Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota apologized Wednesday for calling Port Authority police officers "nothing more than mall cops" at a candidates forum Tuesday evening.

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In the past few years several ships have struck the bridge because its 151 foot air draft is simply too small for the larger class ships that are calling on the port.

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Cuomo and Christie, and the Port Authority, calling the deal "a meaningful victory for the families" of those lost in the 2001 attacks.

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The U.S. Embassy in the national capital Port Moresby issued a statement calling for a sustained international partnership to enhance anti-gender-based violence laws throughout the Pacific.

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