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Illustration on schools grooming children by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Public schools are grooming your children

By Everett Piper

This image provided by the New York City Fire Department shows the official department photo of firefighter Timothy Klein. Klein and a civilian died Sunday, April 24, 2022, in a Brooklyn house fire, in New York, where a ceiling partially collapsed, injuring several other firefighters, authorities said. (Courtesy of FDNY via AP)

New York City firefighter killed in Brooklyn house fire

Associated Press

A motorized boat makes its way on the Ashokan Reservoir in Olive, N.Y., Tuesday, April 5, 2022. As western regions contend with drier conditions, New York City is under fire for sometimes releasing hundreds of millions of gallons of water a day from the reservoir in the Catskill Mountains. The occasional releases, often around storms, have been used to manage water the reservoir's levels and to keep the water clear. But residents downstream say the periodic surges cause ecological harm along the lower Esopus Creek. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

NYC reservoir releases raise worries about stormier future

By Michael Hill - Associated Press

A worker sets to make a delivery on a bicycle in front of Gorillas mini-warehouse in the Williamsburg section of the Brooklyn borough of New York on Monday, April 12, 2022. Gorillas is one of several companies that venture capitalists have poured billions into in the latest pandemic delivery craze.They typically deliver from mini-warehouses in residential and commercial neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Tali Arbel)

Latest apps promise fast service but can they deliver?

By Tali Arbelt - Associated Press

Emergency personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Subway shooting a watershed moment for law enforcement

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Al Drago/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Court rejects Devin Nunes’ lawsuit against CNN

By Larry Neumeister

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. appears in court, Jan. 22, 2020, in New York. Gooding Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 13, 2022 to one count of forcible touching in a protracted criminal case accusing the Oscar-winning star of violating three different women at various Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019. (Alec Tabak/The Daily News via AP, Pool)

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleads guilty to forcible touching

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Adam Almonte sits on a bench overlooking the Hudson River where he used to sit and eat tuna sandwiches with his older brother, Fernando Morales, in Fort Tryon Park in New York, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID-19 took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of pandemic data that's been swirling ever since is the fact that 43-year-old Morales was one of them. Soon, likely in the next few weeks, the U.S. toll from the coronavirus will surpass 1 million. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

A million empty spaces: Chronicling COVID’s cruel US toll

By Adam Geller, Carla K. Johnson and Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Eric Adams stands on the field with New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Severino, left, before the Yankees opening day baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Friday, April 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams tests positive for COVID-19

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FILE —Former Goldman Sachs executive Roger Ng, center, leaves Brooklyn Federal court with attorney Marc Agnifilo, right, May 6, 2019, in New York. A U.S. jury convicted Ng on all counts in $4.5 billion scheme to loot Malaysian fund 1MDB, Friday, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker convicted in plot to loot 1MDB fund

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, left, speaks during a news conference during U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm's visit to South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Granholm visited the school to announce $3 million in Energy Department funding for HBCUs and other minority-serving institutions to work on decarbonizing programs. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Dems deploy Jim Clyburn to Staten Island to boost bid for House seat pickup in midterms

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

A volcano is built at the center of the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami Beach, Fla., Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Miami Beach, Fla. Miami is gathering thousands of cryptocurrency enthusiasts as it positions itself as one of the hubs of blockchain technology. Dozens of companies are using the Bitcoin 2022 conference as a platform to pitch ideas to investors or share announcements to the crypto world and beyond. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Miami’s crypto craze on full display at bitcoin conference

By Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press

New York Mayor Eric Adams, at podium, addresses a news conference in the rotunda of City Hall, in New York, Monday, April 4, 2022. New York City is launching a digital billboard campaign, supporting LGBTQ visibility that will be displayed in five major markets in Florida for eight weeks, to lure Floridians unhappy with their state's "Don't Say Gay" law to the Big Apple, Adams announced. (Ed Reed/Office of the New York City Mayor via AP)

The irony of NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ bizarre lecture to Floridians on free speech

By Billy Hallowell

This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Attorney's office shows Lawrence Ray, the ex-convict charged with sex trafficking and extortion for forcing young women into prostitution or forced labor after winning trust by posing as a father-figure. Ray, who moved into his daughter's college dorm after getting out of prison and charmed her schoolmates with stories about his wisdom was convicted Wednesday, April 6, 2022, of charges that he turned on the close-knit group of friends and used threats and violence to force them to work for him and enrich him with millions of dollars.(U.S. Attorney's office via AP, File) **FILE**

Dad who lived in college dorm convicted of abusing daughter’s friends

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

FILE - Children and their guardians wearing masks because of COVID-19 pandemic, leave P.S. 64 in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, in New York. New York City is keeping a mask mandate for children under 5 in place and will appeal a judge's ruling that struck it down. Mayor Eric Adams said Friday, April 1, 2022 the city will continue to require masks for children aged 2 to 4 in schools and daycare centers. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams sticks to preschool mask mandate, fearing BA.2 wave

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Adams on Tuesday, March 22, said that he will make masks optional for those in daycare and prekindergarten starting April 4 if case rates and the risk of the virus spreading remain low.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYC Firefighters blast Adams over vaccine mandate hypocrisy

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - Firefighters from the Marins-Pompiers of Marseille extract samples of sewage water at a retirement home in Marseille, southern France, Thursday Jan. 14, 2021, to trace concentrations of COVID-19 and the highly contagious variant that has been discovered in Britain. As coronavirus infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U.S. — and wondering how long it will take to detect. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Experts worry about how U.S. will see next COVID surge coming

By MIke Stobbe - Associated Press

In this file photo, signs and temperature stations remain in the lobby at the Kershaw County Government Offices where Kershaw County Administrator Vic Carpenter discusses how the county is getting back to normal Tuesday, March 1, 2022 in Camden, S.C. (Grace Beahm Alford/The Post And Courier via AP)

Leaders rush to lift COVID-19 rules while unvaccinated workers still out of jobs, sparking debate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

An Uber sign is displayed inside a car in Palatine, Ill., Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Uber has reached a deal to include New York City taxi cabs on its app, a move that will help to boost driver availability for passengers and open up a new set of customers for cab drivers. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) ** FILE **

Uber opens up a space for NYC taxi cabs on its app

By Michelle Chapman - Associated Press

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during the New York State Democratic Convention in New York, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. Two years into New York’s bold quest to eliminate pretrial incarceration for most crimes, state officials are considering abandoning some reforms amid public pressure to curb rising violence.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Don’t blame bail reform for higher crime, NYC watchdog says

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press