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NY state chooses first official pot sales site near famed Apollo Theater Breaking News Click to close Source: New York Post

Univ. of Kentucky student who was victim to racial attack speaks out Kylah Spring, and her mother Betsy, spoke with “CBS Mornings” about the racial attack on the University of Kentucky’s campus that went viral. 01:48 – Source: CNN Source: CNN

A Tory minister has described Prince Harry and Meghan Markle as “utterly irrelevant” to the United Kingdom and has urged the public to “boycott Netflix” after their series landed A Tory MP has said people should “boycott” Netflix over the release of the new Prince Harry and Meghan Markle documentary. Speaking on last night’s edition of BBC Question Time, employment minister Guy Opperman branded the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as a “very troubled” couple whose attacks would have little impact on the Royal Family or Britain itself. Responding to a statement from a member of the audience who described…

The Sussexes have once again been critical of the Royal Family in a new Netflix documentary which has been accused of being an attempt to “bring down the monarchy” by a royal insider Harry and Meghan appear to “want to bring down the monarchy” with a “sly and insidious attack” on the Royal Family in their Netflix documentary, claims a Palace insider. Harry and Meghan’s tell-all documentary began streaming on Thursday, with Harry accusing the royals of having a “huge level of unconscious bias” and Meghan saying the media wanted to “destroy” her. The Duke also said members of his…

Amber Group has raised just half of a planned $100mn funding round and halted expansion plans as the Temasek-backed crypto group fights concerns that it will be pulled into the market turmoil sparked by the collapse of FTX.Crypto traders this week became nervous over the outlook for Amber after industry analysts raised concerns about how the failure of FTX affected the trading shop.The group, which has also been backed by Sequoia China and Tiger Global Management, lends out tokens and handles customers’ trades on crypto markets. Formed by former Morgan Stanley traders, it has established high-profile sponsorships with football clubs…

One lucky New York elementary school teacher got a huge payday thanks to a savvy World Cup bet last week, according to Action Network’s Darren Rovell.  The bettor threw over $90,000 down on Morocco’s national team — a team he knew “nothing” about, he told Rovell — to advance to the quarterfinals, which would pay out more than $1 million.  “I’m not going to lie and say I knew what I was doing,” he told Action Network. “At the end of the day it was a bet that just got lucky … I’m a regular degenerate dude.” Morocco celebrates its win…

Money talks to Albany Democrats – at least more than ongoing calls to overhaul state bail laws. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie did not rule out Thursday calling legislators back to Albany in December to approve a legislative pay raise after he and other Democrats deflected calls for months for a special session over rising crime. “I have not said anything about coming back for a pay raise at this moment,” Heastie told reporters Thursday before emphasizing once more the phrase “at this moment.” “I believe that legislators need to be compensated for the hard work that they do. People don’t…

WNBA star Brittney Griner was released from a Russian prison after a prisoner swap was announced Thursday, prompting ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith to share his opinion on the matter.Smith urged American citizens to learn from Griner’s unfortunate situation and said travelers should make sure they have an understanding of the laws of the country they are preparing to enter.”One of the things we need to remember moving forward, particularly when you’re traveling internationally, just know everything you can,” Smith said. Griner was arrested in February on drug smuggling charges after she brought vape cartridges containing oils derived from cannabis through…

Lower Manhattan’s Saint Nicholas Church has reopened for the first time since 9/11.The Greek Orthodox church located at the World Trade Center was destroyed in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.The collapse of the South Tower took the church down with it, according to the website of St. Nicholas.REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11: THE IMPACT OF ANSWER THE CALL AND 9/11 PHILANTHROPIES, NEARLY 21 YEARS LATERAfter more than two decades, the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine reopened its doors to the public this week.The first liturgy service on Dec. 6, 2022, celebrated the Feast of St. Nicholas,…

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, known for reading scripted answers during daily press briefings, got her statements mixed up on Monday before catching and correcting herself.A reporter asked Jean-Pierre about New Hampshire Sen. Jean Shaheen, a Democrat, not attending a ball that night because President Biden endorsed a proposal to put South Carolina ahead of New Hampshire in the primary schedule. The move, the reporter said, had Shaheen concerned that it would make New Hampshire vulnerable during the primaries.KARINE JEAN-PIERRE RIDICULED FOR CLAIMING ‘THERE WAS SUPPRESSION’ IN GA ELECTION: ‘CONSPIRACY THEORY MUCH?’Jean-Pierre told the reporter the White House honors…