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16.06.2021 / 05:29

'Sully' Sullenberger among 9 high-profile nominees for Biden's ambassador postings

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled picks for several high-profile ambassadorial postings, tapping career diplomats steeped in foreign policy experience — as well as political allies and aviation hero "Sully" Sullenberger.The picks include former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar as ambassador to Mexico and former Deputy Secretary of State Tom Nides as ambassador to Israel. Retired airline pilot C.B.

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$11 billion Hudson River rail tunnel gets key federal approval

The North River Tunnels are a pair of tunnels that carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit rail lines under the Hudson River between Weehawken, New Jersey, and Penn Station in New York City. The Pennsylvania Railroad built these tunnels between 1904 and NEW YORK - A planned $11 billion rail tunnel seen as a key to train travel up and down the northeastern United States received a major boost on Friday when the U.S.

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Whimsical NYC waterfront park funded by Barry Diller opens

NEW YORK – A whimsical new park that appears to float on pilings above the Hudson River opened to the public just off the Manhattan shoreline Friday, four years after a fight between media mogul Barry Diller and a billionaire real estate developer threatened to derail it.

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Gone Fission: Controversial nuke plant near NYC shuts down

BUCHANAN, N.Y. – Indian Point will permanently stop producing nuclear power Friday, capping a decades-long battle over a key source of electricity in the heart of New York City's suburbs that opponents have called a threat to millions living in the densely packed region.

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Westminster dog show won't have spectators due to virus

NEW YORK – America's top dogs won't have their pack of fans on hand at this year's Westminster Kennel Club dog show.

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In a leaky underwater rail tunnel, workers race against time

WEEHAWKEN, N.J. – Seven stories below street level on the edge of the Hudson River, a race against time is being waged, foot by painstaking foot.

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Thousands honor slain Jersey City detective at funeral

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - As rain poured down Tuesday, thousands of police officers lined the streets of Jersey City to honor a detective killed last week in what officials are calling a domestic terrorism attack that also left three civilians dead.Joseph Seals, a 40-year-old married father of five, was lauded as a model officer who helped get guns off the streets of the city of 270,000 that sits across the Hudson River from New York City. He was shot Dec.

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More than a quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during coronavirus pandemic, CDC says

ATLANTA - New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paints a bleak picture of America’s mental health amid the coronavirus pandemic, with one in four young adults saying they have considered suicide.A survey taken between June 24-30 shows 25.5% of respondents aged 18-24 years had “seriously considered” suicide in the month before they were surveyed.A person wearing a mask walks along the Hudson River as the sun rises behind the Empire State Building in New York City on May 14, 2020. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) The CDC study, which involved more than 5,400 U.S.

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Fears of Hudson River flooding Lincoln Tunnel after water gushes in

NEW YORK - No, that wasn’t the Hudson River leaking into the Lincoln Tunnel as anxious commuters sat in their cars fearing the worst.Video taken Tuesday by a motorist showed water flowing along a walkway and onto the roadway in the tunnel that connects Manhattan and Weehawken.“Well, that’s concerning,” said Anthony Consiglio in the video.The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the tunnel, said a water main ruptured in a facility room in the tunnel’s center tube.

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Pete Seeger's Clearwater Sloop Rides Virtual Wave With Streaming Festival, Classes and Activism

The Hudson River sloop Clearwater, launched five decades ago by the folk icon Pete Seeger, has sailed through the storm of the pandemic with plans for a streaming music festival June 20 and a future of online environmental education and activism. One of Seeger’s greatest legacies and the flagship of one of the nation’s oldest music-rooted activist organizations, the Clearwater was created to

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Lives Lost: Pakistani immigrant helped others in Jersey City

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – When a friend of the Khan family got a job working for a New Jersey politician, family patriarch Shafqat Khan was a regular sight at the politician's office, frequently dropping by to seek help for people in need.

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New York City stepping up distancing enforcement in 3 parks

NEW YORK – Some parks will see stepped-up policing to stem the spread of the coronavirus, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday. He also announced that 2,500 members of a “test and trace corps” will be in place by early June to combat the virus.

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Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone's throw from Manhattan

ALBANY, N.Y. – With the push of a red button, one of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant serving millions of people in the New York City area will shut down Thursday night as federal regulators consider the owner’s proposal to sell it to a company that plans to demolish it.

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Former brothers-in-law Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck offload NYC penthouse

Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck have severed more ties after selling the New York penthouse the former friends bought together.

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US' deadliest day sees 540 coronavirus deaths, toll rises past 3,000

In a grim new milestones marking the spread of the virus, total deaths across the United States hit 3,017

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0