DNA discoverer James Watson loses honors over views on race

New York laboratory cuts ties with 90-year-old scientist who helped discover DNA, revoking all titles and honors

A New York laboratory has cut ties with James Watson, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who helped discover DNA, over “reprehensible” comments in which he said race and intelligence are connected.

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‘We didn’t respond fast enough’: Seattle lawmakers warn New York over Amazon

Council members urge New Yorkers to demand concessions like labor standards before company gains foothold in city

Two lawmakers from Amazon’s hometown in Seattle traveled to New York on Monday to warn the city of potential unintended consequences of the tech company’s planned new headquarters.

Lisa Herbold and Teresa Mosqueda, members of Seattle’s city council, addressed a summit of activist groups fighting Amazon’s plan for a new campus in Long Island City, Queens. They told the New Yorkers that Amazon’s presence in the west coast city had driven up housing costs, that the company had ducked efforts to make them help pay to address the crisis, and that they should resist it.

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El Chapo v El Vicentillo: son of cartel’s co-founder testifies against drug lord

Vicente Zambada Niebla, son of the Joaquín Guzmán’s longtime partner, had been groomed to take over Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel

One of the greatest betrayals in mafia history emerged into open court this week at the New York trial of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, as the former heir-apparent to Guzmán’s Sinaloa federation turned against his own boss, the cartel – and apparently even his own father.

Related: Behind the El Chapo trial: what's been left unsaid in a New York courtroom

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‘L-mageddon’ averted as New York calls off shutdown of subway line

Fifteen-month shutdown of subway tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn canceled after Andrew Cuomo announces new plan

Nearly a quarter million New Yorkers who for years dreaded “L-mageddon”, a planned 15-month shutdown of a key subway tunnel between Manhattan and Brooklyn, got a last-minute reprieve Thursday with a new plan that will allow repairs to go on during nights and weekends and the trains to keep running.

The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, made the surprise announcement just weeks after convening a panel of top engineering experts to take another look at the L train tunnel beneath the East river to see if there was a way to fix flood damage from 2012’s Superstorm Sandy without doing as much demolition and disrupting so many lives. Turns out there was.

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Charter will pay $174.2m for defrauding New Yorkers over data speeds, …

Charter will pay $174.2m for defrauding New Yorkers over data speeds, the largest settlement ever paid by a US ISP Charter-Spectrum has settled a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General that accused the company of defrauding New Yorkers through false advertising about the data-speeds they could expect from their plans . The settlement, for $174.2 million, is the largest ever paid by a US ISP.

FBI Has Evidence That ‘Directly Refutes’ Premise Of…

Reality Breaks Up a Prince Charming's Media Narrative - Just six months ago, American media outlets presented a sunny-side-up portrait of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia as he made a good-will tour of New York, Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Bill, Hillary Clinton headlining 2018-2019 arena tour

Former President Bill Clinton and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton are going on a 13-date arena tour through 2019. "Attendees will have the opportunity to hear one-of-a-kind conversations with the two leaders as they tell their stories from some of the most impactful moments in modern history," Live Nation said in a statement .

Never-before-seen photos show Edward VIII visiting a Mercedes-Benz factory

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20 dead in crash of limo headed to a birthday celebration

A limousine carrying four sisters, other relatives and friends to a birthday celebration blew through a stop sign and slammed into a parked SUV outside a store in upstate New York, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians, officials and victims' relatives said Sunday. The weekend crash was characterized by authorities as the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in nearly a decade.

Most Powerful Images From Kavanaugh Protests in Washington D.C.

As the Senate voted to confirm alleged sexual assaulter Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Saturday, October 6, protesters took to the streets of Washington D.C. to make themselves heard. Equipped with signs, banners, and most notably, their own voices, people who opposed Kavanaugh's confirmation made their way to the Senate gallery , where they shouted, fists raised, interrupting the roll call several times.

Hampton church to host public forum in pursuit of adult day care

Senator Tim Kaine and challenger Corey Stewart particiapte in a town-hall style question and answer session at Hampton University Wednesday October 3, 2018. Senator Tim Kaine and challenger Corey Stewart particiapte in a town-hall style question and answer session at Hampton University Wednesday October 3, 2018.

Democratsa new tack: Go hard after Kavanaugha s credibility

Democrats are raising new questions about the truthfulness of Brett Kavanaugh's sworn testimony to the Senate, shifting tactics against President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee as they await the results of the FBI's background investigation into sexual misconduct allegations. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democrats' leader from New York, accused Kavanaugh of delivering a "partisan screed" during the Judiciary Committee hearing last week.

Trump approves FBI expansion of Kavanaugh background check

President Trump calls for a 'comprehensive' FBI investigation of sexual misconduct claims against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh; insight from Berit Berger, former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. President Trump has instructed White House Counsel Don McGahn to allow the FBI to speak with anyone the bureau deems appropriate in connection with the supplemental background investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a source familiar with the probe told Fox News on Monday.

Kavanaugh’s former classmates say FBI investigation is a sham

"I thought it was going to be an investigation, but instead it seems it's just an alibi for Republicans to vote for Kavanaugh." Former classmates of Brett Kavanaugh's have said the FBI probe into the sexual misconduct accusations against him is too restrictive.