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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra reacts as his team plays the Orlando Magic during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Kevin Kolczynski)

NBA teams insist being picked to play on Christmas is special

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Orlando Magic's Paolo Banchero fouls Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Bucks won 118-114. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

NBA scheduling quirk has Milwaukee Bucks making extended holiday trip to New York

By Steve Megargee - Associated Press

Joyce Loazia poses for a picture next to ElliQ, left, a tabletop device that uses artificial intelligence to conduct human-like conversations, during an interview in her apartment in a senior community in Coral Springs, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Loazia is among the first in the country to receive the robot ElliQ, whose creators, Intuition Robotics, and senior assistance officials say is the only device using artificial intelligence specifically designed to lessen the loneliness and isolation experienced by many older Americans. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Chatty robot ElliQ helps seniors fight loneliness through AI companionship

By Terry Spencer - Associated Press

Travellers queue for the Eurostar trains at St Pancras Station in London, Friday, Dec. 22, 2023. Eurostar was hit Thursday by an unofficial strike in northern France, this led to the cancellation of most services. With full trains leading up to Christmas those travellers affected by the strike will have to find alternative ways to their destination. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Busiest holiday travel season in years is off to a smooth start with few airport delays

By Alexandra Olson - Associated Press

FILE - Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a press conference at City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. New York City’s teachers union is suing to block planned cuts to the city’s public schools, warning that steep budget reductions proposed by Mayor Eric Adams would weaken key education initiatives and violate state law. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

New York City’s teachers union sues Mayor Eric Adams over steep cuts to public schools

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

A small group of students, parents, and immigrant advocates rally near City Hall in New York, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The rally was held in response to an order New York Mayor Eric Adams issued in October limiting homeless migrants and their children to 60 days in city housing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

Signage for Xfinity, the cable division of Comcast, is displayed in Philadelphia, July 15, 2015. Hackers accessed Xfinity customers’ personal information by exploiting a vulnerability in software used by the company, the Comcast-owned telecommunications business announced this week. In a Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, notice to customers, Xfinity said there was unauthorized access to internal systems as a result of this vulnerability — which was previously announced by software provider Citrix — between Oct. 16 and 19. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Xfinity notifies customers of data breach linked to software vulnerability

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Voters fill out their ballots at a polling site in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood, Nov. 8, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Mazi Melesa Pilip, the New York GOP-backed candidate chosen to run in an upcoming special election to fill the vacated seat left open by expelled former Rep. George Santos, has revealed she does not support a federal ban on abortion. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

New York GOP-backed candidate for Santos seat says she won’t back abortion ban

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Migrants queue in the cold as they look for a shelter outside a migrant assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams calls out Biden for ‘abandoning’ migrant issue

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump, second from left, sits at the defense table with his attorney's Christopher Kise, left, Alina Habba, second from right, and Clifford Robert at New York Supreme Court, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, Pool)

Judge criticizes Trump’s expert witness as he again refuses to toss fraud lawsuit

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

A car drives on a flooded street in Philadelphia early Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Flood and wind warnings issued, airlines and schools affected as strong storm hits the Northeast

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Store clerks and shoppers wear masks at Brooklyn's Park Slope Co-Op grocery store, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

As 2023 holidays dawn, face masks have settled in as an occasional feature of the American landscape

By Deepti Hajela - Associated Press

A voter moves to cast her ballot at an electronic counting machine at a polling site at the Brooklyn Museum, Nov. 8, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York’s highest court just gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to flip seats in the state to win control of the U.S. House next year. ( AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

How much gerrymandering is too much? In New York, the answer could make or break Dems’ House hopes

By Anthony Izaguirre - Associated Press

Migrants queue in the cold as they look for a shelter outside a migrant assistance center at St. Brigid Elementary School on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in New York. It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

No room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters

By Philip Marcelo - Associated Press

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie." (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)

What’s streaming now: ‘Barbie,’ Taylor Swift in your home, Cody Johnson and the return of ‘Reacher’

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Former President Donald Trump arrives at the UFC 295 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in New York. Trump has spent less time campaigning in early-voting states than many of his Republican primary rivals. But his campaign has been bolstering his schedule with appearances at major sporting events. Video of his appearances routinely rack up hundreds of thousands of views across social media. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Trump loves the UFC. His campaign hopes viral videos of his appearances will help him pummel rivals

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump arrives at the UFC 295 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023, in New York. Trump has spent less time campaigning in early-voting states than many of his Republican primary rivals. But his campaign has been bolstering his schedule with appearances at major sporting events. Video of his appearances routinely rack up hundreds of thousands of views across social media. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Trump loves the UFC. His campaign hopes viral videos of his appearances will help him pummel rivals

By Jill Colvin - Associated Press

Former Congressman George Santos is gone from the U.S. House, and so is the sign outside his office on Capitol Hill now changed to "Office of the Third Congressional District of New York." Video screenshot via Associated Press.

N.Y. GOP picks Mazi Pilip to run in special election to replace George Santos

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A woman carrying a shopping bag passes Macy's department store in Herald Square, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, in New York. On Thursday, the Commerce Department releases U.S. retail sales data for November. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Retail sales up 0.3% in November as Americans hit gas, not brakes on shopping, travel, restaurants

By Anne D'Innocenzio - Associated Press

New York firefighters walk up to the entrance of New York Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in New York. The courthouse in New York City where former President Donald Trump's civil business fraud trial has been taking place was evacuated Wednesday hours after testimony had concluded for the day. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)

NYC courthouse fire suspect burned papers with complaints about criminal justice, prosecutors say

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press