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Jack Donson, president of New York-based My Federal Prison Consultant and a retired federal Bureau of Prisons employee, outside federal court and Manhattan Correctional Center, right, where he's consulted with inmate clients, Friday March 1, 2019, in New York. Donson welcomes recent criminal indictments exposing shady dealings in the largely unregulated industry of &quot;prison consultants.&quot; (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Show up drunk: Indictments spotlight prison rehab scams

By DAVE COLLINS - Associated Press

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, waves to the audience during South by Southwest on Saturday, March 9, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Texas is an early primary state, but the real draw of the South by Southwest Festival in Austin for Democrats is face time with the party's ascendant young and liberal wing. (Nick Wagner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Hero or villain, Ocasio-Cortez remains a media fixation

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid (21) goes up for a shot past Indiana Pacers' Kyle O'Quinn (10) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Embiid lifts 76ers past Pacers in return from knee injury

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

In this still image taken from video provided by WNBC-TV News 4 New York, emergency medical personnel tend to an injured passenger from a Turkish Airlines flight at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Saturday, March 9, 2019. Officials say severe turbulence injured at least 30 people aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul that landed safely at New York's Kennedy International Airport on Saturday. (WNBC-TV News 4 New York via AP)

Turbulence injures 30 on flight from Istanbul to New York

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo, from left to right, Tameeka Gwyn, a plumber; carpenter Nora Vega; Janna Rojas, an apprentice plumber; and Myrtle Wilson, a journeyman laborer, pose on their work site for a new hi-rise, in New York. Some construction sites across the country are looking different nowadays due to a growing number of women on the job. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

More women work in construction that’s still a man’s world

By VERENA DOBNIK - Associated Press

2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks to local residents during an organizing event, Friday, March 1, 2019, in Dubuque, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Warren says tech giants have ‘too much power,’ need breakup

By ELANA SCHOR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2018, file photo, Tampa Bay Rays' Carlos Gomez celebrates his home run off Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Jimmy Yacabonis during the sixth inning of a baseball game, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Carlos Gomez is back with the Mets, 3 1/2 years after a trade that would have sent him from Milwaukee to New York fell through. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Carlos Gomez rejoins Mets, 3½ years after trade fell through

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More NY state money for fixing potholes, other road repairs

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Ottawa Senators center Jean-Gabriel Pageau (44) tries to control the puck in front of New York Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss (1) as Islanders defenseman Nick Leddy (2) defends during first-period NHL hockey game action in Ottawa, Ontario, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press via AP)

Filppula scores 2, Islanders sweep back-to-back with Ottawa

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FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2018, file photo, Elizabeth OuYang, coordinator of New York Counts 2020, speaks during a news conference outside the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse. Several lawsuits across the country have been filed challenging the citizenship question on the 2020 census. As the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether the Trump administration can ask people if they are citizens on the upcoming Census, the Census Bureau is quietly seeking comprehensive information about the legal status of millions of immigrants. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Ahead of court ruling, Census Bureau seeks citizenship data

By GARANCE BURKE and FRANK BAJAK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2017 file photo, a Kurdish security officer orders a displaced man from Hawija to sit down as they try to determine if the men being held were associated with the Islamic State group, at a Kurdish screening center in Dibis, Iraq. In a report released Wednesday, March 6, 2019, Human Rights Watch said Iraqi and Kurdistan Regional Government authorities have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation with IS, often using torture to coerce confessions. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)

Group: Iraq is torturing children to coerce confessions

By ZEINA KARAM - Associated Press

In this Jan. 29, 2019, photo, Michael Bloomberg speaks to workers during a tour of the WH Bagshaw Company, a pin and precision component manufacturer, in Nashua, N.H. Bloomberg is not running for president. The 77-year-old former New York City mayor, one of the richest men of the world, announced his decision not to join the crowded Democratic field in a Bloomberg News editorial on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Michael Bloomberg won’t run for president in 2020

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 29, 2019, photo, Michael Bloomberg speaks to workers during a tour of the WH Bagshaw Company, a pin and precision component manufacturer, in Nashua, N.H. Bloomberg is not running for president. The 77-year-old former New York City mayor, one of the richest men of the world, announced his decision not to join the crowded Democratic field in a Bloomberg News editorial on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton lead 2020 Democrats passing on Trump challenge

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Another conviction upheld for double shooting in Bangor

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New York man sentenced to 1 year for hanging dog from tree

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The J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building is shown on Monday, March 4, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

FBI adds an anti-bribery squad focusing on South America

By Michael Balsamo and Eric Tucker - Associated Press

New York Yankees' Aaron Judge, left, follows through on a double in the third inning during a spring training baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays, Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. At right is Toronto Blue Jays catcher Danny Jansen. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Judge, Gardner think Yankees’ offense can top last year

By MARK DIDTLER - Associated Press

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Travis Sanheim (6) celebrates with Flyers left wing Oskar Lindblom (23) as Flyers defenseman Robert Hagg, center, looks on after Sanheim scored the Flyers' second goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Elliott stops 29 shots, Flyers beat Islanders 4-1

By CHRISTIAN ARNOLD - Associated Press

Illustration on the Green New Deal by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Why the Green New Deal should be painted red

By Robert Knight

Officials say NYC area could get 6 to 8 inches of snow

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