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Michael Cohen, former lawyer to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Congress to probe whether Trump told lawyer Cohen to lie

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press

The Houthi rebel delegation, and delegates of the internationally recognized Yemeni government meet for a second day for talks on implementing a prisoner exchange agreed to in Sweden last month, in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. The office of U.N. envoy Martin Griffiths has described the two-day meeting as a &quot;technical one.&quot; The International Committee of the Red Cross is also attending. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

UN says chief truce monitor in Yemen safe after shooting

By EDITH M. LEDERER and AHMED AL-HAJ - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2018 file photo, family and friends who have lost loved ones to OxyContin and opioid overdoses protest outside Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. The Sackler family’s ties to OxyContin and the painkiller’s role in the deadly opioid crisis are bringing the Sacklers a new kind of attention and complicating their philanthropic legacy. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

Opioid crisis brings unwanted attention to wealthy family

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, a man throws a ball for his dog next to the border wall topped with razor wire in Tijuana, Mexico. In his demands that Congress set aside $5.7 billion for a border wall, President Donald Trump insists a physical barrier would stop heroin entering the U.S. from Mexico. But U.S. statistics, analysts and testimony at the trial of drug kingpin Joaquin &quot;El Chapo&quot; Guzman in New York show that most hard drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico come through land ports of entry staffed by agents, not open sections of the border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

AP Explains: Trump says wall will stop drugs, facts differ

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

New York Rangers left wing Chris Kreider celebrates after scoring a goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Kreider, Lundqvist lead Rangers to 4-3 win over Blackhawks

By VIN A. CHERWOO - Associated Press

Gov. Cuomo: NY must go 100 percent clean energy by 2040

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his State of the State address and executive budget proposal at the Hart Theatre, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Cuomo unveils plan to make NY 11th state to legalize pot

By DAVID KLEPPER and CHRIS CAROLA - Associated Press

The Latest: Cuomo: Ban plastic bags, expand bottle bill

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New York Rangers right wing Pavel Buchnevich, left, scores a goal past Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Curtis McElhinney (35) during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Zibanejad, Lundqvist lead Rangers to 6-2 win over Hurricanes

By SCOTT CHARLES - Associated Press

New York Islanders right wing Jordan Eberle (7) takes the puck to the St. Louis Blues goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)

Filppula lifts surging Islanders past Blues 2-1 in OT

By VIN A. CHERWOO - Associated Press

Federal inmates in New York denied visits amid shutdown

By JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press

A section of the old Tappan Zee Bridge is brought down with explosives in this view from Tarrytown, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Latest: Old Tappan Zee Bridge over Hudson is demolished

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This combination photo shows filmmaker Sofia Coppola, left, and actor Bill Murray, who will reunite 16 years after their Oscar-winning film, “Lost in Translation” for “On the Rocks,” a New York-set film starring Rashida Jones as a young mother who reconnects with her larger-than-life father, to be played by Murray. The film, which Coppola also wrote, will begin this spring in New York. (AP Photo)

Sofia Coppola, Bill Murray to reunite for ‘On the Rocks’

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New York Islanders' Brock Nelson (29) shoots the puck past Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Cizikas, Clutterbuck help Islanders beat Lightning 5-1

By VIN A. CHERWOO - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2015 photo, New York State Assembly member Crystal Peoples-Stokes, stands behind Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, D-Bronx, during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Peoples-Stokes and Heastie argue that thousands of black and Latino New Yorkers were unfairly targeted by police and prosecutors during decades of the war on drugs. According to Heastie, any marijuana legalization must be accompanied by the expungement of past criminal convictions for marijuana possession. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Thorny questions threaten to slow legal pot in New York

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press

A person wearing a supportive boot and multicolored socks goes pantless during the 18th annual No Pants Subway Ride, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019, in New York. The prank began in New York, but is now staged in multiple cities across the world. The only two requirements are that participants be willing to remove their pants in public, on the subway while keeping a straight face about it. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Pant-less commuters invade NYC subway

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n this April 12, 2018 file photo, television journalist Megyn Kelly attends The Hollywood Reporter's annual 35 Most Powerful People in Media event at The Pool in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

NBC News, Megyn Kelly reach separation agreement

By David Bauder - Associated Press

This Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, photo shows &quot;Millie on the South Lawn&quot; by Christine Merrill, alongside a letter from former first lady Barbara Bush on display at the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog in New York. The museum opens Feb. 8 in midtown Manhattan. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New dog museum unleashed in New York City

By JENNIFER PELTZ - Associated Press

Prison guard gets 3 years in prison in Turkey-related case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press

NY Legislature to take up early voting, easier registration

By DAVID KLEPPER - Associated Press