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Martin Garcia, owner of gift and décor store Gramercy Gift Gallery, poses for a photo at his shop, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in San Antonio. Landlords were forgiving about rent during the first two years of the pandemic, but now many are asking for back due rent. Meanwhile, most of the government aid programs that helped small businesses get through the pandemic have ended. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Add rent to the rising costs bedeviling small businesses

By Mae Anderson - Associated Press

Joey Chestnut and Miki Sudo pose with 63 and 40 hot dogs, respectively, after winning the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on Monday, July 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Joey Chestnut wins Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest for 15th time

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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., addresses a gathering during a town hall style meeting, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Randolph, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Elizabeth Warren calls for federal crackdown on pro-life pregnancy centers

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Police tape blocks off a crime scene in Biloxi, Miss., in this file image via WLOX-TV from April 27, 2022. (Bill Snyder/WLOX-TV via AP) **FILE**

Crime wave batters U.S., cities brace for the notoriously violent holiday weekend

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado ,left, greets legislators before presiding over the Senate during a special legislative session to consider new firearms regulations for concealed-carry permits in the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

NY legislators rewriting gun laws after Supreme Court ruling

By Maysoon Khan - Associated Press

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a ceremony Monday, June 6, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James launches abortion hotline to provide pro-choice advice

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference June 7, 2022, in New York. A heckler who clapped Giuliani on the back at a campaign event, Sunday, June 26, 2022, was arrested, jailed for more than 24 hours and now faces an assault charge. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

NYC mayor: Investigate Rudy Giuliani for ‘false’ slap claim

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Lee Zeldin appears during New York's Republican gubernatorial debate at the studios of Spectrum News NY1 on Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (Brittainy Newman/Newsday via AP, Pool)

Rep. Lee Zeldin wins GOP primary for New York governor

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins (7) guards against Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP) **FILE**

Trio of Chicago Sky players headline WNBA All-Star reserves

By Doug Feinberg - Associated Press

Audrey Strauss, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, points to a photo of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, during a news conference in New York, on July 2, 2020. Maxwell faces the likelihood of years in prison when she is sentenced for helping the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. The sentencing hearing, Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in New York will be the culmination of a prosecution that detailed how Epstein and Maxwell flaunted their riches and associations with prominent people to groom vulnerable girls and then exploit them. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Ghislaine Maxwell to be sentenced in Epstein sex abuse case

By Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays - Associated Press

A visitor examines exhibits in the permanent collection of the American Folk Art Museum in January 2022, in New York City. On Tuesday, June 28, 2022, the museum plans to announce its largest and most unusual recent gift, a $5 million donation from Arkansas-based arts supporters Becky and Bob Alexander, to help fund the museum’s exhibition program and its operation as one of New York City’s few free museums. (Olya Vysotskaya/American Folk Art Museum via AP)

Folk Art Museum offers donors naming rights to CEO’s title

By Glenn Gamboa - Associated Press

Actress Mary Mara dies in apparent drowning

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FILE — Poll workers direct voters outside Frank McCourt High School, on New York's Upper West Side, Nov. 3, 2020. A judge on Monday, June 27, 2022, blocked New York City from letting noncitizens vote for mayor and other municipal offices, a measure that Republicans challenged as unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

NYC can’t let noncitizens vote in city elections, judge rules

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

FILE - Andrew Giuliani, left, a Republican candidate for Governor of New York, is joined by his father, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, during a news conference, June 7, 2022, in New York. One place the former New York City mayor is in high demand these days is on the campaign of his son, Andrew Giuliani, who on Tuesday is hoping to become the Republican nominee for governor of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Grocery store worker charged with assaulting Rudy Giuliani over abortion ruling

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

In this July 24, 2021, file photo former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a gathering in Phoenix. The company planning to buy Donald Trump’s new social media business disclosed Monday, June 27, 2022 that it has received subpoenas from a grand jury in New York. Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. dropped 7% in morning trading Monday as the company reported that the subpoenas and related investigations by the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission could delay its acquisition of the maker of Trump’s Truth Social app. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Company buying Trump’s social media app faces subpoenas

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Chelle Wyatt uses her cell phone with the Otter app Friday, April 15, 2022, in Salt Lake City. People with hearing loss have adopted technology to navigate the world, especially as hearing aids are expensive and inaccessible to many. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Why captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there

By Tali Arbel - Associated Press

Flags affirming LGBTQ identity dress the fencing surrounding the Stonewall National Monument, Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in New York. Sunday's Pride Parade wraps a month marking the anniversary of the June 28th, 1969, Stonewall uprising, sparked by a police raid on a gay bar in Manhattan and a catalyst of the modern LGBTQ movement. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pride parades march on with new urgency

By Bobby Caina Calvan - Associated Press

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his budget address in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. The leaders of the National Governors Association said Friday, June 10, 2022, they're forming a bipartisan working group led by chair Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, and vice chair Murphy, a Democrat, to come up with recommendations to stop mass shootings following the Texas school massacre. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Blue states scramble for fixes after Supreme Court eases rules on concealed carry of pistols

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Salesman John Licata demonstrates a competition shooting gun at SP firearms on Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Hempstead, New York. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)

States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling

By Jennifer McDermott - Associated Press

An attendee at a gun rights rally open carries his gun in a holster that reads "We the People" from the Preamble to the United States Constitution. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ** FILE **

Second Amendment prevails in New York state gun case

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times