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Mayor’s diversity panel recommends scrapping gifted programs at New York City schools
A diversity panel appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for New York City to stop using academic criteria to screen applicants for admission to public middle schools, and to phase out elementary gifted-and-talented programs that now require a test.
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Prostitute linked to deaths of 3 men, apparently including New York City chef
NEW YORK -- A prostitute has been arrested on drug charges in connection to the deaths of three men, all found dead in hotels in the New York City borough of Queens, officials with the United States Department of Justice said Monday. One of those men is believed to be a well-known chef whose body was located Wednesday after a dayslong search.
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Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to an indictment that adds two new charges of predatory sexual assault to his upcoming New York trial. Weinstein entered the plea on Monday in a Manhattan courtroom. he legal foundation for
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Trump’s offer to help NY with subway baffles governor's office
(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he is ready to help New York extend the Second Avenue subway in New York City, an announcement that left even state Governor Andrew Cuomo baffled.”
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Manhunt on for suspects in $4 million New York City jewelry store robbery
A manhunt for a threesome of armed robbers stretched into its second day on Monday after they brazenly held up a jewelry store in the middle of New York City's Diamond District and made off with high-end watches, gold rings, necklaces and other sparkly ornaments, but left behind shelves lined with bottles of champagne, police said.
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