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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses leave pill bottles in protest outside the headquarters of Purdue Pharma, which is owned by the Sackler family, in Stamford, Conn. New York is suing the billionaire family behind Oxycontin, alleging the drugmaker fueled the opioid crisis by putting hunger for profits over patient safety. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

New York sues billionaire family behind maker of OxyContin

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Village Vanguard shows various instruments on the stage at the club in New York ready for the Vanguard 16 piece Jazz orchestra. The orchestra has played at the Vanguard every Monday night since 1966 and is a New York City tradition. New York has long been a city known for jazz. What's less known is how kid- and family-friendly jazz performances can be. (Michael Larson/Village Vanguard via AP)

Affordable music for the family in NYC? Try a jazz club

By KATHERINE ROTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2018 file photo, Anna Sorokin appears in New York State Supreme Court on grand larceny charges. On Wednesday, March 27, 2019, Sorokin, the one-time darling of the Big Apple social scene is scheduled to stand trial on grand larceny and theft of services charges alleging she swindled $275,000 in a 10-month odyssey that saw her jetting to Omaha and Marrakesh. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

The Latest: Lawyer: Fake heiress didn’t mean to commit crime

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Wall Street bonuses fall over $30K despite profit upturn

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

The Capitol Rotunda is seen in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019, as Democrats vowed to press ahead with their multiple investigations into the president and whether he obstructed justice after special counsel Robert Mueller did not find that President Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with Russians to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The House Financial Services committee must advance bank accountability

By Edolphus "Ed" Towns Jr.

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo, Robert Durst sits in a courtroom in Los Angeles. The New York real estate heir Robert Durst is facing a new lawsuit that claims he killed his first wife and disposed of her body in 1982. A sister of Kathleen Durst filed a wrongful death claim Friday, March 22, 2019, accusing Durst of killing the woman in their suburban New York City home. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

Robert Durst faces new lawsuit in death of first wife

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

Police: Man told Jewish co-worker she was in ‘gas chamber’

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

This Aug. 30, 2015, file photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's office shows Cesar Sayoc in Miami. The Florida man who authorities say sent pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump, is expected to plead guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, March 21, 2019. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Cesar Sayoc pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

This Aug. 30, 2015, file photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's office shows Cesar Sayoc in Miami. The Florida man who authorities say sent pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump, is expected to plead guilty in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, March 21, 2019. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)

Florida man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

Cuomo says no dice on plan for new NYC-area casinos

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Man accused of killing teens to be extradited to Virginia

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This photo provided by Virginia State Police emergency responders at the scene after a charter bus overturned on an Interstate 95 exit near Kingwood, Va., Tuesday, March 19, 2019. Virginia State Police say in a statement that the Tao's Travel Inc. bus with 57 people aboard overturned on an Interstate 95 exit Tuesday in Prince George County. Police say that as the bus turned onto the exit, it ran off the left side and overturned. (Virginia State Police via AP)

Survivor: Bus in fatal crash swerved like a ‘roller coaster’

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NY Legislature OKs bills expanding school zone speed cameras

By CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

Anthony Comello displays writing on his hand during his extradition hearing in Toms River, N.J., Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Anthony Comello, suspect in mob boss killing, flashes ‘MAGA’ slogans in court

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

Anthony Comello displays writing on his hand during his extradition hearing in Toms River, N.J., Monday, March 18, 2019. New York City police say a suspect is in custody in the shooting death of the reputed Gambino crime family boss. Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea says 24-year-old Comello was arrested Saturday, March 16, 2019, in the death of Francesco Cali on Wednesday in front of his Staten Island home. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Correction: Mob Shooting story

By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press

This photo made available by the Italian Police in 2008 shows Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali. (Associated Press)

Anthony Comello arrested in mob boss Francesco Cali shooting death

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This photo made available by the Italian Police in 2008 shows Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali. (Associated Press)

Correction: Mob Shooting story

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Several thousand schoolchildren take part in a climate protest in Bergen, Norway, Thursday, March 14, 2019. Students in more than 1,000 cities worldwide are planning to skip class Friday in protest over their governments’ failure to act against global warming. The coordinated ‘school strike’ was inspired by 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, who began holding solitary demonstrations outside the Swedish parliament last year. (Marit Hommedal/ NTB scanpix via AP)

Students globally protest warming, pleading for their future

By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2017 file photo, a boat crosses New York Harbor in front of the Manhattan skyline. Mayor Bill de Blasio is announcing a plan, Thursday, March 14, 2019, to protect lower Manhattan from rising sea levels by surrounding it with earthen berms and extending its shoreline by as much as 500 feet. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

NYC mayor: Extend shoreline to protect city from storms

By KAREN MATTHEWS - Associated Press

New York Police Department and New York City Fire Department units respond to a report of shots fired Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in the Todt Hill section of the Staten Island borough of New York. A man said by federal prosecutors to have been a top leader of New York's notorious Gambino crime family was shot and killed Wednesday on Staten Island. Francesco &quot;Franky Boy&quot; Cali, 53, was found with multiple gunshot wounds to his body at his home just after 9 p.m. (Joseph Ostapiuk/Staten Island Advance via AP)

Reputed Gambino crime boss shot to death in New York City

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS - Associated Press