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Police arrested Trevis D. Baker for swearing but New York's highest court threw out the charges. Because the arrest was invalid, the court disallowed a search police conducted after the arrest. Baker walks away with freedom of speech, and no charges for possessing 25 bags of crack.

An historic New York Spa is in hot water over revelations that its famous mineral baths are diluted with local tap water. Saratoga Springs has drawn visitors for generations, but The New York Post says the cool mineral water is being mixed with hot tap water to make the baths more comfortable.

In the bottom of the ninth against Baltimore, manager Joe Girardi sat down struggling Alex Rodriguez. He sent in pinch-hitter Raul Ibanez. He hit a home run to tie the game, then hit another home run in extra innings as the Yankees won 3-2.

In an unusual editorial, The New York Times says it made mistakes when it reported on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The paper found that, in the months before the war, reporters and editors relied too heavily on Iraqi defectors and U.S. government officials eager to promote a war. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Tom Rosentiel, director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism at the Pew Center.

David Sweat, one of two inmates who escaped from a prison in upstate New York earlier this month, has been shot but taken alive just days after his accomplice, Richard Matt, was killed by police.

In upstate New York, county officials are scrambling to sell off nursing homes that have been taxpayer-funded for generations. Horace Nye Nursing Home in Elizabethtown, N.Y., was part of a wave of privatizations in rural counties across the state.

According to the Justice Department, the first Guantanamo Bay detainee is in New York to face trial for bombing U.S. embassies. Officials said Ahmed Ghailani arrived early Tuesday morning.

NPR's David Greene talks to New Rochelle Mayor Noam Bramson about the National Guard which will help sanitize public spaces and bring food to homes in the containment area for COVID-19 infections.

Transportation safety officials have begun searching for clues in the sinking of a tour boat in upstate New York's Lake George. The Ethan Allen apparently listed suddenly -- possibly caused by the wake of a larger boat -- before it capsized Sunday, killing 20. Brian Mann from North Country Public Radio reports.

Speaker Carl Heastie said he has authorized a committee to look into sexual misconduct allegations, including one that Cuomo groped a staff member. Cuomo has denied the accusation.