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The largest nurses strike in New York City history hasbegun after negotiators for five major hospitals and the state nurses union failed to agree to a new contract by Monday's deadline. 

The New York State Nurses Association said nearly 15,000 nurses are now walking off their jobs at five privately-run hospitals, including Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West and NewYork-Presbyterian in Manhattan, and Montefiore Einstein in the Bronx.

Montefiore Senior Vice President Joe Solmonese said, "NYSNA's leaders continue to double down on their $3.6 billion in reckless demands, including nearly 40% wage increases, and their troubling proposals like demanding that a nurse not be terminated if found to be compromised by drugs or alcohol while on the job. We remain resolute in our commitment to providing safe and seamless care, regardless of how long the strike may last."

A Mount Sinai spokesperson said, "Unfortunately, NYSNA decided to move forward with its strike while refusing to move on from its extreme economic demands, which we cannot agree to, but we are ready with 1,400 qualified and specialized nurses – and prepared to continue to provide safe patient care for as long as this strike lasts."

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Amber Glenn has won the women’s title at the 2026 U.S. figure skating championships, topping reigining world champion Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito to secure her third consecutive national title.

Glenn, who had a record-breaking score in the short program, put on a fantastic free skate Saturday, taking a moment in child's pose on the ice after as the crowd rained stuffies on the ice and applause from the stands.

The performance earned her a 150.50 from the judges, bringing her total to 233.55. This makes Glenn, Liu and Levito all but locks to make the Olympic roster. Milano Cortina will be Glenn's Olympic debut.

"So grateful," Glenn said after. "That was terrifying and I had to skate after these two incredible ladies brought the house down, so I'm glad that I didn't disappoint too much. I'm still just mind blown."

Glenn, Liu and Levito share a close bond, and held each other in a huge embrace after Glenn's score was announced.

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A pair of fatal shootings by NYPD officers on Thursday brought fresh attention to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to create a new Department of Community Safety which would deploy civilian workers to people having mental health emergencies in place of cops.

Both of the victims killed by police Thursday showed signs they had mental health issues, but NYPD officials said each situation escalated to the point where the officers at each scene used deadly force.

In the first incident, police shot and killed a man who was reportedly wielding a piece of a broken toilet inside Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in Park Slope around 5:30 p.m. Police said he barricaded himself in a room and attempted to harm an elderly patient and a member of the hospital’s security staff. Roughly five hours later in the West Village, police shot and killed a man who pointed a fake gun at them.

“ Last night, officers were placed in incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances. The actions they took, they responded swiftly,” Mamdani said at an unrelated press event in Brooklyn Friday morning. "I will always emphasize, when someone has been killed, the need for a thorough investigation — as is our current process — and we are going to work to ensure the safety of both officers and New Yorkers at large.”

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Two people in Portland, Oregon, were injured in a shooting involving federal agents on Thursday, authorities and officials said, a day after tensions were heightened across the nation following a fatal shooting by immigration agents in Minneapolis.

Portland police officers responded to a report of a shooting at around 2:18 p.m. local time on Jan. 8. Officers confirmed that federal agents were involved in the shooting, the Portland Police Bureau said in a news release.

Shortly after, police said officers received information that a man had been shot and had called for help in the area. Officers discovered a man and woman with apparent gunshot wounds.

A U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement agent fatally shot a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as authorities surged into the city as part of what the federal government described as the "largest immigration operation ever."

Officials have so far provided conflicting accounts of the shooting, which occurred early on Dec. 7 in a residential neighborhood outside downtown Minneapolis.

The Department of Homeland Security said the agent "fired defensive shots" after the woman allegedly attempted to ram officials with her vehicle. But Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey disputed those claims at a news conference, saying videos show the woman driving away from federal agents, not toward them.

"They are already trying to spin this as an action of self defense," Frey said. "Having seen the video myself I want to everybody directly, that is bull----."

"To ICE, get the f--- out of Minneapolis," he said. "We do not want you here. Your stated reason for being in this city is to create some kind of safety, and you are doing exactly the opposite."

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The nonprofit charged by Congress with allocating funds to NPR, PBS and other US public radio and television stations announced is dissolving after massive federal funding cuts under Donald Trump.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced on Monday that its board of directors had voted to dissolve the organization after nearly 60 years in operation.

Patricia Harrison, president and CEO of CPB, said in a statement Monday that the organization’s board of directors voted to dissolve the organization as it “faced a profound responsibility”.

She added: “CPB’s final act would be to protect the integrity of the public media system and the democratic values by dissolving, rather than allowing the organization to remain defunded and vulnerable to additional attack.”

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