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The father of the missing 5-year-old New Hampshire girl who disappeared in 2019 but was not reported missing until late 2021 has been charged with murder. On Monday, New Hampshire officials announced apprehension of Adam…

Following the January 6, 2021 Capitol breach, a Texas woman and North Carolina man have been found guilty of a misdemeanor charge for resisting efforts by law enforcement officers to clear the U.S. Capitol grounds. This was after a…

New York City’s education department will move 1,000 central and borough-level staff to district offices, Chancellor David Banks announced on Friday. Staffers will be pulled from central leadership, First Deputy Chancellor Dan…

There should be no conditionality between the re-implementation of the Iran nuclear deal and verifying whether Tehran has upheld its obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, the White House said on Friday. “There…

Washington announced a new arms package to Taiwan on Friday worth more than $1 billion, including anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles. In a statement, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Taiwan requested 60…

New York City is ready for a new school year following summer's tussle over budget cuts. A lawsuit challenging those budget cuts continues to wind through the courts, leaving many principals uncertain whether they’ll get more…

The city’s education department made plans to dramatically expand restorative justice programming, thanks to billions in federal pandemic relief funding, more than tripling funding over a three-year period to $21.6 million this…

The author of Satanic Verse whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been stabbed in the neck and torso as he was about to give a lecture in western New York. Disclosing this in a statement on Friday August 12,…

The United States President Joe Biden has expressed his displeasure at the target killings of Muslims in New Mexico. According to a report, the president has ordered full investigation to unravel the serial killings of Muslim people in…

Five school-based health clinics serving 10 schools in Brooklyn closed last month because of budget constraints, according to a letter from operator SUNY Downstate. Now, families are rallying to try and save the facilities.…

Nancy Pelosi has on Tuesday flown to Taiwan and defied China’s threats, making her the highest-ranking elected US official to do so since 1997. China repeatedly threatened that it would stand “idly by” if Pelosi made the trip,…

President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again, just days after he recovered from his previous case of the virus, the White House physician said in a statement Saturday. He is not experiencing any symptoms but will self-isolate…

The U.S. has spotted its first case of monkeypox this year in a pregnant woman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said over the weekend. The baby was delivered safely and both are "doing well." Pregnant women are…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams and NYC Health + Hospitals have announced the launch of a new student loan forgiveness program for behavioral health providers, funded by a $1 million contribution from an anonymous donor. The new program…

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a gun control bill into law that will allow private citizens to sue anyone who manufactures, sells, transports or distributes illegal "assault weapons and ghost guns." The measure was…

Toluse Olorunnipa, a journalist of Nigerian descent, has been appointed as the next White House bureau chief for leading American media outfit, Washington Post. He has become the first reporter of native African and…

Mental health issues are more severe than ever coming out of the pandemic. However, clients claimed to have seen life-changing results. The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene opened the New York City Support & Connection…

A woman visiting from India has reported a robbery in Queens to the NYPD. She said she was grabbed off the street, taken into a van, and robbed while she was on her way home from temple in Richmond Hill. “The guy on the front said, ‘If…

Early Saturday, a 41-year-old woman fell asleep while behind the wheel, sparking a fatal car crash in Queens. Poice reported that the crash killed one of her passengers. The woman was driving a blue Mazda 3 north on the Cross Island…

Broadway's masking policy is set to be extended through the end of June, the Broadway League announced Friday. The League said the owners and operators of all 41 Broadway theaters will extend the current mask requirement for all audience…

Sensory Exploration, Education & Discovery (SEED) is the initiative which serves students with disabilities who have sensory issues that are “dramatically impacting their school performance,” said Suzanne Sanchez, education department’s…

A 15-year-old boy who allegedly fired a shot that killed an 11-year-old girl in the Bronx earlier this week has been arrested on Friday. Police are still searching for other suspects connected to the murder, said officials on Friday. The…

New York City school funding formula has been approved by the panel set up by Schools Chancellor David Banks. The funding formula which was rejected last month was finally approved on Wednesday. There were concerns from some panel…

A new proposal is set to assist New York City schools struggling with enrollment. The plan is a proposed expansion of New York City’s gifted and talented program which will encourage families to patronise public schools amid poor…

A New York City teacher has encouraged healthy discourse of societal issues in a history class. Sari Beth Rosenberg who has been teaching U.S. History and AP U.S. History for the past 20 years says she is thankful that she could address…

After receiving questions from caregivers, parents and school districts about how to provide instruction for medically fragile children and students, state officials are set to increase the number of hours these students must get in a…

Regents exams have been a long debated topic and New York is one of about a dozen states that administers a high school exit exam. Following a Tuesday announcement that New York state officials want to allow students to easily appeal…

In an estimate presented by Education department officials, 37% of the students in kindergarten through 12th grade could be considered chronically absent by year's end. This is also defined as missing at least 10% of the school year which…

On Monday, Department of Education officials announced that all sitting superintendents have been asked to join a round of public candidate forums, after some initially did not make the cut. New York City is considering plans to make…

An argument which broke out between two workers in a Brooklyn supermarket resulted in one man dead and the other in handcuffs on Monday afternoon. The argument broke out inside the Navruz Supermarket on McDonald Ave. by Avenue O in…