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New York Yankees Call Up Top Shortstop Prospect Oswald Peraza
With Major League active rosters expanding from 26 to 28 players, the New York Yankees called up their no. 3 prospect (according to MLB.com's prospect rankings) Oswald Peraza, who will likely make his big league debut this weekend in the Yankees' series in Tampa against the Rays.In addition to calling up Peraza, the Yankees announced via Twitter!-->…
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Ukraine Defies Russia With Attacks on Crimea, a ‘Holy Land’ to Putin
The Primorsky beach in Yalta, Crimea, in 2017.Credit...Denis Sinyakov for The New York TimesKYIV, Ukraine — The Crimean Peninsula dangles off Ukraine’s southern coast like a diamond, blessed with a temperate climate, expansive beaches, lush wheat fields and orchards stuffed with cherries and peaches.It is also a critical staging ground for…
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‘Just another number’: Yanks’ Judge hits 50th HR
12:23 AM ETMarly RiveraESPN Writer CloseMarly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com.ANAHEIM -- A 434-foot drive off Angels reliever Ryan Tepera etched Aaron Judge's name in the major league history books Monday night, as the New York Yankees slugger became only the 10th player in MLB history to record multiple 50-home run…
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Five New York Red Bulls Academy Players Called Up to U-15 United States Youth National Team
HARRISON, N.J. (November 25, 2023) - New York Red Bulls Academy players Tobias Szewzyk, Adri Mehmeti, Paul Sokoloff, Astin Mbaye, and Alex Gomez have all been called up to the U-15 United States Youth National Team for the upcoming UEFA Development Tournament in Portugal from November 25 to December 6.
This will be the second…
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Program Manager McNeil, New York Cannabis Industry Form Workers’ Compensation Group
New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles!Insurance program manager McNeil & Co. and the Cannabis Association of New York (CANY) are forming a workers’ compensation safety group for the New York cannabis industry.
The two said the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) recently gave initial approval for the Cannabis…
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Should New York’s bottle deposit law be updated? Advocates say yes
Erica Smitka, legislative director for the New York State League of Women Voters, holds up two plastic bottles. She says the only difference between the two is one can be redeemed for five cents and the other cannot. Photo by Karen DeWitt
Oct 23, 2023 —
Advocates who want to expand the state’s decades-long bottle deposit law testified…
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New York scraps word ‘inmate’ in state law | News, Sports, Jobs
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ALBANY — New York has amended several state laws to remove the word “inmate” and replace it with “incarcerated person” to refer to people serving prison time.
The changes, signed into law Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, are intended to reduce the stigma of being in jail. Prison reform…
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Families who escaped Hamas attack in Israel share their stories
NEW YORK -- It's been 20 days since Hamas unleashed a massacre in Israel, killing innocent civilians and holding dozens of others hostage.The families who survived and have loved ones missing came to New York City from Israel to share their stories.Three of them sat down with CBS New York's Shosh Bedrosian for an exclusive interview and spoke…
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Governor Hochul Announces Selection of 147 New York State Master Teachers to Join Statewide
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced the selection of 147 educators for the New York State Master Teacher Program, a professional network of more than 1,700 public-school teachers with a passion for inspiring the next generation of educational leaders. Twenty-five counselors were also announced as part of the inaugural Master Counselor Program.…
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Israel-Hamas War: Hundreds of Dual Nationals and Injured Palestinians Cross From Gaza to
On the far side of the Sinai Peninsula, about a six-hour drive from Cairo through a largely empty Egyptian desert, the Rafah crossing is a dun-colored expanse of sand, concrete and not much else. Isolated from the rest of the Egypt by not only distance but also heavy military restriction, Rafah can feel as distant from world events as any place…
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