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ALBANY – An employee in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office claims the Democratic governor ogled her and made suggestive comments to her and other staff members, becoming the latest of more than a half dozen women to accuse the governor of inappropriate behavior. Alyssa McGrath, an executive assistant, detailed her claims in an article published Friday by The New York Times, telling the newspaper the governor would remark on her looks, comment about her marital status, and once stared down her shirt and commented about a necklace.  “He has a way of making you feel very comfortable around him, almost like you’re his friend,” McGrath said. “But then you walk away from the encounter or conversation, in your head going, ‘I can’t believe I just had that interaction with the governor of New York.’” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks before getting vaccinated at a church in the Harlem section of New York, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool) McGrath, 33, told the Time

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — As the coronavirus ravaged other parts of the U.S., residents of this rural Pacific island watched safely from afar. Kauai, one of the world’s most sought-after vacation destinations , has been nearly impossible to visit for most of the past year, with officials bucking pressure to ease quarantine rules as the state’s economy tanked. As a result, Hawaii’s least populated county has been one of the safest places to be. Hair salons were open, kids went to school and played team sports, and residents enjoyed restaurants, bars and beaches without the typical hordes of visitors — or the fears of surging virus numbers. As of last week, Kauai has had only 217 confirmed COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, compared with more than 28,000 statewide. Now, local officials are loosening restrictions, saying early measures and the island’s departure from a state testing program that allowed in more people gave it time to build a strong foundation of public health. A u

Kamala Harris declared "the status of women is the status of democracy" on Tuesday, in her first speech before the United Nations as the first female vice president of the United States. "Eleanor Roosevelt, who shaped the Universal Declaration on Human Rights , once said, 'Without equality, there can be no democracy.' In other words, the status of women is the status of democracy," she said during the UN's 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. "The status of democracy also depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women. Not only because the exclusion of women in decision-making is a marker of a flawed democracy, but because the participation of women strengthens democracy," Harris added. The vice president's UN debut comes less than two weeks after she spoke to the European Parliament to mark International Women's Day. The appearances are meant to establish Harris as a key Biden administration emissary on the intern

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IF THERE'S ONE SURE thing in investing, it's that past performance doesn't necessarily indicate future success. Yet experts and amateurs alike constantly make stock market predictions. While there isn't a surefire way to predict what the general market , an investment or a specific stock will do, there are many stock market predictors that forecast what behavior they might take. Probably the best thing you can do before jumping into the world of market indicators is to assess what kind of investor you are or want to be. Do you prefer a "set it and forget it" approach to you portfolio? Then you may want to invest in index funds and call it a day. "Study after study has shown that it is extremely hard for active managers to beat low-cost, broadly diversified index funds," says Keith Lichtman, a founder with Maycomb Wealth Advisors who focuses on financial planning for lawyers in the U.S. Or are you seduced by the allure of day trading or other shorter

A co-founder of the fraudulent 2017 ICO Centra Tech has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his role in the scheme. Sohrab Sharma , the co-founder of the notorious celebrity-spruiked initial coin offering of 2017, Centra Tech, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for his leading role in the fraudulent scheme that duped investors out of more than $25 million. Shama had previously pled guilty to conspiring to commit wire fraud, securities fraud, and mail fraud for material misrepresentations made by him and his co-conspirators to solicit investors to participate in the scheme. United States attorney, Ilan Graff, described Sharma as having “led a scheme to deceive investors by falsely claiming that the start-up he co-founded had developed fully functioning, cutting-edge cryptocurrency-related financial products.” “In reality, Sharma’s most notable inventions were the fake executives, fake business partnerships, and fake licenses that he and his co-conspirators touted to tri