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By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talk to reporters about the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Schumer navigates rocky terrain as impeachment trial unfolds

By MICHAEL BALSAMO - Associated Press

In this Dec. 2, 2019, file photo, Lev Parnas arrives at court in New York. Parnas, a close associate of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, has provided a trove of text messages and photos to the House committee leading the impeachment inquiry. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) ** FILE **

Lev Parnas calls on William Barr to recuse in campaign cash probe

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Matthew Albence, right, the acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a news conference, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, in New York. The country's top immigration official blamed the &quot;sanctuary policies&quot; of New York City on Friday for the sexual assault and killing of a 92-year-old woman, while the mayor's office decried such rhetoric as &quot;fear, hate and attempts to divide.&quot; (AP Photo/Jim Mustian) **FILE**

ICE fires off subpoenas in escalating battle over New York City sanctuary policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Rally goers ‘Rise and Roar’ in NYC as part of Women’s March

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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2020, file photo, a health surveillance officer monitors passengers arriving at the Hong Kong International airport in Hong Kong. On Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said they will begin screening airline passengers at three U.S. airports who traveled from Wuhan in central China, for a new illness that has prompted worries about a new international outbreak. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

US to screen airline passengers from China for new illness

By MIKE STOBBE - Associated Press

ICE leader blames ‘sanctuary’ policies for NYC killing

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Model Gigi Hadid leaves New York Criminal Court on Monday, January 13, 2020. Hadid, who lives in Manhattan, is a potential juror in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Jury of 7 men, 5 women selected for Weinstein’s rape trial

By Tom Hays and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio listens during a news conference at police headquarters in New York, Monday, Dec. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York sanctuary policy forced release of suspect in shocking murder

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this 1922 file photo spectators gather by the side of captured rum runner, Silver Spray, as they watch prohibition agents pour "white lightning" from the five-gallon bottles on the deck into the Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Va. The Prohibition Era, which lasted from Jan. 17, 1920, until December 1933, is now viewed as a failed experiment that glamorized illegal drinking. (Charles S. Borjes/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) **FILE**

Prohibition began 100 years ago, and its legacy remains

By David Crary - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 17, 2011 file photo, a New York City Department of Corrections bus passes the sign near the gate at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York. Four correctional officers at Rikers Island jail have been suspended without pay after they allegedly stood by and failed to stop a teenage inmate from hanging himself on Thanksgiving, leaving him hospitalized in intensive care. Nicholas Feliciano, 18, remained unconscious in a hospital prison ward Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 a week after he nearly died in his Rikers Island jail cell, according to the Legal Aid Society, the public defender organization that represents him in court. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

6 guards, 15 others charged in Rikers Island bribery case

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Model Gigi Hadid leaves New York Criminal Court on Monday, January 13, 2020. Hadid, who lives in Manhattan, is a potential juror in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Gigi Hadid a potential Harvey Weinstein trial juror

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury selection in his rape trial, Monday, Jan. 13, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Gigi Hadid among potential jurors for Weinstein’s rape trial

By TOM HAYS - Associated Press

In this Nov. 4, 2019, file photo, then-Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, the incoming New York City Police Commissioner, attends a news conference at New York's City Hall. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

NYPD’s new leader: Helping people is at heart of police work

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

FILE - This April 22, 2015, photo shows a protest sign displayed at the New York State Assembly's Great Western Staircase, before a rally against solitary confinement in Albany, N.Y. New York advocates are renewing their push for legislation that would ban putting a prisoner in solitary confinement for more than 15 consecutive days. Legislation supporters chanted at the State Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, and urged lawmakers to pass the proposal, which did not cross the finish line at the end of last year's session. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

New York advocates urge solitary confinement changes

By RYAN TARINELLI - Associated Press

Grafton Thomas is led from Ramapo Town Hall in Ramapo, N.Y. following his arraignment Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019. Thomas was charged in the stabbings of multiple people as they gathered to celebrate Hanukkah at a rabbi's home in Monsey, an Orthodox Jewish community north of New York City. (Seth Harrison/The Journal News via AP)

Hanukkah stabbing suspect indicted on federal hate crimes

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Transgender boy sues NY state over sex on birth certificate

By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press

Virginia is for Gun Lovers Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Virginia’s ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’

By David Keene

This image provided by KDKA TV shows the scene near Greensburg, Pa. along the Pennsylvania Turnpike where multiple people were killed and dozens were injured in a crash early Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 that involved multiple vehicles, a transportation official said. (KDKA TV via AP)

Investigators say bus passed truck before wreck killing 5

By MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press

People take part in a march crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in solidarity with the Jewish community after recent string of anti-semitic attacks throughout the greater New York area, on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020 in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Solidarity march against anti-Semitism, acts of hate

By REBECCA GIBIAN - Associated Press