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Expect a mix of sun and clouds today along with a pleasant breeze and highs in the 70s this afternoon. Our weekend features more seasonable, cooler and mainly dry conditions with partly sunny skies.
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Around New York
1. Hochul brushes off record-low favorability, job approval ratings
Gov. Kathy Hochul shrugged off Thursday a new Siena College poll that shows New Yorkers are more unhappy with her job performance than ever — prompting questions about how voters' apathy toward the governor will impact Democrats' performance in the state in November.
2. Meta representative details new Instagram Teens account
Meta this week launched Instagram Teen Accounts in which kids 13 to 17 automatically default to the social media platform's strictest safety settings. New York's governor and attorney general suggest the state's legislation may have helped spur the changes.
While the investigation into Combs has been going on for at least a year, his arrest and the unsealing of the indictment raises even more questions about the severity of the problem of human trafficking.
Around the Nation
2. Schumer says ‘the Senate will step in’ to avert shutdown after Johnson’s plan fails
3. Biden calls Fed rate cut 'declaration of progress,' not victory as he touts economic record