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☆ What we know about the explosion at Rainbow Bridge near Niagara Falls
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( John Miller | Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Alarms were raised from New York to Washington, DC, late Wednesday morning after the incident on the US side of the Rainbow Bridge crossing. “Two individuals died in the vehicle,” Hochul said, noting the car is associated with a western New York resident. The explosion prompted a temporary shutdown of all four bridges between Canada and the US near Niagara Falls on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Debris is scattered across the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing on Wednesday in Niagara Falls, New York. All cars coming into the airport were also being screened by bomb-detecting dogs, a Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority spokesperson said.

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Two people died inside a vehicle that crashed and exploded at the Rainbow Bridge U.S.-Canada border crossing, according to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Photo: Saleman Alwishah/ReutersTwo people died inside a vehicle traveling toward Canada that exploded Wednesday at a U.S.-Canada border crossing, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said, adding that a preliminary investigation found no indication the incident was a terrorist attack. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident, which forced authorities to shut down the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ontario.

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Two people died Wednesday in the crash after hitting a median at the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge in New York as they sped toward Canada, but Gov. The car flew over an eight-foot fence before it burst into a cloud of flames and oily smoke, she said. Video shows a scene that looks like it was “generated by A.I.,” Ms. Hochul said. The only piece of the car left was the engine, she said, and pieces of the vehicle were scattered for yards near an inspection station. “There was a horrific incident, a crash, an explosion, loss of life,” she said.

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☆ Vehicle explodes at Niagara Falls, forcing US-Canada border closings
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] Police officers view the scene after an incident at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023 in a still image from video. Two people in the vehicle were killed in the blast and one border patrol official was injured, the Fox News Channel reported, citing unnamed sources. The three U.S.-Canada crossings along the Niagara River separating southern Ontario and New York state are among the busiest in the world. "The FBI is coordinating with our local, state and federal law enforcement partners in this investigation," the FBI statement said. Representatives for the U.S. State Department also did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reported border closures.

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☆ Rainbow Bridge Explosion 2 Dead in Vehicle Explosion at U.S.-Canada Bridge in Niagara Falls
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

PinnedThe explosion at Rainbow Bridge in the Niagara Falls region caused the closure of that bridge as well as the other three border crossings, authorities said. Two people died and a Border Patrol officer was injured when a vehicle exploded Wednesday at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the United States and Canada, according to two law enforcement officials with knowledge of the matter. The F.B.I.’s Buffalo field office said in a social media post that the agency was coordinating with local, state and federal law enforcement. Kathy Hochul of New York said that “state agencies are on site and ready to assist.” The New York State Police are working with the F.B.I. “All measures are being taken to ensure that people will be safe.”He said that at the request of American officials, all four bridges between Canada and the United States in the Niagara area have been closed, including the Rainbow Bridge, Peace Bridge, Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and Whirlpool Bridge.

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Hours later, federal and state authorities said investigators had found no evidence of an act of terrorism, though circumstances surrounding the crash on the Rainbow Bridge remained murky, leaving it to be determined whether it was accidental or intentional. [1/15]A vehicle burns at the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023 in a still image from video. The Rainbow Bridge and all three other border crossings along the Niagara River between western New York and the Canadian province of Ontario - the Peace Bridge, the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and the Whirlpool Bridge - were shut for several hours as a precaution. The three bridges that were not involved were reopened early Wednesday evening, but the Rainbow crossing remained closed during the investigation and as officials assessed the crossing's safety. He said the vehicle, which he described as a luxury sedan, was "fish-tailing" out of control before it crashed.

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The large majority, though, have been filed against the state, New York City and local counties and involve allegations of abuse at state prisons and local jail systems. Like, who was I?” said Alexandria Johnson, who says she was raped multiple times while incarcerated in state prison and a New York City jail. The act was modeled after a previous New York law offering people abused as children a temporary window to file claims. Brand was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a film extra during the making of “Arthur” in 2010. His firm said it made more than 1,200 filings alleging abuse in state prisons and more than 470 alleging abuse at New York City's Rikers Island complex.

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☆ U.S. Investigates Colleges for Antisemitism and Islamophobia Complaints
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Protests by pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups on college campuses have intensified tensions between students groups, faculty and administrations in recent weeks. Universities have struggled to contain the blowback as students and faculty raise concerns over both security and free speech. On Tuesday, about 400 students gathered at Columbia University to protest the war and to criticize university leaders for suspending two pro-Palestinian student groups through the end of the semester. The university said it would cooperate with the investigation and said it was taking steps to address antisemitism. Three Jewish students sued New York University this week over what they said was a hostile environment that had allowed antisemitism to go unchecked.

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☆ Montauketts’ Bid for N.Y. State Recognition Is Vetoed for the 5th Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Jay Root | More About Jay Root | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For years, a Native American tribe from the picturesque East End of Long Island has fought bitterly for formal state recognition, a designation that was stripped away more than a century ago by court decisions that are now widely considered racist. The New York State Legislature passed a bill four times in a decade to recognize the tribe, the Montaukett Indian Nation, but the legislation was vetoed each time — the first three occasions by Andrew M. Cuomo, and the last by Gov. The bill was written differently, and there were signs that Ms. Hochul might be receptive: She recently named an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, Elizabeth Rule, as the state’s deputy secretary for First Nations. But on Friday, the Montauketts learned that their battle must continue. Ms. Hochul vetoed the legislation, saying that she did not see sufficient evidence to overturn the century-old ruling that the tribe “no longer functioned as a governmental unit” in New York.

Persons: Andrew M, Cuomo, Kathy Hochul, Hochul, Elizabeth Rule Organizations: New, Gov, Chickasaw, First Nations Locations: New York

Thousands of people took to the streets on Friday evening in the latest instance of what has become near daily protests in New York City over the Israel-Hamas war. This time, pro-Palestinian demonstrators held banners and signs demanding a cease-fire in the bombardment of Gaza. Earlier in the afternoon, several rallies attracting hundreds of people formed at different points around the city, including Union Square, the J.P. Morgan offices on Madison Avenue and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s New York office near the United Nations headquarters, before merging on the steps of the New York Public Library near Bryant Park. As demonstrators wound their way through the center of the city, they waved Palestinian flags, held handmade signs with messages like “Ceasefire now,” and chanted, “Free Palestine.” The crowd stretched several blocks and paused at times in front of Pennsylvania Station and the New York Times building.

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REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 16 (Reuters) - New York State will issue a new offshore wind solicitation on Nov. 30 with bids due in January 2024, the state government said, in a move that should support the troubled industry. This would allow the companies to re-offer their planned projects at higher prices and exit their old contracts. Those measures included the expedited solicitation for offshore wind and other renewable projects announced on Thursday. The offshore wind projects that the companies are developing are Orsted's 924-megawatt (MW) Sunrise, and the joint venture between Equinor and BP's 816-MW Empire Wind 1, 1,260-MW Empire Wind 2 and 1,230-MW Beacon Wind. In a positive sign for the companies, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) on Oct. 24 awarded three offshore wind contracts at much higher prices than the earlier projects bid by Orsted, BP and Equinor.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Brendan McDermid, New York Governor Hochul, Scott DiSavino, Jonathan Oatis, Nick Zieminski, Richard Chang Organizations: New, REUTERS, BP, New York Public Service Commission, New York Governor, New York State Energy Research, Development Authority, Orsted, Equinor, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, New York, Equinor

☆ New York Will Give a ‘Clean Slate’ to Formerly Incarcerated People
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Grace Ashford | More About Grace Ashford | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Roughly two million people convicted of crimes in New York may be eligible to have their records sealed as part of a broad criminal justice initiative that will be signed into law on Thursday by Gov. Under the so-called Clean Slate Act, people who complete their sentences and remain out of trouble for a set period — three years for misdemeanors, eight for eligible felonies — will have their convictions sealed. The most serious crimes, including sex crimes, murder and most other class A felonies, will not be eligible for automatic sealing. New York will become one of a dozen states with such legislation, which is aimed at interrupting the cycle of recidivism by allowing formerly incarcerated people to access jobs and housing. The law will go into effect a year from now, though it will take three more years to clear the records of those currently waiting.

Persons: Kathy Hochul Organizations: Gov Locations: New York

About 1 in 5 American workers, nearly 30 million people, are bound by noncompete agreements, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Horror stories about companies using noncompete agreements to trap workers in middling jobs or punish them for taking their skills elsewhere for better pay prompted New York legislators to pass a bill last June that would ban noncompete agreements. "But the fact that I had to spend a year fighting off my former employer was just wrong.”A handful of states, including California, already ban noncompete agreements. Other states, including Minnesota and Oklahoma, have laws that void noncompete agreements if a person is laid off. Advocates for the bill argue that striking noncompete agreements will actually be good for innovation.

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☆ Should Your Ex-Boss Get a Say in Your New Job? Wall Street Says Yes.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | More About Luis Ferré-Sadurní | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For high-powered Wall Street and banking executives, one of the hallmarks of the job comes into play only at the end: a signed noncompete agreement. Five months ago, the State Legislature passed a bill that would outlaw noncompete agreements, one of several efforts nationwide in recent years to protect a range of employees. All kinds of workers — from doctors to hairstylists to sandwich makers — are sometimes unknowingly trapped by the restrictive clauses. But as the implications of a ban at New York City’s most powerful industries have come into focus, so has a deep-pocketed lobbying effort to persuade Gov. Kathy Hochul to not sign it into law — or at least blunt its impact.

Persons: Kathy Hochul Organizations: New York ., State Legislature, Gov Locations: New York

CNN —Media personality and sex expert Dr. Ruth Westheimer is now New York state’s honorary ambassador to loneliness, a role that’s the first of its kind in the nation. US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described the prevalence of loneliness and isolation as a national epidemic among all ages. Dr. Ruth Westheimer arrives at the Governors Awards at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on October 27, 2019. A sense of being alone defines loneliness, while social isolation is an objective lack of social connections. Social isolation has also been linked to cognitive decline, anxiety and weakened immunity.

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☆ Dr. Ruth Saved People’s Sex Lives. Now She Wants to Cure Loneliness.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Allison Gilbert | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I still will talk about orgasms,” Dr. Ruth Westheimer said during a conversation over the summer. “I still will talk about sexual dysfunction. “So now I am going to say, let’s go and see how we can help people who don’t have a sexual problem,” she said. “I don’t want to be known only as a sex therapist. I want to be known as a therapist.”For Dr. Westheimer, this has meant turning her attention to what she views as the biggest need right now — the epidemic of loneliness in the United States.

Persons: “, Dr, Ruth Westheimer, let’s, ”, Westheimer, Kathy Hochul Organizations: New York Locations: United States, New York State

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is requiring state health officials to develop an outreach program to educate parents and doctors about the harmful impacts of medically unnecessary treatments performed on young children born intersex. Advocates for the statewide legislation say the medically unnecessary operations on infants and young children born intersex come with a slew of potential negative impacts that parents and doctors must be aware of. Various health and human rights organizations, including the Physicians for Human Rights, a U.S.-based nonprofit that advocates against human rights violations around the world, in the past have called for an end to the medical treatments. A majority of advocacy groups estimate that there are about 5.6 million people in the United States who were born intersex, according to The Associated Press. In California, a majority of state lawmakers rejected a bill in 2020 that would have banned some medically unnecessary surgeries on intersex children until they are old enough to participate in the decision.

Persons: Kathy Hochul, Rebecca Seawright Organizations: —, New, Council, Physicians for Human Rights, Physicians, Human, Associated Press, American Locations: ALBANY, N.Y, — New York, New York, U.S, United States, California

☆ Key New York tunnel project wins $3.8 billion in new US support -senators
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The White House in July had advanced $6.88 billion in funding from the Federal Transit Administration for the project. Schumer, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and New York Governor Kathy Hochul were among the officials who celebrated the start of construction in New York on the Hudson Tunnel Project. Buttigieg said Friday the Hudson Tunnel project will reduce traveler delays, support 72,000 jobs and generate $19 billion in economic activity. The project was debated in Washington for over a decade since the New York City-area rail tunnel was damaged when Superstorm Sandy flooded parts of the city. The 112-year-old rail tunnel carries 200,000 passenger trips per day on New Jersey Transit and Amtrak along the Northeast Corridor.

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Elite law firms send a messageWith universities across the United States grappling with a rise in antisemitism since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, elite law firms are putting schools on notice. In a letter to some of the nation’s top law schools obtained by DealBook, about two dozen major Wall Street firms warned that what happens on campus could have corporate consequences. The letter follows a series of recent antisemitic episodes at universities. Kathy Hochul of New York sought this week to reassure Jewish students at Cornell after online posts threatening violence against them. Students at other schools have said they feel increasingly unsafe amid rallies and other acts that, in some instances, have become violent.

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☆ Cornell University student arrested after threatening to shoot Jewish students on campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old Cornell University junior, was arrested for making antisemitic threats. His Tuesday arrest comes after the threats prompted days of campus-wide alert and distress among Jewish students. AdvertisementAdvertisementReports of antisemitic threats have nearly quadrupled since 2022, while complaints of Islamophobia have jumped to nearly three times of last year's levels. New York Governor Kathy Hochul tweeted on Tuesday that she had met with students in Cornell to discuss their safety following the alleged threats. "Grateful to our law enforcement partners who have worked to keep Cornell students and all New Yorkers safe from the forces of hate."

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Cornell University student Patrick Dai is accused of making online threats against the school's Jewish community. David Bauder/APAfter the threats were posted Sunday, Cornell University police ramped up patrols and increased security for Jewish students and organizations, the agency said. At Cornell, Jewish students make up about 22% of the student body, with about 3,000 undergraduate and 500 graduate Jewish students, according to the school’s Hillel organization. “Jewish students on campus right now are unbelievably terrified for their lives,” Molly Goldstein, co-president of the Cornell Center for Jewish Living, told CNN. “The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community.

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☆ Police detain person of interest for antisemitic threats to Cornell students
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a press conference in New York City, U.S., June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 31 (Reuters) - Law enforcement authorities have detained a "person of interest" in connection with online threats against Jewish students at Cornell University that were posted over the weekend, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The threats called for attacks on two buildings: a kosher dining hall and the Center for Jewish Living, where about 25 Jewish students reside. Hochul said in her post on Tuesday that she had visited Jewish students at Cornell on Monday, and promised to do everything possible to find the perpetrator. About 190 of the 312 antisemitic incidents tallied by the group were linked to the war between Israel and Hamas.

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☆ A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Jennifer Smith | Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Outbursts of antisemitism have often been harbingers of societies in deep trouble and omens that extremism and violence are imminent. Biden on Monday unveiled new measures to tackle antisemitism on college campuses and senior officials underscored the need to combat anti-Jewish hate. A widening problem in the United StatesIn recent years, antisemitism has often been driven in the United States by far-right groups. But reaction to the deepening crisis in Israel and Gaza has shown that antisemitism is also boiling on the far-left. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday tried to pinpoint the moment at which opposition to Israeli policies crosses into antisemitism.

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☆ Gov. Hochul Announces $75 Million to Combat Hate Crimes in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Luis Ferré-Sadurní | More About Luis Ferré-Sadurní | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Kathy Hochul of New York announced on Tuesday up to $75 million in grants for local police departments and houses of worship in response to an uptick in reported antisemitic attacks and hate crimes against Palestinians in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. The New York Police Department unveiled statistics last week that showed a spike in hate crimes in the city, especially against Jews, after the Hamas attacks on Israel earlier this month, despite an overall decrease in hate crimes this year. There were 51 hate crimes in the third week of October, compared with just seven in the same week last year; 30 were antisemitic, the police said. as a potential hate crime and prompted the school and the State Police to increase security at the school’s Jewish center. Ms. Hochul announced $50 million in grants to help local law enforcement agencies prevent and solve hate crimes.

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Cornell University administrators dispatched campus police to a Jewish center after threatening statements appeared on a discussion board Sunday. Cornell President Martha E. Pollack issued a statement explaining there were a series of “horrendous, antisemitic messages” threatening violence against the university's Jewish community, specifically naming the address of the Center for Jewish Living. The Cornell University Police Department is investigating and has notified the FBI of a potential hate crime, she said. Political Cartoons View All 1223 Images“The virulence and destructiveness of antisemitism is real and deeply impacting our Jewish students, faculty and staff, as well as the entire Cornell community,” Pollack said, noting antisemitism will not be tolerated at Cornell. New York Attorney General Letitia James called the threats targeting the Jewish community “absolutely horrific."

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