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Trump Taps Congressional Ally Elise Stefanik For UN Ambassador Post, Picks Border Czar Trump Taps Congressional Ally Elise Stefanik For UN Ambassador Post, Picks Border Czar
Trump Taps Congressional Ally Elise Stefanik For UN Ambassador Post, Picks Border Czar President-elect Donald Trump has picked one of his strongest allies in Congress to serve as United States ambassador to the United Nations and a former member of his first administration as border czar. Rep. Elise Stefanik, age 40, was first elected to New York's 21st District in 2014 and is the House Republican Conference Chair, the youngest woman to hold that post. "Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter," Trump said in a statement to CBS News. CNN first reported the news late Sunday, Nov. 10. Trump also decided on another native New Yorker for a…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Spirit Halloween Bringing Spirit Christmas Store To CT: Here's Where Spirit Halloween Bringing Spirit Christmas Store To CT: Here's Where
Spirit Halloween Bringing Spirit Christmas Store To CT: Here's Where Spirit Halloween is decking the halls with Spirit Christmas. The pop-up Halloween costume and decor company is opening 10 Spirit Christmas stores across New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut (scroll for a list of locations). "Each store offers a unique shopping experience, brimming with a vast assortment of holiday décor, apparel, inflatables, gifts, and stocking stuffers," company spokeswoman Nikki Balles said in a statement to Daily Voice.  "Guests can meet Santa for their annual Christmas card photo and receive a free digital postcard featuring you and Santa. Wander …

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where 2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where
2 Tornadoes Confirmed In NY This Week: Here's When, Where A pair of new tornadoes have been confirmed in New York this week. Both occurred upstate on Wednesday, July 24, and they come after 10 twisters hit central and northern New York last week. In Oswego County, the first tornado on Wednesday touched down just before 3:30 p.m. in the town of Orwell, about 40 miles north of Syracuse. It left a short, coherent path of broken tree limbs extended down an east-west path and had peak winds of 85 miles per hour, ranking it as an EF-0 tornado, the weakest of six levels on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, according to the National Weather Service. The o…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
Aggressive, Hungry Black Bear Returns To NY Home Shortly After Destroying Kitchen Aggressive, Hungry Black Bear Returns To NY Home Shortly After Destroying Kitchen
Aggressive, Hungry Black Bear Returns To NY Home Shortly After Destroying Kitchen An aggressive black bear apparently searching for food destroyed the kitchen of an upstate New York home and then returned to the residence shortly after the break in. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said an officer received a report of the incident in  Washington County on Friday, June 21 in the town of White Creek, located about halfway between Saratoga Springs and Albany. While the officer was at the residence reviewing photos of the bear, the animal returned to the yard and became aggressive.  DEC wildlife experts provided technical …

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by Joe Lombardi
Weather
Tornado Touched Down In NY During Round Of Severe Storms: Here's When, Where Tornado Touched Down In NY During Round Of Severe Storms: Here's When, Where
Tornado Touched Down In NY During Round Of Severe Storms: Here's When, Where A tornado touched down in New York State during a round of severe storms, the National Weather Service has announced following a survey of the damage. The tornado hit the village of West Winfield in southern Herkimer County late Saturday morning, June 22. It's about 60 miles east of Syracuse and 85 miles west of Albany. The twister began at 11:46 a.m. near the intersection of Meeting House Road and Marriot Road and moved east southeast, ending east of Route 51.  The tornado damaged a barn and destroyed a small shed.  It snapped and uprooted trees, and tw…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Double-Fatal Crash: Man, Woman ID'd As Victims After Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On NY Thruway Double-Fatal Crash: Man, Woman ID'd As Victims After Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On NY Thruway
Double-Fatal Crash: Man, Woman ID'd As Victims After Tractor-Trailer Rolls Over On NY Thruway Two people were killed in a crash involving a rolled-over tractor-trailer on the New York State Thruway. The crash happened around 8 a.m. Thursday, May 23 in Albany. State Police say an investigation determined that the northbound tractor-trailer struck the concrete barrier separating northbound from southbound traffic.  The collision caused the tractor-trailer to overturn onto a northbound passenger vehicle.  The driver of the tractor-trailer and a passenger of the other vehicle were transported to Albany Medical Center.  A passenger in the tractor-trailer, Massachusetts …

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by Joe Lombardi