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The FTC estimates about 30 million people, or one in five American workers, from minimum wage earners to CEOs, are bound by noncompetes. It says the policy change could lead to increased wages totaling nearly $300 billion per year by encouraging people to swap jobs freely.

The ban, which will take effect later this year, carves out an exception for existing noncompetes that companies have given their senior executives, on the grounds that these agreements are more likely to have been negotiated. The FTC says employers should not enforce other existing noncompete agreements. 

The vote was 3 to 2 along party lines. The dissenting commissioners, Melissa Holyoke and Andrew Ferguson, argued that the FTC was overstepping the boundaries of its power. Holyoke predicted the ban would be challenged in court and eventually struck down.

 

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NEW YORK (AP) — Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.

Anderson, who chronicled his abduction and torturous imprisonment by Islamic militants in his best-selling 1993 memoir “Den of Lions,” died on Sunday at his home in Greenwood Lake, New York, said his daughter, Sulome Anderson. 

Anderson died of complications from recent heart surgery, his daughter said.

 

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The most distant spacecraft from Earth stopped sending back understandable data last November. Flight controllers traced the blank communication to a bad computer chip and rearranged the spacecraft’s coding to work around the trouble.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California declared success after receiving good engineering updates late last week. The team is still working to restore transmission of the science data. 

It takes 22 1/2 hours to send a signal to Voyager 1, more than 15 billion miles (24 billion kilometers) away in interstellar space. The signal travel time is double that for a round trip.

 

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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A big, new package of U.S. military aid will help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia. Winning will still be a long slog.

The arms and ammunition in the $61 billion military aid package should enable Ukraine to slow the Russian army’s bloody advances and block its strikes on troops and civilians. And it will buy Ukraine time — for long-term planning about how to take back the fifth of the country now under Russian control.

“Ultimately it offers Ukraine the prospect of staying in the war this year,” said Michael Clarke, visiting professor in war studies at King’s College London. “Sometimes in warfare you’ve just got to stay in it. You’ve just got to avoid being rolled over.”

 

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LONDON (AP) — The world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar, Amnesty International warned Wednesday as it published its annual report. 

The human rights organization said the most powerful governments, including the United States, Russia and China, have led a global disregard for international rules and values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with civilians in conflicts paying the highest price. 

Agnes Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary general, said the level of violation of international order witnessed in the past year was “unprecedented.”

 

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — When Jon Bon Jovi agreed to let director Gotham Chopra follow him with a documentary camera to delve into the history of his band, Bon Jovi, he didn’t anticipate it would catch him at a major low point in his career.

The band was launching a tour, and despite doing all he could do to be vocally ready, the “Livin’ on a Prayer” singer struggled through songs and couldn’t hit the notes the way he used to.

Critics noticed and wrote about it. A review from Pioneer Press in St. Paul, Minnesota, said: “It felt like he had forgotten how to sing.”

In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Bon Jovi said the reaction at the time was “heartbreaking.” After exhausting holistic options, he saw a doctor who said one of his vocal cords was atrophying.

“This was unique. It wasn’t a nodule. The strong (vocal cord) was pushing the weak one around, and suddenly, my inabilities were just exacerbated,” said Bon Jovi. He underwent major surgery and is still recovering.

 

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Just as Gov. Kathy Hochul is declaring victory in getting her agenda approved in the state budget, a new Siena College poll finds that she’s experiencing her worst-ever favorability and job approval ratings.

Hochul, who has never scored above a 50% approval rating since she’s been governor, now has scored her lowest favorability rating since Siena College began tracking her in 2021. Only 40% of respondents view her positively, and 49% view her negatively.

Siena pollster Steve Greenberg said the governor’s job approval ratings, which were always higher than her individual popularity, are also declining.

“Right now, only 45% of New Yorkers approve of the job Hochul is doing as governor, (while) 49% disapprove,” Greenberg said. “It's the first time more voters have disapproved of the job that she's doing than approve since she's been governor.”

 

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SOUTH WAVERLY, Pa. (WETM) — An Elmira man was arrested on Sunday in Bradford County after police say he broke into a woman’s apartment and assaulted her before attempting to take her and her son to Philadelphia by force. 

According to the Athens Township Police Department, 47-year-old Damion Lamar Gooden was arrested on several felony charges on Sunday after police arrested him when they pulled over the vehicle he was driving Sunday morning.

The document states that around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, Gooden broke into the apartment of the victims, a woman, and her 13-year-old son, and assaulted her by punching her in the face and kicking her in the chest.

The victim told police that she was dragged into the living room by her hair and was tied up in a kitchen chair with a shoelace and a phone charger. She added that Gooden had a large kitchen knife in his hand and repeatedly told her, “this is faster than my fist” several times.

 

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NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas.

More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped out on Columbia’s green were arrested last week, and similar encampments have sprouted up at universities around the country as schools struggle with where to draw the linebetween allowing free expression while maintaining safe and inclusive campuses.

At New York University, an encampment set up by students swelled to hundreds of protesters throughout the day Monday. The school said it warned the crowd to leave, then called in the police after the scene became disorderly and the university said it learned of reports of “intimidating chants and several antisemitic incidents.” Shortly after 8:30 p.m., officers began making arrests.

 

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DALLAS (AP) — The first model of the USS Enterprise — used in the opening credits of the original “Star Trek” television series — has boldly gone back home, returning to creator Gene Roddenberry’s son decades after it went missing.

The model’s disappearance sometime in the 1970s had become the subject of lore, so it caused a stir when it popped up on eBay last fall. The sellers quickly took it down, and then contacted Dallas-based Heritage Auctions to authenticate it. Last weekend, the auction house facilitated the model’s return.

Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry, CEO of Roddenberry Entertainment, said he’s thrilled to have the model that had graced the desk of his father, who died in 1991 at age 70.

 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare weekend session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion.

With an overwhelming vote Saturday, the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine passed in a matter of minutes, a strong showing as American lawmakers race to deliver a fresh round of U.S. support to the war-torn ally. Many Democrats cheered on the House floor and waved blue-and-yellow flags of Ukraine.

Aid to Israel and the other allies also won approval by healthy margins, as did a measure to clamp down on the popular platform TikTok, with unique coalitions forming to push the separate bills forward. The whole package will go to the Senate, which could pass it as soon as Tuesday. President Joe Biden has promised to sign it immediately.

 

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to approve billions of dollars of additional military aid to Israel, its close ally.

Israel has carried out near-daily air raids on Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere. It has also vowed to expand its ground offensive against the Hamas militant group to the city on the border with Egypt despite international calls for restraint, including from the U.S.

“In the coming days, we will increase the political and military pressure on Hamas because this is the only way to bring back our hostages and achieve victory. We will land more and painful blows on Hamas – soon,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement. He didn’t give details.

 

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New York State Police are investigating a car crash that sent two children to the hospital. 

State Police say on Saturday at approximately 2:53 p.m., troopers from State Police barracks in Horseheads responded to a three-car collision at the intersection of Wygant Road and Ridge Road in the town of Horseheads.

A preliminary investigation revealed a 2012 Toyota Highlander, operated by 73 year old Debra L. Kenyon of Horseheads struck a 2010 BMW, operated by 33 year old Lindsey M. Runkel of Connecticut. The Highlander then accelerated through the intersection, causing a secondary collision with a parked 2010 Toyota Rav4 in the Last Stand parking lot. This resulted in an 11-year-old and a 13-year-old being pinned next to the building.

Kenyon was uninjured and was issued traffic infractions at the scene. Runkel was also uninjured. The 11-year-old was airlifted to Upstate Community Hospital and is stable. The 13-year-old was taken by ambulance to Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital and is also stable.

The New York State Police were assisted by the Horseheads Fire Department, Town and Country Fire Department, and Guthrie Air.

Police say this is still an active investigation. 

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MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man set himself on fire on Friday outside the Lower Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial, PIX11 News confirmed. 

The man walked into the park around 1:30 p.m., opened a bookbag, and threw pamphlets containing conspiracy theories into the air, according to NYPD Chief of Department James Maddrey. Police said he used an alcohol-based accelerant to light himself on fire.

A witness told PIX11 News they were standing next to the man when he poured a flammable liquid on himself, told her to stand back, and then lit himself on fire. The witness said he made statements of a political nature before the incident.

 

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Micron was awarded $6.1 billion in federal funding under the CHIPS and Science Law some of which will go toward the $100 billion mega-fab project in Clay. Funding will also go toward projects in Idaho, where Micron is based. 

U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced the preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) funding agreement Wednesday night, saying Micron's Clay project would not have been possible without the CHIPS funding. 

“This is one of the largest single direct federal investments in Central NY’s history," Schumer said. "A whopping $6.1 billion from my CHIPS and Science Law is coming to ensure Micron builds its cutting-edge chip-manufacturing fabs right here in both Central New York and Idaho. This is a landmark day for New York and for America, which will manufacture the advanced memory chips that power the world’s economy to secure its economic primacy and national security.” 

President Joe Biden plans to visit Syracuse next Thursday, April 25, to officially announce the award, according to a report by Bloomberg.

 

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On Thursday evening at approximately 9:57pm, Elmira Police dDepartment responded to the 400 block of West 1st Street for an investigation

While in the area officers observed a person known to have a Superior Court warrant for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the 2nd degree, a Class C Felony. The subject fled from Officers and barricaded himself inside his residence. Additional Officers responded to the scene to include members of the Elmira Police SWAT Team and Crisis Negotiation Team. After approximately a five hour stand off the subject surrendered to police.

The subject was identified as 32-year-old Chad Stanbro. Stanbro was also charged with Obstruction of Governmental Administration, a Class A Misdemeanor. He is currently being held in the Chemung County jail on the felony warrant.

The Elmira Police Department was assisted by the Chemung County Sheriffs Office, the New York State Police, the West Elmira Police Department, the Elmira Fire Department, and Erway Ambulance.

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More than a dozen members of the Kennedy family endorsed President Biden's reelection bid on Thursday — formally turning their backs on one of their own, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has launched his own independent run for office.

Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy Sr. and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, has a slim shot of winning in November, but a third-party candidate with a legendary Democratic surname has the potential to draw votes away from Biden.

"We want to make crystal-clear our feeling that the best way forward for America is to reelect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to four more years," said Kerry Kennedy — RFK Jr.'s sister — as she gave a glowing endorsement to Biden.

 

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An apparent Israeli drone attack on a major air base early near the central city of Isfahan activated Iranian air defenses early Friday. The strike came just days after Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile assault on Israel. 

No Iranian official directly acknowledged the possibility that Israel had attacked, and the Israeli military did not respond to a request for comment. However, regional tensions have been high since the Saturday assault on Israel amid its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip and its own strikes targeting Iran in Syria.

 

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Dickey Betts, who died Thursday at age 80, really was born a ramblin’ man.

He left home at 16 to join the circus and became a renowned guitarist touring the world with the Allman Brothers Band. He wrote the group’s biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” and remained on the road until he reached the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Betts died at his home in Osprey, Florida, his manager of 20 years, David Spero, said by phone. He had been battling cancer for more than a year and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spero said.

 

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Elmira High School's baseball team delivered a triple dose of history Wednesday.

On a wet day that saw Elmira open its new stadium at the high school and pick up its first victory there, senior right-hander Bryce Mashanic pitched the first no-hitter in program history as the Express topped Ithaca, 4-0.

"It's really cool," Mashanic said. "I've wanted to throw one for a while and everything lined up, so feels really good.

"I think our team was really hungry for a win. I know I definitely was, coming off a rough start. Body felt good and me and my catcher (Brady Morrell) were locked in."

Mashanic struck out nine and walked three. Elmira's ace, who will play collegiately at Niagara County Community College, closed his first no-hitter at any level with a strikeout. Elmira's defense played errorless ball.

 

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