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A 22-year-old Google employee was found dead in the company’s New York City office, Friday, according to a report.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called press secretary Sarah Sanders a liar in a tweet to Sanders’ dad, former Gov. Mike Huckabee.

The number of measles-related deaths fell 80 percent between 2000 and 2017 and it had been hoped that measles might eventually be entirely eliminated. But the number of reported cases of measles surged by more than 30 percent from 2016 to 2017.

Bill Bratton, the former police chief who brought crime under control in New York, has urged British leaders to get a grip on knife crime with a return to “bobbies on the beat”.

A New York labor union published a report, Wednesday, calling out Amazon’s “deadly and dehumanizing” working conditions and accusing it of working towards “world market domination.”

Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z filed a lawsuit against the American Arbitration Association in a bid to prevent the organization from judging a trademark case, claiming the committee isn’t comprised of enough African-Americans.

A Pakistani born American citizen pled guilty on Monday to charges of defrauding numerous financial institutions in a bitcoin scheme designed to fund the Islamic State (ISIS.)

On Friday, Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) reacted to a report from the federal government on climate change and called on the United States to address the matter, saying, “we must make it urgent.”

Nancy Pelosi, House Minority leader and Democrat speakership candidate, flipped her second Democrat rebel on Wednesday from being opposed to her candidacy to retake the speaker’s gavel to supporting her.

Amazon employees reportedly bought property near the company’s HQ2 location in New York City before the public announcement was made.

Vision shared to social media shows thousands of commuters sitting in gridlock traffic on Los Angeles’ 405 Freeway ahead of Thanksgiving Day.

In a recent article, Bloomberg questions whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk has forgotten about the company’s “Gigafactory 2” based in Buffalo, New York. After describing the factory as looking like an “empty Walmart Supercenter,” the report reveals that Tesla walled off areas of the plant to hide the full extent of its idled production lines.

The Northeastern United States is likely in for a “frigid” Thanksgiving as chilly winds may bring “more rounds of snow and slick travel.”

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed in a statement that only “extreme conservatives” and “socialists” oppose New York’s controversial tax deal with Amazon in exchange for the company’s new headquarters, which was won over after New York offered Amazon billions in financial incentives.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo downplayed the $1.5 billion in tax credits and $1.2 billion in tax breaks given to Amazon in return for the company basing its new headquarters in New York City, claiming it, “Cost us nothing.”

This is a disaster for the people who currently reside in these communities, a disaster you have to try and imagine happening to you, to your way of life, to your neighborhood — and then imagine being forced to pay for it.

Amazon has decided to split its new headquarters, HQ2, between New York City and Arlington, Virginia.

The owner of an upstate New York pizzeria said Friday that protesters vandalized the American flag mural painted on the side of her business.

Congressional Districts with booming foreign-born populations sent some of the most far-left, socialist Democrats to Congress in the midterm elections this week.

Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is off the hook on criminal abuse charges after a six-month investigation found he could not be prosecuted due to the statute of limitations on the charges.

State University of New York professor Laura Ebert has been charged with misdemeanor larceny after she was allegedly caught on video stealing GOP lawn signs ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections.

Democratic Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, became the youngest woman elected to Congress on Tuesday evening. In her victory speech, the congresswoman-elect criticized the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accusing the agency of committing human rights abuses. 

As Democrats across the country readied there 11th-hour midterm election push, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was partying the night away with New York City’s elite.

The NYPD said Monday afternoon that two men suspected of defacing Brooklyn homes with anti-Semitic drawings have been arrested.  

Investigators suspect suicide killed two Saudi sisters found dead 10 days ago along the rocky banks of the Hudson River in New York.

Twitter apologized, Friday, after allowing “Kill All Jews” to becoming a top trending topic on the social network.

President Donald Trump commented on the news Friday that actor Alec Baldwin was arrested in New York City for allegedly punching a man.

An upstate New York woman choked a nightclub bouncer until he fell unconscious, claiming he groped her until she realized one of her friends was behind the butt grab, police said.

The archdiocese of New York has removed auxiliary bishop John Jenik from public ministry, following “credible allegations” that he abused a teenage boy in the 1980s.

Facebook has reportedly banned conservative commentator and CRTV host Gavin McInnes along with accounts linked to McInnes’ fraternal organization, the Proud Boys.

The State of New York sued Exxon Mobil for fraud on Wednesday, claiming that the fossil fuel company hid the potential impact of climate change from its investors.

A miracle baby who weighed just one pound at birth was discharged from the hospital on Tuesday after spending three months in an incubator.

During a New York gubernatorial debate Tuesday with Republican nominee Marc Molinaro, Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo defended his mass pardon policy that restored the voting rights of criminals like convicted sex offenders, some whose polling place could be inside a school.

New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo agreed to debate his Republican challenger Tuesday in the first and only debate of the election season.

Brexiteer and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has said U.S. President Donald Trump is “very keen” to agree on a trade deal with the UK after Brexit.

Incumbent Rep. John Faso (R-NY-19) is up by a single point over Democrat challenger Antonio Delgado, according to polling.