Holiday shopping season shifts as shoppers curb spending
New York shoppers rethink gift buying amid tight budgets and retailer discounting. With wages flat and discounts intensifying, many plan fewer gifts, save for college, and blame holiday openings on Thanksgiving for eroding family time as stores push deeper price cuts to meet November and December targets.
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New York
Lark-Marie Anton Menchini
Santa
Menchini
National Retail Federation
ShopperTrak
U.S
Amazon
Jennifer Ambrosh
Ambrosh
Wal- Mart
American Eagle Outfitters
Craig Johnson
Customer Growth Partners
Macy’s
Target
Ruth Kleinman
New Yorke
Amy _ von Walter
Best Buy
Marshal Cohen
NPD Group
Health care signups vary by state politics
Federal data show enrollment in new health care marketplaces differs by state. In about 12 states aligned with Democrats, more than half of applicants chose private plans or qualified for Medicaid, while in roughly 24 Republican-led states the rate was around 15 percent. Analysts link the gaps to each state’s stance on the federal health care law.
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Efferson City
U.S
California
Minnesota
New York
Texas
Florida
Missouri
Dylan Roby
Center For Health Policy Research
University of California, Los Angeles
Claire McCaskill
California allows sex workers to receive victim compensation
California officials voted to amend a 1990s rule to allow prostitutes to receive money from the state Victim Compensation and Government Claims Fund for medical costs and related expenses if they are raped or beaten. The change ends the ban that made sex workers ineligible, prompted by testimony from sex workers and support from district attorneys and victims groups. The rule affects crime victims including human trafficking cases and keeps compensation funded by fines, restitution, and federal matching funds.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Marybel Batter
Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board
Michael Ramos
Ramos
San Bernardino County
Jon Myers
American Civil Liberties Union
Carol Leigh
Bay Area Sex Workers Advocacy Network
Kristen DiAngelo
Rachel West
US Prostitutes Collective
Erotic Services Providers Union
Alameda
Santa Clara
Sutter
Santa Barbara
Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Kent Scheidegger
Foundation
Kimberly Horiuchi
ACLU
Myers
Man steals art from dead artist and calls 911
Putnam Valley police accuse Hiram Noel Mendez of Cortlandt Manor of entering the Lake Peekskill home of artist Ronald Cutrone after finding him dead, stealing several works before calling 911. The death is not suspect but pending toxicology. only a fraction of the pieces were recovered. Mendez faces burglary and petty larceny charges. attorney information unavailable.
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Putnam Valley
N.Y
New York
Hiram Noel Mendez
Cortlandt Manor
Ronald Cutrone
Lake Peekskill
Cutrone
Ing
Mendez
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