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Payton Gendron (C) is escorted back into the courtroom by deputies after a disruption during sentencing in Buffalo, New York State, the United States, on Feb. 15, 2023. The 19-year-old man Payton Gendron, who committed the mass shooting last May in Buffalo of the U.S. state of New York, was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday as expected while white supremacy got bashed at court. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News/Pool via Xinhua)

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

Upstate New York coyote

New York’s ‘imaginary divide’ exposed by proposed ban on cash-prize hunting contests: ‘These are people that are upstate’

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

Seth Jacobs talks about his 500 pounds of marijuana he grew on his Slack Hollow farm in Argyle, N.Y., Friday, May 12, 2023. Jacobs is one of hundreds of small farmers growing New York’s first legal adult marijuana crop and is having trouble moving product because there’s only a dozen licensed dispensaries statewide to sell to. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Pot farmers are going broke growing for a New York legal weed market that’s not taking off: ‘We’re all losing money’

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

A plot of land that is being developed into multifamily housing, left, is seen in East Northport, N.Y., Thursday, March 16, 2023. Some elected officials from Long Island claim their suburban way of life is threatened by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to spur more housing construction. They claim it would swamp the area with new apartment buildings and turn it into a “sixth borough” of the city. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The governor of New York wants to build 800,000 new homes and it’s kicking off a NIMBY war in the suburbs: ‘I knew it would not be easy’

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

FILE — US Attorney Markenzy Lapointe speaks about a network of nursing school operators, centered in South Florida, who allowed students to buy diplomas without the proper training, during a press conference in Miami, Jan. 25, 2023. A federal investigation into Florida nursing schools accused of selling thousands of bogus nursing diplomas has sent state licensing officials around the country scrambling to stop nurses with the fraudulent documents from caring for patients. (D.A. Varela/Miami Herald via AP, File)

States are cracking down on fake nurses after a federal investigation uncovered schools selling thousands of bogus diplomas

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

Worried couple feeling frustrated while have to pay their bills

‘Zombie debt’ is rising to bite homeowners of old loans with new collection actions

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

Alex Jones

The nearly $1 billion verdict against Alex Jones was the easy part. ‘It is usually easier to get a judgment than to enforce it’

By Dave Collins, Michael Hill, and others

FILE — Private soldier Chance Jones of Manhattan, and a first-time Revolutionary War re-enactor, squints as he fires 90-grain black powder at advancing American re-enactors during the 225th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Newtown, Aug. 28, 2004, in Lowman, N.Y. Some historical battle re-enactors in New York are holding their musket fire because of worries over the state’s new gun law that declares parks, government property and a long list of other places off limits to guns beginning in Sept. 2022. (Wayne Hansen/Press & Sun-Bulletin via AP, File)

Historical reenactors are furious about New York’s new gun rules and say they need state park access for ‘history to live’

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 18: Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks to the media after a tour in a Queens public school to view safety precautions ahead of its opening during the continued Covid outbreak on August 18, 2021 in New York City. Hochul, who will become the governor of New York State on August 24th, is replacing current governor Andrew Cuomo who is resigning following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

New York warns health care workers to get vaccinated or be replaced by National Guard members

By Michael Hill and The Associated Press

As of June 2, 2020, New York City has hired 1,700 people for its contact tracing effort and needs to reach 2,500 in order to meet Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s target for entering the first phase of the state’s four-step reopening process.

Contact tracing begins in New York City with outreach to 600 people

By Marina Villeneuve, Karen Matthews, and others