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Pope Francis waves to the faithful from his Popemobile as his motorcade leaves the Presidential Palace for the Manila Cathedral Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. Pope Francis called on Filipinos to reject the corruption that has plagued this Asian nation for decades and urged them to instead work to end the &quot;scandalous&quot; poverty and social injustices that afflicts its people, encouraging the government to continue the first significant crackdown on high-level corruption since the fall of the Marcos regime three decades ago. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Cardinal, New York officials condemn selling of pope tickets

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This June 9, 2015, file photo, shows a Bistro French Onion Soup Bread Bowl at a Panera bread restaurant in New York. The city Board of Health voted unanimously Wednesday, Sept. 9 to require chain eateries to put salt-shaker symbols on menus to denote dishes with more than the recommended daily limit of 2,300 milligrams of sodium. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

New York City to require salt warnings on restaurant menus

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Handcuffs lay on a table in this file photo from March 2015. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine) **FILE**

Rentboy.com raided; chief exec, 6 others charged with prostitution

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Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle leaves the Federal Courthouse in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 following a hearing on child-pornography charges. Fogle agreed to plead guilty to allegations that he paid for sex acts with minors and received child pornography in a case that destroyed his career at the sandwich-shop chain and could send him to prison for more than a decade. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Prosecutor: Ex-Subway pitchman paid underage girls for sex on NY trips

By Rick Callahan - Associated Press

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's name has come up as a possible 2016 presidential contender — as a Democrat. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Michael Bloomberg, a Democratic presidential candidate?

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

Sen. Charles E. Schumer, whose home base of New York has a large Jewish population, is the most prominent Democratic opponent of the Iran nuclear deal, and polls show many of his constituents agree with him. (Associated Press)

Obama’s Iran nuclear deal a tough sell to American public, polls show

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference to provide an update of the Legionnaires' disease outbreak, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2015, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) ** FILE **

TAMMY BRUCE: Liberal obsession with power leads to failed governance

By Tammy Bruce

In this July 21, 2015 photo, yellow cab driver Jatinder Singh responds to questions during an interview in his taxi in New York. Singh owned a yellow cab, which he decided to paint black so he could start driving with Uber. He lasted about six months before he sold the car and returned to taxi driving. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Drivers weigh in on Uber boom in NYC

By Lejla Sarcevic - Associated Press

Ashton Kutcher (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill de Blasio ‘destroying innovation,’ Ashton Kutcher says of NYC mayor’s anti-Uber campaign

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks to the graduates of the Boys and Girls High School in New York in this June 25, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Bill de Blasio: No more NYC deals with Donald Trump

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during his executive budget presentation in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File)

Uber introduces ‘de Blasio mode’ in attack on NYC mayor’s plan to curb growth

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, cries during a rally at the National Action Network headquarters for her husband on July 19, 2014 in New York. (Associated Press)

Eric Garner’s family accepts $5.9 million settlement in NYPD chokehold death

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Golden Hammer: FEMA mismanaged New York’s terror defense grants

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Authorities investigate the scene of a fatal collision between a tractor-trailer and a tour bus on Interstate 380 near Mount Pocono, Pa., Wednesday, June 3, 2015. Multiple people were killed more than a dozen were sent to hospitals. (AP Photo/David Kidwell)

Bus-truck collision in Pennsylvania leaves 3 dead, many hurt

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Police officers arrive to the funeral of Officer Wenjian Liu in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2015. Liu and his partner, officer Rafael Ramos, were killed Dec. 20, 2014, as they sat in their patrol car on a Brooklyn street. The shooter, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later killed himself. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Obama signs law creating police alert system

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Brandon Bostian’s lawyer says Amtrak train engineer doesn’t remember deadly wreck

By Geoff Mulvihill - Associated Press