New York – The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped more than 500 points Tuesday as investors welcomed signs that the Federal Reserve may cut interest rates to help buttress U.S. economic growth in the face of escalating trade wars. Optimism about a resolution to one of those trade disputes and a rebound in technology shares [...]

Albany, NY – Hundreds of protesters frustrated by the slow movement of proposals to strengthen tenant protections in New York state have blocked access to the Senate and Assembly chambers. The group marched through the Capitol chanting protests Tuesday morning before taking positions outside the legislative chambers. State Police began arresting individuals who refused to [...]

Brussels – European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is urging the United States to respect the needs of both Israelis and the Palestinians in any future Mideast peace moves. Juncker’s office says that in a meeting Tuesday, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner shared some of the administration’s thoughts about the way ahead in the region. [...]

Brooklyn, NY – A New York City network of hospitals has found itself in the media spotlight, with city residents complaining about the volume level of its distinctive ambulance sirens. Mt. Sinai Hospital, which has four locations in Manhattan, as well as one in Queens and one in Flatbush, switched to European-style high-low tone sirens [...]

London – President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that fellow Republicans would be “foolish” to block the tariffs he’s threatening on Mexican imports, but GOP senators fearing a new trade war were considering action and grilling his administration lawyers behind closed doors. Republicans are deeply concerned that Trump’s proposed 5% tariffs on all imports from [...]

Miami – Prosecutors say the Florida deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year’s Parkland massacre has been arrested on 11 charges. State Attorney Mike Satz announced Tuesday that 56-year-old Scot Peterson faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges. Peterson, then a Broward County deputy, was on duty during the shooting at [...]

Washington – Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emission of carbon pollution by 2050.Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is pitching a $5 trillion-plus climate proposal that he says would lead the U.S. to net zero emission of carbon pollution [...]

Otisville, NY – Michael Cohen, the convicted former personal lawyer to U.S. President Donald Trump, says he is making new friends in prison and enjoying time away from the spotlight, according to a person familiar with Cohen’s first few weeks there. “He’s loving it there,” the person told Reuters. “Peace, quiet. He wants to stay [...]

Tallahassee, FL – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says a lawsuit filed by an open government watchdog group claiming a meeting with the state’s Cabinet he held in Israel is frivolous. DeSantis and Florida’s three independently elected Cabinet members met Tuesday in the state Capitol, six days after meeting in Jerusalem as part of a trade [...]

Rockland County, NY – Fewer than 150 women turned out for a vaccine education program in Monsey, New York, less than a month after the same hall was filled with many hundreds of men and women for an anti-vaccine symposium. The women’s-only event in Monsey, a Rockland County town with a large haredi Orthodox population, [...]