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Hudson Among Most Endangered Rivers | Poet Laureate Sought For Queens | Daycare Ordered Closed For Measles Violation

Authorities recovered some 420,000 Xanax pills largely stored in orange buckets, DA Cyrus Vance Jr. said.
Authorities recovered some 420,000 Xanax pills largely stored in orange buckets, DA Cyrus Vance Jr. said. (Photo from Manhattan DA's Office)

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Buckets Of Xanax Seized In Massive Dark Web Drug Bust, DA Says

Prosecutors say three men shipped drugs to 43 states through a "dark web" store, often using NYC businesses as return addresses.

Hudson Named One of America's Most Endangered Rivers

The new report cites the threat that the potential construction of storm-surge barriers could pose to the tidal estuary.

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Vintage Guitar Worth $2K Stolen Off Brooklyn Street: Cops

The owner must have a real axe to grind.

City Closes W'burg Daycare For Flouting Measles Outbreak Orders

The school on Ross Street is the first to be closed down for not giving access to its medical records. 23 others were given violations.

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Queens Is Looking For Its Next Poet Laureate

Queens residents can apply starting April 29 to become the borough's poet laureate.

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