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Gillibrand topped an incumbent Republican in a conservative part of upstate New York to get to the U.S. House in 2007, and was appointed to the Senate two years later, filling the seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, who was tapped to be U.S. secretary of state. Vocal in the Senate on curbing sexual harassment and promoting equal pay for women and family leave,…

The decision came as Gillibrand failed to qualify for a debate coming next month in Houston by not hitting 2% in at least four approved public opinion polls while securing 130,000 unique donors— despite spending millions on online and TV ads to woo people contributing as little as $1. To get to the U.S. House, Gillibrand had topped an incumbent Republican in a…

Public safety officials cautioned Central Florida residents to prepare their families and homes wisely for the impact and the possible aftermath of an intensifying storm that could knock out power for several days and cause severe flooding. “We really don’ t know what will be our most damning area,” said Danny Banks, deputy Orange County administrator of public…

As Hurricane Dorian strengthened, Florida Democrats blasted President Donald Trump Wednesday for transferring disaster-relief funding to border enforcement efforts. Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the state’ s top statewide elected Democrat, said in a statement the“ president must be out of his mind” for siphoning away disaster funds as a major…

Just two years since Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico, Hurricane Dorian bears down on the island and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Maria left most of Puerto Rico without power and was initially blamed for 64 deaths, but that number, including fatalities from the months of post-hurricane recovery, was estimated to be more than 4,600, based on data in a Harvard…

Aug. 28– FORT WORTH– Until now, the story of an Arlington couple murdered in 2012 has been tinged with salacious details about witchcraft and voodoo. Willie Guillory, now 24, testified that he was a Houston- area teenager in 2012 when he traveled to Arlington with his uncle Bobby Guillory, 56– and bludgeoned Nguyen and Ly with a baseball bat he had made in high school…

Aug. 28– A Windsor Locks man who authorities said billed a Medicaid program for treating patients in Connecticut– when he was in Texas– was arrested Wednesday. Between June 2018 and January 2019, he submitted 113 claims for face-to-face sessions with patients in Connecticut when he actually was in Texas, the warrant said. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the…

Ralph and Marguerite McCormack don’t look like outlaws. Until it was finally cleaned up and repaired last year, the McCormacks’ house at 106 Hemingway Court was a self-made dump so infested with rats, human feces and garbage that deputies making welfare calls sometimes wore gas masks. PHOTOS: Inside the home at 106 Hemingway Court.

Aug. 28– LYLE– If Theresa Groesbeck had stayed in bed on Monday, July 29, she would have never woken up again. Groesbeck was in the yard at her home on 202 Pine St. in Lyle, alongside her 5- year-old pit bull Nayla. While outside watering the garden, the Albert Lea teacher smelled burning wet leaves.

Aug. 28– Philip Rinaldi, the former chief executive of Philadelphia Energy Solutions who retired in 2017, is formally bidding to buy and restart the bankrupt South Philadelphia refinery complex that abruptly shut down in June after a fire and explosion. Rinaldi’s new company, Philadelphia Energy Industries, would restart the refinery as a conventional…

Aug. 28– A Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday found five top Democrats running for president defeating President Donald Trump in a hypothetical matchup. Kamala Harris has a 51 percent to 40 percent lead and South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg is ahead 49 percent to 40 percent. Quinnipiac said Trumps low numbers may be partly explained by a lack of…