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In this Thursday, July 27, 2017, photo, Tanoopa Jaikaran walks with Mimosa, a 9-year old pit bull mix in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Jaikaran left a marketing job last year to start a dog-walking and pet-sitting business. In New York and elsewhere, pet-boarding rules have gotten new attention with the rise of apps. The popular Rover and a former rival, DogVacay, were among the top five highest-funded “pet tech” start-ups in the last five years, according to CB Insights, which tracks venture capital. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYC to at-home pet boarders: Legally, you’re in the doghouse

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

2 charged in Maine homicide fight extradition from New York

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President Trump will meet Friday with NY law enforcers

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FILE- In this Feb. 4, 2015, file photo, a police officer looks at an SUV that was crushed at the front of a Metro-North Railroad train in Valhalla, N.Y. Federal investigators have concluded that a fiery crash between a commuter train and an SUV that killed six people in the suburbs in 2015 was extra deadly because of an unusual rail design, a U.S. official told The Associated Press on Monday, July 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

The Latest: MTA says it appreciates probe into train crash

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FILE - In this July 15, 2017 file photo the Marco Polo building is shown after a fire the day before gutted several of the top floors of the residential high-rise in Honolulu. Across the United States, there is a mixed bag of laws on whether older high-rise apartment buildings must install fire sprinklers that weren't required when the towers were first built. Many cities _ including New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco _ still have high-rises without the safety measure. Cost is often cited, but after the deadly blaze in Honolulu, many question if the economics outweigh the potential for tragedy. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

Some urge sprinkler mandates across US after Honolulu fire

By CALEB JONES and CATHY BUSSEWITZ - Associated Press

Capitol Watch: Cuomo’s summer of hell, Heastie heads upstate

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

Minor derailment snarls some NYC subway service

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The Latest: Apollo 13 flight plan fetches $275K

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State lawmaker: Give counties a share of extra toll revenue

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FILE - In a Friday, July 7, 2017 file photo, commuters arrive in the New Jersey Transit portion of New York's Pennsylvania Station. a day after an Amtrak train was involved in a slow-speed derailment at Penn Station. A report shows that a faulty track condition caused the July 6 derailment at New York’s Penn Station in an area where Amtrak is performing repairs that are causing service cutbacks for hundreds of thousands of commuters this summer. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

APNewsBreak: Bad track caused Penn Station’s July derailment

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press

In this July 11, 2017, photo, visitors to the Foundation Hall at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum view the slurry wall, rear, and a beam from one of the World Trade towers, right, that was preserved by rescue and recovery workers at the site in New York. Last winter the U.S. tourism industry worried about a &quot;Trump slump,&quot; fearing that Trump administration policies might discourage international travelers from visiting the U.S. But statistics from the first half of 2017 suggest that the travel to the U.S. is robust and a number of sectors have reported increased international visitation, with one expert calling it a &quot;Trump bump.&quot; (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

No Trump slump in tourism but there could be a Trump bump

By Beth J. Harpaz - Associated Press

This July 11, 2017 photo shows a model wearing fashion by Raf Simons during Men's Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NY Fashion Week: Menswear from Raf Simons, Sanchez-Kane

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This Nov. 10, 2016 aerial photo released by NASA, shows a rift in the Antarctic Peninsula's Larsen C ice shelf. A vast iceberg with twice the volume of Lake Erie has broken off from a key floating ice shelf in Antarctica, scientists said Wednesday July 12, 2017 . The iceberg broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf, scientists at the University of Swansea in Britain said. The iceberg, which is likely to be named A68, is described as weighing 1 trillion tons (1.12 trillion U.S. tons).(John Sonntag/NASA via AP)

Scientists say massive iceberg has broken off in Antarctica

By DANICA KIRKA and MALCOLM RITTER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, a rat leaves its burrow at a park in the Chinatown neighborhood of New York. New York City has announced Wednesday, July 12, 2017, a $32 million, multi-agency plan to reduce the rat population. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NYC launches $32 million plan to reduce rat population

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Amtrak workers continue ongoing infrastructure renewal work on the tracks beneath Penn Station, Sunday, July 9, 2017, in New York. A massive two-month repair project will launch Monday at the country's busiest train station. The summer's accelerated repair work, prompted by two derailments this spring, will close some of the station's 21 tracks and require a roughly 20 percent reduction in the number of commuter trains coming in from New Jersey and Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

The Latest: First day of repair project has a routine feel

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Amtrak workers continue ongoing infrastructure renewal work on the tracks beneath Penn Station, Sunday, July 9, 2017, in New York. A massive two-month repair project will launch Monday at the country's busiest train station. The summer's accelerated repair work, prompted by two derailments this spring, will close some of the station's 21 tracks and require a roughly 20 percent reduction in the number of commuter trains coming in from New Jersey and Long Island. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Penn Station track repairs begin; fewer trains at peak time

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In this image made from a video by News12 Westchester (News12WC), firefighters extinguish a blaze in the carousel at the Playland amusement park in Rye, N.Y., Sunday afternoon, July 9, 2017. Images posted on Twitter by News12WC showed the fire under control about an hour after it broke out. It wasn't clear if the inside was damaged or if it was just the roof. (News12WC via AP)

Carousel roof catches fire at amusement park; no injuries

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FILE - In this July 15, 2014, file photo, passengers board a Long Island Rail Road train, in New York's Penn Station. Some frustrated Long Island Rail Road riders are suing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the LIRR's parent organization, claiming breach of contract, negligence and &quot;intentional infliction of emotional distress,&quot; over chronic shutdowns, delays and packed trains. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Things to know: Will Penn Station warnings live up to hype?

By DAVID PORTER - Associated Press