Man convicted of beating NYC pawn shop owner to death

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man was found guilty by a jury in the fatal beating of a store owner during a pawn shop robbery, District Attorney Melinda Katz announced on Wednesday. In March 2022, Rodolfo Lopez-Portillo sold two watches to the shop owner, Arasb Shough, at Global Pawn Shop on Jamaica Avenue in Hollis. […]

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Judge in Paladino suit says negotiate

A state Supreme Court judge on Tuesday directed attorneys for Councilwoman Vickie Paladino (R-Whitestone) and the City Council to try and reach a settlement in her lawsuit opposing an ethics investigation into social media postings Paladino made about Muslims.Paladino’s lawyer,…

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AI’s Effect on Future Jobs

(NAPS)—Economic mobility—the ability of each new generation to do as well or better as the preceding one—has declined 45 percent for Americans over the past several decades, according to the Brookings Institution. Numerous factors, including technological advances and globalization, have…

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