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New York City Council candidate Yusef Salaam smiles during an interview with The Associated Press, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in New York. Salaam is one of three candidates in a competitive June 27 Democratic primary. With early voting already begun, he faces two seasoned political veterans: New York Assembly members Al Taylor, 65, and Inez Dickens, 73, who previously represented Harlem on the City Council. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

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Once wrongly imprisoned for notorious rape, member of 'Central Park Five' is running for office
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Tue,06/20/23-11:02PM , 176 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Outside a Harlem subway station, Yusef Salaam, a candidate for New York City Council, hurriedly greeted voters streaming out along Malcolm X Boulevard. For some, no introductions were necessary. They knew his face, his name and his life story.
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FILE — A man checks his footing as he wades through the Morris Canal Outlet in Jersey City, N.J., as the sun sets on the lower Manhattan skyline of New York City, May 31, 2022. If rising oceans aren't worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, apartment buildings, asphalt and humanity itself — and will eventually become flooded by the Hudson River and Atlantic Ocean. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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As rising oceans threaten NYC, study documents another risk: The city is sinking
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN - Associated Press
Mon,05/29/23-12:15AM , 629 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself.
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy class of 2023 at Michie Stadium on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in West Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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VP Harris praises cadets' sacrifice in West Point's 1st commencement speech by a woman
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Fri,05/26/23-11:12PM , 184 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman to deliver a commencement speech at West Point, lauded graduating cadets Saturday for their noble sacrifice in serving their country, but noted they were entering an “unsettled world” because of Russian aggression and the rising threats from China.
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This screenshot of a YouTube interview on April 22, 2023, from user Malcolm Davon Smith, shows former Houghton University employees Raegan Zelaya, left, and Shua Wilmot after they were fired from the school. (Malcolm Davon Smith via AP)

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Using 'he/him,' 'she/her' in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
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Sat,05/20/23-11:18PM , 183 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in western New York, acknowledge their names are unconventional, which explains why they attached gender identities to their work email si
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