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Sat Feb 11 2023

NY lifts health care mask mandate for hospitals, nursing homes

Suzanne Barnes, a nurse at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica, photographed in personal protective equipment.

NY is lifting the mask mandate for health care settings, but some health systems will still require masks as they determine new policies.

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US President Joe Biden waits for the arrival of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife Rosangela Janja da Silva at the White House in Washington, DC, on February 10, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) ORIG FILE ID: AFP_338Y8QL.jpg

US shoots down second 'high altitude object', less than a week after spy balloon incident

White House announces that a second high altitude object’ shot down over Alaska out of an abundance of caution.

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FILE - Rihanna attends an event for her lingerie line Savage X Fenty at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on on Aug. 28, 2021. The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of philanthropy's most influential organizations - including Melinda Gates' Pivotal Ventures, Rihanna's Clara Lionel Foundation, as well as the Ford Foundation and MacArthur Foundation - released Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Super Bowl halftime show: What to expect from Rihanna's performance

What you should know about Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday and more information on who is singing the national anthem at Super Bowl 57.

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New York Yankees' Aaron Judge signs autographs before the team's spring training game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (Mark Taylor/The Canadian Press via AP)

Sky's the limit for Aaron Judge, Yankees as spring training arrives

Yankees spring training camp is about to open with renewed expectations for a long-awaited World Series appearance.

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URMC, University of Rochester Medical Center, includes Strong Memorial Hospital, Golisano Children's Hospital, and the Wilmot Cancer Institute to name some of its patient care facilities on Feb. 23, 2022. The emergency department entrance to Strong Memorial Hospital is located on Elmwood Ave. in Rochester, NY.

NY psychiatric patients spent 11,900 hours in restraints in 2021. See where

As Gov. Hochul pushes to add 1,000 inpatient psychiatric beds in NY, transparency and accountability gaps plague oversight of patients put in restraints.

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