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This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. On Friday, May 19, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported another death and several more cases of vision loss from illnesses linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC via AP, File)

4th death, more vision loss cases linked to tainted eyedrops

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

A Town of Newburgh police vehicle sits parked outside The Crossroads Hotel, where two busloads of migrants arrived hours earlier, on May 11, 2023, in Newburgh, N.Y. The founder of a nonprofit group has been accused of fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from the hotel to make room for international migrants, a tale that stoked days of outrage on cable news networks. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Group accused of making up story about homeless vets being evicted to make room for migrants

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

Minnesota Twins catcher Gary Sánchez (24) works behind the plate during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Cleveland. Sánchez agreed to a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants and will report to Triple-A Sacramento. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett, File)

Former All-Star catcher Gary Sanchez back in major league with Mets

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In this image from video, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle exit Manhattan’s Ziegfeld Ballroom on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 in New York. The couple’s office says the pair and Meghan’s mother were followed by vehicles after leaving a charity event on Tuesday. It said in a statement Wednesday that the pursuit “resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.” The incident instantly drew comparisons to the 1997 fatal car crash of Harry’s mother, Princess Diana. (AP Photo)

Prince Harry and Meghan made getaway in NYC taxi after being trailed by paparazzi

By Michael R. Sisak, Bobby Caina Calvan and Danica Kirka - Associated Press

People stand outside a Silicon Valley Bank branch in Santa Clara, Calif., on March 10, 2023. The recent collapse of a trio of midsize banks, including Silicon Valley Bank, has once again raised questions on whether executive compensation is tilted toward short-term gains rather than companies' long-term health. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Executives from failed banks questioned on CEO pay, risk management at Senate hearing

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Salman Rushdie attends the 68th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner on Nov. 15, 2017, in New York. Writer Salman Rushdie made a public speech nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, warning that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat of his lifetime. Rushdie delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish award on Monday evening May 15, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Author Salman Rushdie warns that West is closing in on free speech

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Olympic figure skater Sarah Hughes attends the world premiere of "The Other Guys" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 in New York. Hughes, who won a gold medal in figure skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics, has filed to run for Congress in New York, joining several other Democrats seeking to unseat Long Island Republican Anthony Esposito. Hughes, 38, will make a formal campaign announcement of her campaign for New York's 4th Congressional District ”in the next few weeks," spokesperson Max Kramer said Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) **FILE**

Olympic gold-medal figure skater Sarah Hughes running for N.Y. congressional seat

By Karen Matthews - Associated Press

Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon looks on during a WNBA game against the Dallas Wings Sunday, June 5, 2022, in Las Vegas. The WNBA suspended Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon for two games without pay Tuesday, May 16, 2023, for violating league and team respect in the workplace policies. The violation was related to comments made by Hammon to Dearica Hamby in connection with the player's recent pregnancy. (AP Photo/John Loche) **FILE**

WNBA suspends Hammon 2 games for player’s allegation she was bullied for being pregnant

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Washington Nationals designated hitter Joey Meneses hits an RBI-double during the third inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets at Nationals Park, Monday, May 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Abrams homers as Nationals beat Mets, split 4-game series

By Patrick Stevens - Associated Press

Kassi Keith walks her laundry from the hotel she lives at to the neighborhood laundromat, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Around Manhattan and elsewhere in the city, hotels that served tourists just a few years ago have become de facto emergency shelters. The latest is the historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan, which shuttered three years ago, is reopening later this week as a welcome center and shelter for asylum seekers. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers

By Deepti Hajela and Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

New York Mets starting pitcher Max Scherzer (21) throwing a pitch during the second inning of an MLB game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington D.C., May 14, 2023. (Photo by Billy Sabatini/All-Pro Reels)

Scherzer wins in return, Mets score 8 in fifth to beat Nationals for Sunday split

By Byron Kerr - Associated Press

Twitter CEO Elon Musk, center, speaks with Linda Yaccarino, chairman of global advertising and partnerships for NBC, at the POSSIBLE marketing conference, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Miami Beach, Fla. Musk said that he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, and multiple media reports identify her as Yaccarino, (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

What to know about Twitter’s new CEO, Linda Yaccarino

By Mae Anderson - Associated Press

New York Mets' Francisco Lindor hits a three-RBI single during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park, Friday, May 12, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Francisco Lindor’s 3-run single lifts struggling Mets over Nationals

By Patrick Stevens - Associated Press

A group of several hundred people protest the death of Jordan Neely, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Washington Square Park in New York. Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday, May 11, that they will bring criminal charges against Daniel Penny, the man who used a deadly chokehold on Neely, an unruly passenger, aboard a New York City subway train. The incident stirred outrage and debates about the response to mental illness in the nation’s largest transit system. (AP Photo/Brooke Lansdale, File)

Marine veteran who fatally choked NYC subway rider Jordan Neely surrenders on manslaughter charge

By Jake Offenhartz and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Daniel Penny, center, is walked by New York Police Department detectives detectives out of the 5th Precinct on Friday, May. 12, 2023 in New York. Manhattan prosecutors announced Thursday they would bring the criminal charge against Penny, 24, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, in the May 1 death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

Marine veteran who fatally choked NYC subway rider is freed pending trial

By Jake Offenhartz, Bobby Caina Calvan and Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry walks up the court during the second half of Game 5 of the team's NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) **FILE**

Heat, Lakers get another chance to move to conference finals

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. More than 800,000 noncitizens and so-called Dreamers in New York City will have access to the ballot box, and could vote in municipal elections as early as 2023, after Adams allowed legislation approved by the City Council a month earlier to automatically become law on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

New York City Council passes bill banning weight discrimination

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Former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Manchester, N.H. Donald Trump's town hall forum on CNN on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, is the first major TV event of the 2024 presidential campaign, and a big test for the chosen moderator, Kaitlan Collins. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) **FILE**

CNN faces criticism over chaotic Trump town hall event

By Alexandra Olson and David Bauder

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a ceremony where Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a package of bills to strengthen gun laws, June 6, 2022, in New York. James filed a lawsuit Thursday, May 11, 2023 against a gun accessory manufacturer for selling an easily removable magazine lock that can convert a legal weapon into an illegal assault weapon capable of holding high-capacity magazines. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York attorney general sues manufacturer over magazine lock used in Buffalo store massacre

By Maysoon Khan - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. George Santos is surrounded by media as he leaves the federal courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y on Wednesday May 10, 2023. Santos pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging a financial fraud at the heart of a political campaign built on dubious boasts about his personal wealth and business success. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Expel George Santos? GOP leaders aren’t ready to take that step

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press