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NEW YORK (AP) — A tentative deal has been reached in a New York court fight over the will of an eccentric Montana copper mining heiress. A person familiar with the case tells The Associated Press on Saturday that Huguette (oo-GET') Clark's relatives have reached a tentative settlement with a hospital, a nurse and others over the distribution of her roughly $300 million estate. Clark's relatives will get about $34.5 million after taxes under the deal. The person spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the settlement b...
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge struck down New York City's pioneering ban on big sugary drinks Monday just hours before it was supposed to take effect, handing a defeat to health-minded Mayor Michael Bloomberg and creating confusion for restaurants that had already ordered smaller cups and changed their menus. AP Photo/Richard Drew, File A display of various size cups and sugar cubes is shown at a news conference at New York's City Hall. A judge struck down New York City's groundbreaking limit on th size of sugar-laden drink on M...
NEW YORK — Two days after superstorm Sandy brought New York to a standstill, residents itching to get back to work and their old lives noticed small signs that the city might be getting back to — well, not quite normal. Morning rush-hour traffic appeared thicker than on an ordinary day as people started to return to work in a New York without functioning subways. Cars were bumper to bumper on several major highways. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews A beachfront house is damaged in the aftermath of Monday's surge from superstorm San...
NEW YORK — Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds, soaking rain and a surging wall of water up to 11 feet tall. Sandy strengthened before dawn and stayed on a predicted path toward Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York — putting it on a collision course with two other weather systems that would create a superstorm with the potential...
NEW YORK — A fast-strengthening Hurricane Sandy churned north Monday, raking ghost-town cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts. Subways and schools were closed across the region of 50 million people, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange was deserted, and thousands fled inland to await the storm's fury. AP Photo/Mel Evans Rough surf of the Atlantic Ocean breaks over the beach and across Beach Ave., Monday morning, in Cape May, N.J., as high tide and Hurricane Sandy begin to arrive. Hurricane Sandy c...
NEW YORK — A man has implicated himself in the death of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 33 years ago on his way to school helped launch a missing children's movement that put kids' faces on milk cartons, police said Thursday. Investigators were still going over details of the man's story. The development came just before the Friday anniversary of the boy's disappearance, when detectives traditionally receive a landslide of hoaxes and false leads related to the case. The man was picked up late Wednesday in Camden, N...
NEW YORK (AP) — Over a decade, New York City has outlawed smoking in bars and offices, banned trans fats, and forced fast-food restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus. Now, the Big Apple has set its sights on sugary beverages with a first-in-the-nation rule barring restaurants, cafeterias and concessions stands from selling soda and other calorie-rich drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces. AP Photo/Kathy Willens Luke Husemann, and Christina Nunez of Baltimore sip on extra-large soft drinks at a fast-food r...
NEW YORK — As the sun rose over the World Trade Center site Tuesday, the neighborhood around ground zero seemed more like a normal weekday than in previous years on the anniversary, with fewer police barricades and commuters rushing out of the subway. Victims' families and others were poised to gather and grieve at ground zero, the Pentagon and near Shanksville, Pa., for the first time after the emotional turning point of last year's 10th anniversary. AP Photo/David McNew A wilted rose is stands among flags flying at P...
MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. — Hurricane Irene opened its assault on the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday by lashing the North Carolina coast with wind as strong as 115 mph and pounding shoreline homes with waves. Farther north, authorities readied a massive shutdown of trains and airports, with 2 million people ordered out of the way. The center of the storm, which was estimated to be some 500 miles wide, passed over North Carolina's Outer Banks for its official landfall just after 7:30 a.m. EDT. The hurricane's vast reach traced the E...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from the custody of the city Department of Correction shortly after 5 p.m. and was handed over to the security firm managing his house arrest. The onetime French presidential candidate posted $1 million cash and $5 million bond Friday, and a judge signed off on an order clearing him to be released from the Rikers Island jail. AP Photo/John Minchillo William Taylor, attorney for former IMF Head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, speaks to the media outside New York Criminal Court, Friday in New York....
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor in New York says a grand jury has indicted former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with an alleged attack on a hotel maid. The assistant district attorney did not specify the charge. Strauss-Kahn was appearing before a judge Thursday in a bid for freedom while he awaited trial. The former head of the International Monetary Fund arrived in the courtroom Thursday afternoon wearing a gray suit. He turned to give a quick smile to supporters in the gallery that included a daughter and h...
NEW YORK — Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn will return to a New York City jail pending his release on bail. AP Photo/Seth Wenig Anne Sinclair, wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former manager of the International Monetary Fund, arrives with their daughter Camille Strauss-Kahn for his bail hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday in New York. A prosecutor in New York says a grand jury has indicted Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with an alleged attack on a hotel maid. Strauss-Kahn is c...
NEW YORK — Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn will return to a New York City jail pending his release on bail. AP Photo/Seth Wenig Anne Sinclair, wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former manager of the International Monetary Fund, arrives with their daughter Camille Strauss-Kahn for his bail hearing at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday in New York. A prosecutor in New York says a grand jury has indicted Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with an alleged attack on a hotel maid. Strauss-Kahn is c...
NEW YORK — The head of the International Monetary Fund must remain jailed at least until his next court hearing for attempted rape and other charges, a judge said Monday. A tired and grim-looking Dominique Strauss-Kahn appeared before the Manhattan judge to face charges of attempted rape, sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching. The top count is punishable by five to 25 years in prison. AP Photo/Craig Ruttle Dominique Strauss-Kahn, head of the International Monetary Fund, is lead from a poli...
NEW YORK — Prosecutors have serious questions about the credibility of a hotel housekeeper who has accused former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, and he is expected to have his strict bail conditions reduced today, according to people familiar with the case. Investigators have come to believe that the woman lied about some of her activities in the hours around the alleged attack and about her own background, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday. The o...
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has agreed to free former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn without bail or home confinement in the sexual assault case against him. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer Former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrives at New York Supreme Court with his wife Anne Sinclair, Friday. Prosecutors have serious questions about the credibility of a hotel housekeeper who has accused Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault, and he is expected to have his strict bail conditions reduced F...
