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The hearing, scheduled to last three days before Baltimore Circuit Judge Martin Welch, is meant to determine whether Adnan Syed's conviction will be overturned and case retried.

But a review by The Associated Press reveals some requests flagged by the mayor's office for "sensitivity or controversy" were innocuous. 

An unannounced strike causes trucks to back up for blocks around New York's and New Jersey's ports.

Kathryn Smith was promoted by the Buffalo Bills on Wednesday night to take over as special teams quality control coach on Rex Ryan's staff.

The men said the were kicked off a plane from Toronto to New York because the captain was uneasy about their appearance.

"The Revenant" had a strong showing, including a best actor nod for Leonardo DiCaprio. But the Academy again faces tough questions about the lack of diversity in its nominees.

Ben McAdoo, who previously served as offensive coordinator for the Giants, will take over a team that has missed the playoffs the past four seasons.

The decision is a loss for New York which had tried to lure the company to Manhattan or Westchester.

Ethics reform, homelessness, rehabilitating youth offenders, and raising the statewide minimum wage are just part of the wide-sweeping agenda Cuomo presented to the legislature.

Authorities say the victim was attacked Thursday night as she and her father walked through Osborn Playground in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn.

David Bowie, the other-worldly musician who broke pop and rock boundaries with his creative musicianship, died of cancer Sunday. Soundcheck's John Schaefer has this remembrance. 

The head of the Sergeant's Benevolent Association calls the charges ridiculous and political. 

The unemployment rate held steady at 5% for a third straight month. Employers also added a combined 50,000 more jobs in October and November than previously estimated. 

 A senior defense official says the sharp increases were due largely to students' growing confidence in the reporting system and expanded awareness programs.

Boulez was the former principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic and a leading figure in modern classical music.

Among those dead include New York City police detective, Joseph Lemm.

Under the agreement, the state will seek to move 1,100 prisoners in solitary to rehabilitative housing units in the coming months.

The district, the second largest in the nation, has 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade and more than 900 schools and 187 public charter schools.

Clinton proposed Monday that people applying to be U.S. citizens should get a break in fees and said complex immigration laws can tear families apart.

The disappearance of Trump's branding from the multi-billion-dollar development on the outskirts of Dubai comes as concerns over his comments grow in the Middle East.