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NY Student with Measles Takes State-Wide Train

A potential explosion of measles could have been triggered by a college student infected with the disease who traveled by train from New York City to northern New York State last Sunday. The student, who attends Bard College, traveled on the 1:20 p.m. train from Penn station to Rhinecliff, N.Y. with a stop in Albany.

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Winter Storm Juno, Day 2

Breitbart News is providing live coverage of Winter Storm Juno, which has brought significant snowfall to much of the Northeast, impacting major cities including New York and Boston. 4:15 PM EST: The places where Winter Storm Juno did decide to settle in and make

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De Blasio Launches IDNYC: ‘You Can’t Afford Not to Have’ It

Quoting lines from Field of Dreams, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday launched the city’s “IDNYC” municipal identification card program, which will be available to all New York residents–including illegal immigrants. De Blasio said New York residents were

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Campaign to Stop ‘Manspreading’ in SF

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority (SFMTA) plans to poll its riders about the practice of “manspreading” to see if the SFMTA should intervene and ban the practice. “Manspreading” occurs when men spread their legs wide while sitting on public transit, barring someone from sitting comfortably next to them.

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Revlon CEO: ‘I Can Smell Black People’

Lorenzo Delpani, the Italian-born CEO of United States-based cosmetics company Revlon, allegedly believes Americans are “dirty” and “small-minded,” that “Jews stick together,” and that he has the ability to “smell a black person” upon entering a room, according to a lawsuit.

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Silent Ferguson Protesters Block Downtown St Louis Street

Only the sound of footsteps were audible as protesters marched down the streets of St. Louis past City Hall with duct tape on their mouths in silent protest over the police-involved shooting deaths of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York . Activists got loud, however, as they ended up down at the landmark St Louis Arch, flooding the entrance to the Visitor’s Center chanting, “FTP, F**k the Police” and “Hands Up Don’t Shoot.”

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Bill De Blasio 2 Hours Late to Wake for Slain Officer Rafael Ramos

On Friday evening, thousands of New Yorkers attended a memorial service for Rafael Ramos, one of the two NYPD officers assassinated a week ago by an Eric Garner protester. The service brought mourners from every corner of the city. Noticeably late was embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio, who made it to the service only just before its conclusion.

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Florida Passes New York in Population

New York, which trailed only California and Texas in population, is now trailing Florida, too, according to a new Census Bureau report. California boasts 38.8 million people, Texas ranks second with 26.96 million, but now Florida has 19.9 million, barely surpassing New York, with 19.7 million.