New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the state is temporarily shutting down all live bird markets in New York City and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk Counties through February 14 after inspectors discovered seven cases of bird flu in poultry.

NEW YORK (AP) — All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices.

Authorities in New York state have temporarily closed all live poultry markets in New York City and three suburban counties after bird flu was detected at seven markets within the past week, according to a notice on as authorities nationwide track the current bird flu outbreak,

West Virginia's attorney general said on Thursday he has sued New York state over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute $75 billion over 25 years into a state fund that will pay for damage caused by climate change.

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By signing a short-term deal with the New York Mets, Pete Alonso is likely to face problems in free agency next offseason, according to analyst Chris Rose.

After signing a two-year deal on Wednesday, Alonso is back in the fold in Queens. He'll look to try to push the Mets to the World Series, and he'll look to further cement himself in the record books.