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Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia Habitat in New York on Oct. 2, 2018. New York's top court on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, rejected an effort to free Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo, ruling that she does not meet the definition of "person" who is being illegally confined. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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Bronx Zoo elephant named Happy isn't a person, court rules
By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press
Tue,06/14/22-8:56AM , 501 Reads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday.
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The Greenidge Generation bitcoin mining facility, in a former coal plant by Seneca Lake in Dresden, New York, is shown in this photo from Nov. 29, 2021. A milestone measure that would tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations burning fossil fuels in New York has passed the state Legislature. The bill approved early Friday, June 3, 2022, by the state Senate would establish a two-year moratorium on new and renewed air permits for fossil fuel power plants used for energy-intensive “proof-of-work” cryptomining. The plant also produces power for the state's electricity grid. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

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Landmark bill to limit cryptomining passes NY Legislature
By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press
Fri,06/03/22-7:50AM , 503 Reads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers have passed a milestone environmental measure designed to tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations that burn fossil fuels.

Both supporters and opponents say that the closely watched bill, approved early Friday by the state Senate, is the first of its kind in the U.S.
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In this Oct. 2, 2018 file photo, Bronx Zoo elephant "Happy" strolls inside the zoo's Asia Habitat in New York. A legal fight to release Happy the elephant from the Bronx Zoo after 45 years will be argued Wednesday, May 18, 2022, before New York's highest court in a closely watched case over whether a basic right for people can be extended to an animal. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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Happy is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person?
By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press
Wed,05/18/22-10:33AM , 527 Reads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City. Happy, by species, is an Asian elephant. But can she also be considered a person?
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A statue of a Mohawk warrior is displayed in front of the Good Leaf Dispensary on the reservation Mohawks call Akwesasne, Monday, March 14, 2022, in St. Regis, N.Y. As New York inches toward launching an adult marijuana market, sales are flourishing on some Native American territory in the state. Shops selling buds and edibles dot the main road through the U.S. side of St. Regis Mohawk Reservation by the Canadian border. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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As NY preps pot market, sales grow on Native American land
By MICHAEL HILL - Associated Press
Fri,03/25/22-12:17AM , 460 Reads
ST. REGIS MOHAWK RESERVATION, N.Y. (AP) — As New York inches toward launching a retail marijuana market, sales of buds and edibles are already flourishing on some Native American land around the state.
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