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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Mitch McConnell: Mets, Yankees may have to leave New York City

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams speaks to supporters Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NYC Mayor-elect Eric Adams to fellow Democrats: Stop preaching, start doing

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

New York State Rifle & Pistol Association President Tom King poses for a photo Oct. 28, 2021, in East Greenbush, N.Y. The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday, Nov. 3, in a gun rights case that centers on New York’s restrictive gun permit law and whether limits the state has placed on carrying a gun in public violate the Second Amendment. Gun rights advocates including the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association and two private citizens are challenging the law. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

Supreme Court to hear arguments in major gun rights case

By Jessica Gresko - Associated Press

File - Two New York City Police officers patrol a busy intersection on Main Street in Flushing, a largely Asian American neighborhood, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in the Queens borough, N.Y. More than 26,000 of New York City's municipal workers remained unvaccinated after the deadline on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021, to show proof they've gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

9,000 NYC workers on leave as vaccine mandate takes effect

By Michael R. Sisak and Karen Matthews - Associated Press

Some of the stolen objects being returned to India, including this bronze Shiva Nataraja valued at $4 million, are displayed during a ceremony at the Indian consulate in New York, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. U.S. authorities have returned about 250 antiquities to India in a long-running investigation of a stolen art scheme. The items, worth an estimated $15 million, were handed over on Thursday during a ceremony at the Indian consulate in New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US returns stolen antiquities to India in art scheme probe

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday Oct. 14, 2021, file photo, protesters at City Hall condemn Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to phase out the Gifted and Talented (G&amp;T) public school program in New York. Public school programs for the gifted and talented are garnering increased scrutiny nationwide, as critics denounce them as modern-day segregation and push for broader access or outright elimination. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

EXPLAINER: Why are schools revisiting gifted education?

By Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

In this Friday, May 21, 2021, file photo, New York Attorney General Letitia James acknowledges questions from journalists at a news conference in New York. James has announced that she is running for governor, according to three people directly familiar with her plans. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Letitia James will run for New York governor, report says

By Michael Balsamo, Michael R. Sisak and Michelle L. Price - Associated Press

FILE - This 1978 file photo shows serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the Chicago area in the 1970s and executed in 1994. More than 40 years after a collection of decaying bodies was found beneath Gacy's house, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, that they have identified the remains of one more of his victims. (AP Photo, File)

Newly ID’d John Wayne Gacy victim’s death was news to family, sheriff says

By Don Babwin - Associated Press

In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, R. Kelly appears during a hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. A federal judge on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, ordered R&amp;B superstar R. Kelly to stand trial in Chicago on child pornography and obstruction of justice charges next year after the scheduled sentencing for his conviction in an earlier sex trafficking trial in New York. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool, File)

R. Kelly’s Chicago trial on federal sex charges set Aug. 1

Associated Press

In this Dec. 5, 2017, file photo, Summer Zervos leaves Manhattan Supreme Court at the conclusion of a hearing in New York. The former "Apprentice" contestant is trying to get her defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump moving again now that he's no longer president. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Trump aims to countersue ‘Apprentice’ sexual assault accuser

By Jennifer Peltz - Associated Press

Conservative commentator Candace Owens speaks at the Convention of the Right, in Paris on Sept. 28, 2019. A publishing division started by the conservative media company the Daily Wire will include releases by Owens, Daily Wire co-founder Ben Shapiro and former “Mandalorian” actor Gia Carano. DW Books will officially launch next spring, the Nashville-based Daily Wire announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Daily Wire launches conservative book publishing imprint

By Hillel Italie

In this photo provided by Kelly Soderlund, shows Kelly working remotely from her home in Walnut Creek, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Switching to a hybrid work model is ideal for people like Kelly Soderlund, a mother of two young children who works in offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto, California, for TripActions, which has about 1,200 employees worldwide. (Kelly Soderlund via AP) ** FILE **

U.S. workers decamp from cities to smaller towns via remote work

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 17, 2021, file photo, a sign requiring masks is displayed at a restaurant in Rolling Meadows, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Small businesses navigate ever-changing COVID-19 reality

By Mae Anderson - Associated Press

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott scrambles before throwing a pass in the first half of an NFL football game against the New York Giants in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth)

Prescott, Cowboys beat Giants year after ankle injury

By Schuyler Dixon - Associated Press

FILE - This March 11, 2019 file photo, shows the north entrance of the Trump International in Washington. Former President Donald Trump's company lost more than $70 million operating his Washington D.C. hotel while in office, forcing him at one point get a reprieve from a major bank on payments on a loan, according to documents released Friday, Oct. 8, 2021, by a House committee investigating his business. (AP Photo/Mark Tenally, File)

Trump hotel lost $70M during presidency, got help from bank

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press

New York Mets manager Luis Rojas talks with a fan before a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, in this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, file photo. Luis Rojas was let go as manager of the New York Mets on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, after two losing seasons. The team declined its option on Rojas’ contract for 2022, making the announcement a day after finishing third in the NL East at 77-85 in Steve Cohen’s first year of ownership. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo, File) **FILE**

Mets let go manager Luis Rojas after two losing seasons

By Mike Fitzpatrick - Associated Press

In this Jan.18, 2021 file photo, a view of the new sign marking the office for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., from inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. The new sign replaces the one that was destroyed when rioters stormed the Capitol. The Justice Department's massive prosecution of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has not been without its problems, including a potential instance of mistaken identity. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

New York mother, son arrested in theft of Pelosi’s laptop

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor sits during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, April 23, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool) ** FILE **

Supreme Court won’t block New York City’s school vaccine mandate

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2012, file photo, Bob Dylan performs in Los Angeles. The music legend has quietly put concert tickets on sale for a tour in support of last year's album, “Rough and Rowdy Ways.” His website bills it as a “World Wide Tour 2021-2024.” (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Forever a rolling stone: Dylan going on tour through 2024

Associated Press

CORRECTS TO RESPIRATORY SPECIALIST FROM A NURSE - A respiratory specialist operates a ventilator for a patient with COVID-19 who went into cardiac arrest and was revived by staff, Monday, April 20, 2020, at St. Joseph's Hospital in Yonkers, N.Y. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Once hailed, New York’s COVID-19 saviors are now hounded

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES