A rural Mountain Mart acts as a crossroads for asylum seekers looking to cross into Canada from NY, or vice versa. Here's what it's like.

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NY mini mart a crossroads for asylum seekers desperate for hope

A woman from the Democratic Republic of Congo, with luggage in tow, tried to call family. She tried to enter Canada at Roxham Road, only to find out it had been closed. After some time waiting, the Congolese woman rolled her suitcase down the country road.

A rural Mountain Mart acts as a crossroads for asylum seekers looking to cross into Canada from NY, or vice versa. Here's what it's like.

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A brown wooden gavel is struck against a hardwood sound block atop a table by a hand jutting out of a black robe. Photo by Ekaterina Bolovtsova.
 

Police charge two Brooklyn men with murder, attempted murder

 

Officials announced Friday that two Brooklyn men have been accused of the murder of one man and the attempted murder of another in Newburgh in April

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Getting caught isn’t always a bad thing: Park rangers caught this family wearing life jackets in Lackawaxen, Pa., on July 3 and rewarded them with T-shirts. The Roebling Bridge is in the background spanning the Upper Delaware. The National Park Service stresses the need to wear life jackets to protect from drowning.
 

Upper Delaware River: About half wearing life jackets

 

About half of Upper Delaware River users wear life jackets, better than the national average.

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The Excelsior Pass app produces a QR code that can be read by a scanner to verify a person's COVID-19 vaccine and testing status.
 

Here's NY's plan to shut down Excelsior Pass, its COVID vaccination app

 

New York is pulling the plug on the Excelsior app that millions of people used to prove COVID vaccination status earlier in the pandemic.

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A bear walks up a driveway of a home in Brewster, NY, stops at a bird feeder and continues into the woods.
 

NY's black bears are on the move. Here's how to avoid them

 

After months of hibernation, New York's black bears are heading out in search of food or a mate, leading to frightening encounters.

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