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New York State Governor Kathy Hochul deploys 750 national guard troops to the New York City subways to counter crime and a recent spike in violent assaults.
2024-03-7

Protests spread across the country over the police killing of Daunte Wright. Demonstrations and marches are held in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, and other cities.
2021-04-13

The United States Justice Department launches an investigation of money laundering associated with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund, as well as the purchase of luxury properties in New York involving shell companies linked to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's step-son Riza Aziz and businessman Jho Low. [http:--economictimes.indiatimes.com-news-international-world-news-malaysias-opposition-forms-new-alliance-against-scandal-hit-najib-razak-articleshow-49060158.cms ("Economic Times-India")]date=August 2019
2015-09-22

Amtrak resumes train services between New York City and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, following a fatal train derailment on May 12.
2015-05-18

Demonstrations continue for a third day in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Jacksonville, Miami, and Washington, D.C. where protesters perform "die-ins" over the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
2014-12-6

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York City have found that a modified version of the leukemia treatment radioimmunotherapy can kill latent HIV cells, possibly providing a cure for one of the world's deadliest diseases.
2013-12-3

The New York Police Department (NYPD) states that preliminary tests indicate ricin was present in letters that were sent to the office of New York City Mayor and media mogul Michael Bloomberg, and to the office of the Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns.
2013-05-29

International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is ordered to be held without bail on sexual assault charges in New York City.
2011-05-16

Mark David Chapman, John Lennon's killer, is denied parole by the New York State Division of Parole in the U.S..
2010-09-7

Millions of mostly Asian women who work in countries like Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates remain at risk of human trafficking, forced labor, confinement and sexual violence, the New York-based Human Rights Watch group reports.
2010-04-29