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NY doctor indicted for prescribing abortion pill in Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. — A New York doctor was indicted by a Louisiana grand jury on Friday for allegedly prescribing an abortion pill online in the Deep South state, which has one of the strictest near-total abortion bans in the country. Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of ...

Trump’s federal resignation agreement affects over 40K in state

President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended a broad paid resignation agreement to federal workers, offering seven months of pay in exchange for an agreement to leave their jobs by the end of September. Under the agreement offered, which doesn’t seem to qualify as a “buyout,”’ ...

Appeals court upholds state voting rights law, reversing lower court

A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups. The ruling from the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court in New York City allows a lawsuit brought by six Black ...

Gendebien pitches independent, practical approach

Blake Gendebien said he wants to be an independent voice for the North Country and break away from the political gridlock and self-serving behavior that he says has taken over Washington D.C. The Lisbon-area farmer has started up a campaign, as a Democrat, to become the next Congressman for ...

Family of six die in Monday night fire in Massena

MASSENA — Three children and three adults died in a late night fire Monday on Chase Street in the village. One of the adults died after being taken to a local hospital. “Sadly, several residents perished in the fire,” Massena Fire Chief Thomas C. Miller said in a news release. ...

Gillibrand backs bill to spend $100 million on childcare construction

ALBANY — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is hoping to pass federal legislation that would dedicate $100 million in federal funding to help build childcare facilities across the U.S. The “Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act” would establish a federal grant program that states could apply ...