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This September 2018 photo provided by Louis-Henri Merino shows Alaleh Azhir in Los Angeles. Azhir, a 21-year old senior at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, is among the latest crop of American Rhodes scholars, which has more women than any other single class. The New York City resident who emigrated from Iran when she was 14 years old, hopes to eventually become a doctor and will be studying women's and reproductive health at Oxford. (Louis-Henri Merino via AP)

Rhodes scholar class features plenty of women, immigrants

By PHILIP MARCELO and DEEPTI HAJELA - Associated Press

A pedestrian makes their way through a parking lot along South Main Street in Wilkes Barre, Pa., during a snowstorm, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. (Dave Scherbenco/The Citizens' Voice via AP)

Finger pointing, frustration in eastern US storm’s aftermath

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NYC lawsuit: Immigration detainees denied day in court

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A tour bus is towed away Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, after it overturned on an icy highway in northern Mississippi. DeSoto County sheriff's deputy Alex Coker said the tour bus carrying about 50 people overturned just after midday Wednesday south of Memphis, Tennessee. The crash came as a winter storm has been raking parts of the South. The county coroner, Josh Pounders, says two people are confirmed dead in the crash where Interstate 269 meets with Interstate 22. He says that the injured have been taken to area hospitals, some in critical condition. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)

The Latest: Sprawling wintry weather reaches New York City

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CORRECTS LAST OF ATTORNEY TO BALAREZO FROM BALAZERO - During his opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Adam Feels, left, gestures to Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman, second from right, sitting next to his attorney Eduardo Balarezo, at Brooklyn Federal Court, as Guzman's high-security trial got underway in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. The infamous Mexican drug lord has been held in solitary confinement since his extradition to the United States early last year. Guzman pleaded not guilty to charges that he amassed a multi-billion-dollar fortune smuggling tons of cocaine and other drugs in a vast supply chain that reached New York, New Jersey, Texas and elsewhere north of the border. (Elizabeth Williams via AP)

The Latest: El Chapo got police escort after escape

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State’s jobless rate dips to 4%, lowest level in 30 years

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, photo, a construction crane is perched on the site of Court Square City View Tower adjacent to the Court Square Number 7 subway station in Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York. When complete, the 963-foot residential tower will house 774 apartments. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Transit riders, drivers brace for influx of Amazon employees

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

A former dock facility is shown with old transfer bridges, with &quot;Long Island&quot; painted in large letters at Gantry State Park in the Long Island City section of Queens Borough in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Amazon announced Tuesday it has selected the Queens neighborhood as one of two sites for its headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Correction: Amazon HQ-Trump Tax Break story

By BERNARD CONDON and STEPHEN BRAUN - Associated Press

Editorials from around New York

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New York City Councillor Jimmy Van Bramer, center, speaks during a coalition rally and press conference of elected officials, community organizations and unions opposing Amazon headquarters getting subsidies to locate in the New York neighborhood of Long Island City, Queens, Wednesday Nov. 14, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Incentives to Amazon could top $2.8 billion in NYC

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

A former dock facility is shown with old transfer bridges, with &quot;Long Island&quot; painted in large letters at Gantry State Park in the Long Island City section of Queens Borough in New York, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Amazon announced Tuesday it has selected the Queens neighborhood as one of two sites for its headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Awaiting Amazon, 2 quiet real estate markets turn white-hot

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2017 file photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. A jury has been picked for the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord. Seven women and five men were selected Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, as jurors in the case against Guzman. The trial is set to begin Nov. 13 with opening statements in federal court in Brooklyn. (U.S. law enforcement via AP, File)

The Latest: Lawyer: El Chapo wasn’t running violent cartel

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FILE - These two undated file photos provided by the New York City Police Department (NYPD) show sisters Rotana, left, and Tala Farea, whose fully clothed bodies, bound together with tape and facing each other, were discovered on on the banks of New York City's Hudson River waterfront on Oct. 24, 2018. The apparent suicide the sisters highlights the often secretive and risky attempts by Saudi women trying to flee abusive families. (NYPD via AP, File)

Saudi sisters’ tragic end in NY shows perils for runaways

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Workers prepare to raise the 2018 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree, a 72-foot tall, 12-ton Norway Spruce from Wallkill, N.Y., Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, in New York. The 86th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting ceremoN.Y. will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 28. (Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Tishman Speyer)

New York City’s Rockefeller Center Christmas tree goes up

By VERENA DOBNIK and JULIE WALKER - Associated Press

New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters after voting, Tuesday Nov. 6, 2018, in the Parkchester community of the Bronx, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

A look at some of the winners in House races around the US

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In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, people walk by Google offices in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Report: Google planning big New York City expansion

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People stand on numerous lines as they wait to vote at Kingsboro Temple Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. The malfunctioning equipment turned a polling place in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood into a “mosh pit,” said Brad Lander, a New York City councilman. By the time he got a chance to vote, all four of the scanners in the precinct were broken. (Courtesy of Brad Lander via AP)

Midterm voting exposes growing problem of aging machines

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

NY Election: Dems rack up House wins, Cuomo gets 3rd term

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Democrat Antonio Delgado speaks at a democratic watch party in Kingston, N.Y., after defeating incumbent Republican John Faso Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. Mr. Delgado gave up the upstate congressional seat in May when tapped to be Gov. Kathy Hochul’s No. 2 and her running mate in this year’s gubernatorial election.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Democrat Delgado ousts Republican US Rep. John Faso

By MARY ESCH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2018 court room file drawing, U.S. Marshals escort defendant Akayed Ullah, center, into court in New York for his arraignment on charges of setting off a pipe bomb in New York City's busiest subway station at rush hour last Dec. 11. A guilty verdict against the Bangladeshi immigrant was returned on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Manhattan federal court.(Elizabeth Williams via AP, File)

The Latest: Juror says bomber’s words may have swayed jurors

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