It was considered a Class B misdemeanor, which carries a jail sentence of up to three months.
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Manhattan prosecutors ask for additional pause in Trump hush-money criminal case
Manhattan prosecutors are asking for a further pause in the criminal trial against President-elect Donald Trump in order to give both sides time to weigh the unprecedented nature of the situation.
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This 72-year-old retreat ‘feels like another home’ for Ukrainian Americans
The Soyuzivka Ukrainian Heritage Center, a resort that sits about two and a half hours northwest of New York City, in Kerhonkson, N.Y., provides a place that “feels like another home” for thousands of Ukrainian Americans every year.
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RFK Jr. admits to dumping a dead bear in Central Park, solving a decade-old mystery
The presidential candidate said he’d planned to take the roadkill home and skin it, but got waylaid by a long day of falconry and steak dinner. The mystery of the bear cub made national news in 2014.
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Miki Sudo sets record for hot dog eating and Patrick Bertoletti wins men’s contest
The previous men’s champ, Joey “Jaws” Chestnut, didn’t attend the competition this year over a sponsorship tiff.
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Bob Menendez declines to testify in his bribery trial as defense rests
New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez said he chose not to testify at his trial because he believes prosecutors failed to prove the bribery case against him. Closing arguments may begin as early as Monday.
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Justin Timberlake was arrested for driving while intoxicated in the Hamptons
The singer and actor was arrested early Tuesday on Long Island and arraigned later that morning.
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A new Banksy Museum has opened in NYC … minus Banksy
The new museum is not authorized by the artist — who has explicitly denounced any use of his art for profit.
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Prosecutors rest their case against Trump in the hush money case. Now it’s his turn
Trump’s ex-lawyer Michael Cohen finished testifying in the New York case on Monday. The duration of Trump’s own defense is not known, though they have already begun calling witnesses.
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Opinion: A tale of two cities’ ‘Portal’ pandemonium
An art installation called The Portal was shut down this week in New York and Dublin because of rude gestures and other bad public behavior, as NPR’s Scott Simon explains.