#Eric Adams denounces Memorial Day weekend violence

#Eric Adams denounces Memorial Day weekend violence

“#Eric Adams denounces Memorial Day weekend violence” Retired NYPD captain Eric Adams, who is running for mayor, was the only City Hall aspirant to issue a statement Monday decrying several violent incidents over the Memorial Day weekend, including two subway slashings, a fatal stabbing on the Lower East Side, and drug-fueled mayhem in Washington Square…

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#New York selects first state veterans cemetery spot

#New York selects first state veterans cemetery spot

“#New York selects first state veterans cemetery spot” New York state has picked a former Seneca Lake naval training station as the spot for its first veterans cemetery, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday. “We are forever indebted to the brave New Yorkers who served our nation in uniform and made the ultimate sacrifice so that we can continue…

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#The dead we honor: Shakespeare for Memorial Day

#The dead we honor: Shakespeare for Memorial Day

“#The dead we honor: Shakespeare for Memorial Day” Memorial Day inspires mixed emotions: pride in the valor of those who gave their lives in the cause of freedom; sorrow that such self-sacrifice should have been necessary. Pride in past valor may be best expressed in the St. Crispin’s Day speech from “Henry V” (Act IV,…

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#Fallen cops deserve our gratitude on Memorial Day

#Fallen cops deserve our gratitude on Memorial Day

“#Fallen cops deserve our gratitude on Memorial Day” Forty-eight on-duty police officers were shot to death in the United States last year — nearly five times the number of American servicemen who died in Afghanistan in 2020. We’ll remember the military’s fallen today, as we must — but what about those cops? A radical notion,…

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#Two dead and 20 injured at Miami concert shooting

#Two dead and 20 injured at Miami concert shooting

“#Two dead and 20 injured at Miami concert shooting” Two people were killed and more than 20 wounded Sunday in a mass shooting outside a concert at a billiards hall in the Miami area where attackers “shot indiscriminately into a crowd,” police said. “I am at the scene of another targeted and cowardly act of…

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