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New York’s image is tarnished after Amazon exit, says business group

Drew Angerer | Getty Images Activists and community members who opposed Amazon’s plan to move into Queens rally in celebration of Amazon’s decision to pull out of the deal, in the Long Island City neighborhood, February 14, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. Wylde said the government …

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar says Colin Kaepernick should be playing in the NFL

Thearon W. Henderson | Getty Images Colin Kaepernick #7 and Eric Reid #35 of the San Francisco 49ers kneel in protest during the national anthem prior to playing the Los Angeles Rams in their NFL game at Levi’s Stadium on September 12, 2016 in Santa Clara, California. The former star …

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Uber sues New York City over license cap

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A driver uses an Uber Technologies car service app on a mobile device while driving in Washington, D.C. Uber sued New York City on Friday over the City Council’s vote last August to impose a year-long cap on new licenses for ride-hailing vehicles. Uber’s …

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Supreme Court takes up case over citizenship census question

Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court building stands in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday announced it would hear arguments in a dispute over the Trump administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. The …

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Colin Kaepernick reaches settlement in collusion case against NFL, lawyer says

Nhat V. Meyer | Tribune News Service | Getty Images From left, San Francisco 49ers Eli Harold (58), quarterback Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before their NFL game against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, …

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Obama told me that he was ‘close to starting a big war with North Korea’

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un (L) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump …

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Real estate buyers ‘freaking out’ about Amazon NYC exit

Karlheinz Irlmeier | Getty Images Historic Pepsi-Cola neon sign on the  Long Island City waterfront in Queens, New York City. New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat whose district includes Long Island City, defended his opposition in a separate CNBC interview on Friday, saying, “when they [Amazon] come in …

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Here’s where the money for Trump’s border wall will come from

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday declared a national emergency to gain access to roughly $8 billion to fund a border wall. Before Trump’s announcement in the Rose Garden, a senior administration official explained that the money will be pulled from the following areas: $1.375 billion from the Homeland …

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Consumer sentiment hits 95.5 in February, vs. expectations for 93

Scott McIntyre | Bloomberg | Getty Images Customers push shopping carts while entering a Costco Wholesale store in Miami, Florida. Consumer sentiment gained more than expected in early February as U.S. spending confidence recovered after the end of the longest government shutdown in history. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment …

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Border crossings at record lows as Trump moves to declare national emergency to build wall

Charles Ommanney | Getty Images A U.S. border patrol agent on the U.S. and Mexico border near Sunland Park, New Mexico. As President Donald Trump moves to declare a national emergency to build a border wall, crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border are at their lowest levels in nearly 50 years. …

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