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State lawmakers are looking to set aside $2.1 billion in this year’s budget for an “Excluded Workers Fund” to grant unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants and former inmates. Covering ex-cons, who were excluded from added federal jobless payments amid the pandemic, has…

Despite being vaccinated early this year, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Fernandez, 62, tweeted that he is “in good physical condition” and feels okay except for a slight fever, Reuters reported Saturday. Fernandez received Russia’s…

Nearly a quarter-million doses of COVID-19 vaccine went into New Yorkers’ arms in the last day — a new statewide record, Gov. Cuomo announced Saturday morning. The 249,541 shots pushes the state-wide total to 10,174,773 jabs so far, with nearly…

Scott Coker gets to do what they always say you can’t: He’s going home again. The Bellator MMA president will see his fight promotion make its debut on Showtime on Friday night, as Bellator 255 comes to Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,…

Overwhelmed health systems and less access to care during the coronavirus pandemic worsened birth outcomes for expectant mothers and newborns around the world, an analysis of dozens of studies suggests. Researchers from St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K. published findings in The Lancet…

A man was shot and killed after he got into a fight on a Brooklyn sidewalk Thursday afternoon, police said.  The victim, 41-year-old Eion Thom, was shot once in the back during the argument with his unidentified assailant on Albemarle Road near…

If Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby could be released on bail while awaiting trial for sex abuse charges, Ghislaine Maxwell deserves the same treatment, her lawyers argued in a new court filing Thursday.   Attorneys for the accused Jeffrey Epstein madam filed a…

The S&P 500 breached the 4,000 mark for the first time Thursday, powered by gains in technology shares and optimism about a pickup in global economic activity. A mammoth vaccination drive and a massive fiscal stimulus are expected to drive a recovery in the…

Nursing home advocates and Assemblyman Ron Kim ripped into state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli for “slow walking” a request to initiate a probe into Gov. Cuomo’s handling of nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic. The group Voices for Seniors sent a March 19…

Facebook will let users customize their feed and give them control over who can comment on their public posts, the social media giant said on Wednesday. The company will also offer a Feed Filter Bar that would allow users to switch between…