemed to murder classmate Payton Leutner in May 2014, fearing that Slender Man, a mysterious evil figure they read about online, would kill their families otherwise. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier encour...
Tribune News Service
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Teen convicted in 2014 Slender Man stabbing seeking early release
One of the two Wisconsin teen girls who plotted to murder their friend to appease fictional internet demon Slender Man in 2014 is seeking early release from a mental health institution. Anissa Weier, now 19, will formally ask for her release March 10, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Weier and Morgan Geyser schemed to murder classmate Payton Leutner in May 2014, fearing that Slender Man, a mysterious evil figure they read about online, would kill their families otherwise. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier encouraged her, and the two left their friend to die in the woods of Wa...
New York Daily News
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As Illinois weed sales boom, cannabis industry faces growing movement to unionize
CHICAGO — The Illinois weed industry, fresh off surpassing $1 billion in revenue during its first year of recreational marijuana sales, may already be facing its “Norma Rae” moment of union awakening. Seeking higher pay, career advancement and better protection from the COVID-19 pandemic, cannabis workers from Chicago to Springfield have begun to unionize, planting a seed that could reshape the fast-growing marijuana labor landscape. “The industry has unfortunately just provided jobs, and not the well-paying careers that we all thought cannabis was going to generate,” said Moises Zavala, direc...
Chicago Tribune
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Former Rangers reliever Sam Dyson suspended for 2021 season for domestic abuse allegations
Former Texas Rangers relievers Sam Dyson was suspended for the entire 2021 season for violating the league’s domestic violence policy. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the punishment Friday. Dyson’s former girlfriend Alexis Blackburn alleged he was physically, mentally and verbally abusive in several social media posts in 2019 and early in 2020 and later in a story in The Athletic in November. “I deserve to wake up safe, without fear of coercion or violence,” Blackburn posted on Instagram. “This past year showed me I’m a lot stronger than I think and I’m resilient and I WILL eventually b...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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Texas bill would stop conservative speech from being ‘canceled’ online
FORT WORTH, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott is pushing a bill that he said would bar social media companies from censoring Texans based on their views shared on the platforms. The measure comes after former President Donald Trump was blocked from Twitter following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Abbott described the legislation as protecting conservative speech from being “canceled” on social media platforms. “We see that the First Amendment is under assault by the social media companies, and that is not going to be tolerated in Texas,” Abbott said at a Friday news conference in Tyler. Abbot...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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NY's Senate leader says she’s one accuser away from calling on Cuomo to resign
ALBANY, N.Y. — A handful of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s fellow Democrats have called on him to step down amid mounting sexual harassment allegations. New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, said Thursday she’s poised to join in the chorus should another woman come forward with claims against the governor. “Any further people coming forward, I would think it would be time for him to resign,” she told Spectrum’s “Capital Tonight.” “Quite honestly, I am so, so disappointed that here we are in 2021 and we are having these conversations on the heels of #MeToo.” Dozens of Democrat...
New York Daily News
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Here's what coach Les Miles' contract says about whether Kansas can fire him for cause
Kansas football coach Les Miles' status with the program remains uncertain following the revelation of sexual harassment and misconduct accusations made against him when he was the coach at LSU, including some his former athletic director considered fireable offenses. If Kansas Athletics wishes to fire Miles "for cause," though — a route that would allow the department to get out of his five-year contract without paying him nearly $10 million dollars — it appears the department could face at least some challenges based on the wording of Miles' contract. Specifically, Miles' pact has 12 clauses...
The Kansas City Star
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Marine hospitalized after alleged assault at California's Camp Pendleton, authorities say
SAN DIEGO — A Marine is in the hospital after an alleged assault this week at Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps officials said Thursday. A Marine Corps official declined to offer further details about the victim, who is a woman, or the circumstances of the alleged assault. "We are aware of an alleged assault that occurred aboard Camp Pendleton, California, on March 2, 2021," said Maj. Kendra Motz, a 1st Marine Division spokeswoman. "The incident is currently under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service." The Marine is receiving treatment for non-life-threatening injuries at Scrip...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Police reportedly called to Zach LaVine’s home after overzealous fan arrives at Bulls star’s residence
CHICAGO — Before Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine left for Atlanta to play in his first NBA All-Star Game, an incident at his home Thursday night resulted in police being called on a fan who refused to leave the property. LaVine was at his home when a woman he reportedly did not know showed up and did not leave when asked, according to TMZ. The intruder came from out of state and demanded to have a conversation, TMZ reported. Rather than face arrest, the woman reportedly was transferred to a local hospital and provided a mental health evaluation. She also received a verbal warning not to return...
Chicago Tribune
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