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No. 3 House Republican Liz Cheney was clinging to her post as party leaders lined up behind an heir apparent, signaling that fallout over her clashes with former President Donald Trump was becoming too much for her to overcome.

Coronavirus: What's open, what's closed as of May 6, 2021

The jury of two judges and six civilians deliberated more than 12 hours before delivering the verdicts against Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 20, handing them Italy’s stiffest sentence.

The Dutchess County one-dose total in that age group was 59.1%.

Deputy County Executive Marc Rider said the county learned on Wednesday of nine deaths at the Hudson Valley Rehabilitation and Extended Care Center in Highland since Dec. 24 and two deaths at the New Paltz Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing since Dec. 21.

On Twitter, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold Spring, said, Today is a sad and infuriating day. We thank the Capitol Police and the staff, many of whom were in real danger. I was on the House floor when protesters attempted to enter. We evacuated and are safe. The president and his enablers have incited this violence. It must stop.

The result points to the striking shift in Georgia’s politics as the swelling number of diverse, college-educated voters flex their power in the heart of the Deep South.

The additional fatalities brought the county's COVID death toll since last March to 148. Ten of the deaths have occurred since the beginning of the new year.

Here's our latest roundup of local police activity.

The closures and stoppages, in both directions, will occur between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. next Monday through Friday, weather permitting.

Investigators found that Dillon Loupe caused the injuries to the child, which resulted in the child’s death, the Ulster County Family and Child Advocacy Center said.

The 1.55-megawatt project was approved by the Marbletown Planning Board during a meeting Thursday.

All the sites will open be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday. The original schedule called for the sites to be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days.

The U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said Loughlin was being processed at the federal lockup in Dublin, Calif.

Time to fall back!

The case drew wide attention because of the Kennedy name, Skakel’s rich family, numerous theories about who killed Martha Moxley, and the brutal way in which the 15-year-old died.

The existing deal was approved in 2012 and is in effect for 10 years.

The new playbook derives from the apocalyptic days of March and April, when testing and resources were scarce, emergency rooms overflowed, and funeral homes stacked corpses in refrigerated trailers. Those insights, however hard won, make it far less likely that the city's hospitals would collapse under a second wave of COVID-19, health care leaders said.

Letter: "I am writing to share a joy rather than express a concern. I am happy to share that J. Mullen & Sons, which was subcontracted by Central Hudson to replace the gas line and meter from the street to my home, did a wonderful job completing the work on my property."

Communities in the Mid-Hudson Valley have set curfews for Halloween as they urge caution because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Letter: "In a recent column, Oil and America’s energy future" (Daily Freeman, Oct. 27), Cal Thomas laid the groundwork for the argument against his own stated position."