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A Staten Island judge granted a temporary restraining order against the city's rollout of the pied-à-terre tax.

Read more: http://specne.ws/yGXUp2
Pied-à-terre tax rollout blocked temporarily by Staten Island judge
The next hearing is set for Aug. 31.
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August 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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"In case this isn’t obvious, the Republican crusade against one of the nation’s most accomplished and celebrated scientists is rapidly descending into madness..."

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Republicans’ election year crusade against Fauci isn’t limited to Congress
As the midterm elections approach, the GOP crusade against one of the nation’s most accomplished and celebrated scientists is rapidly descending into madness.
www.ms.now
August 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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Private equity is price gouging firefighters now.

Yes, you read that right. Firefighters.

Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?
August 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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The Food and Drug Administration is allowing the company Zyn to advertise some of its nicotine pouches as safer in some ways than smoking cigarettes.

Experts said the decision doesn’t mean nicotine pouches are without risk. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4q8Q6wL
What are Zyn nicotine pouches and are they safe?
The Food and Drug Administration is allowing the company Zyn to advertise some of its nicotine pouches as safer in some ways than smoking cigarettes.
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August 8, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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Minnesota’s Superior National Forest received a $10 million grant in 2024 for wildfire prevention work. Then DOGE delayed the funding.

Now, parts of the area are burning.

Aaron Kania, a former wildland firefighter who is now a candidate for Minnesota state office, joins @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social.
August 7, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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The agency believes the source of the bacteria is likely a cooling tower in the affected area.

Read More: http://specne.ws/CKSR5Y 
Legionnaires' cluster grows to 36 cases on Upper East Side
A total of 22 people have been hospitalized.
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July 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Millions of Americans are caring for aging parents, often with little support and at great personal cost. To understand the realities of caregiving, Times Opinion spoke with dozens of family caregivers across the country.
Opinion | This Is One of the Hardest Jobs in America. Millions Are Doing It Alone.
Behind closed doors, millions of Americans are stepping into one of the hardest roles they’ll ever take on: caring for their aging parents.
nyti.ms
July 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Tonight's episode on CNN at 9pm is titled "The Korean Miracle" about the healthcare system in South Korea.
May 9, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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Dentist Glen Goldstein says watching a past 60 Minutes report on a nonprofit serving Americans cut off from health care by cost nearly brought him to tears.

“I immediately went online, looked it up, and registered,” he says. cbsn.ws/4bSlzxJ
April 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has overhauled a panel that helps the federal government set priorities for autism research and social services, installing several members who have said that vaccines can cause autism despite decades of research that has failed to establish such a link.
Kennedy Overhauls Federal Autism Panel in His Own Image
The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 2:20 AM
100 Notable Books of 2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
100 Notable Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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We leave you this morning surrounded by the unofficial flower of “Sunday Morning” – for as far as the eye can see – in South Dakota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard cbsn.ws/46Y5aoR
Nature: Sunflowers in South Dakota
We leave you this morning surrounded by the unofficial flower of "Sunday Morning" – for as far as the eye can see – in South Dakota. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Federal 9/11 medical care covers illnesses form asthma to cancers to mental health conditions, including PTSD. Find out who is eligible: ny.gov/september11
September 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Prostate cancer screening has both risks and benefits. Talk with your health care provider about your risk and when screening should start. Costs may be covered for eligible uninsured New Yorkers: www.health.ny.gov/diseases/can...
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.

But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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September 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Withdrawing from the War on Cancer: an extraordinarily successful scientific research system that took decades to build, saved millions of lives and generated billions of dollars in profits is being dismantled in short order. @jonathanmahler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
Trump Is Shutting Down the War On Cancer
www.nytimes.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Mark Twain said, “Education is mainly what we have unlearned.”

If the last fifty years of medicine has taught us anything, it’s that we physicians have a whole lot to unlearn—except when it comes to nutrition, in which case you can’t unlearn what you were never taught in the first place.
August 31, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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The Pentagon is restoring a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, which includes a slave guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background, to the West Point library three years after a congressionally mandated commission ordered it removed, officials said.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/u...
Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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So, today I finally got an official letter firing me from the scientific board of NIH's Fogarty International Center. The letter read: You "serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Health and Human Services. As such, your appointment has been rescinded"
August 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Check out this article from the @nytimes.com Well section. A Surprising (and Easy) Way to Boost Your Attention Span www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/w...
A Surprising (and Easy) Way to Boost Your Attention Span
www.nytimes.com
August 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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A harmful algal bloom, fueled by a marine heat wave, has been choking South Australia's coastline, turning once-colorful ecosystems filled with thriving marine life into underwater graveyards.

Read more: cnn.it/3H9z0wu
July 27, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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"You just f---ing shot the reporter!"
U.S. Correspondent Lauren Tomasi has been caught in the crossfire as the LAPD fired rubber bullets at protesters in Los Angeles.

via @9newsaus.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Jake Tapper's ratings are at their lowest point in a decade. This is what happens when you betray your audience in hopes you can sell some books to Trump supporters (a bad strategy since they won't read it and hated you to begin with)
Jake Tapper’s CNN show hits lowest ratings since 2015 despite Biden book buzz
“The Lead with Jake Tapper” wasn’t the only CNN offering to struggle, as the network had its second-worst month ever in the demo across both total day and primetime during May.
nypost.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM