United States

On his inaugural first day of school since taking office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his schools chief David Banks made no secret of their top priority: improving literacy instruction in a system where the majority of…

Class sizes in New York City’s public schools will face stricter limits under a bill Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law Thursday, despite protests from Mayor Eric Adams that it would be expensive to implement.The bill…

Restorative justice funding has been saved this school year as schools Chancellor David Banks lays out New York City's school safety plans.New York City’s education department is no longer considering cuts to restorative…

Mask mandates are set to be dropped for New York transit riders for the first time in more than two years.Gov. Hochul on Wednesday dropped the mask requirement that’s been in effect for the state’s public transportation…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday has signed a nation-leading measure giving more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, despite the objections of restaurant owners who warned it would drive up consumers'…

A federal judge on Monday has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review the trove of documents seized during the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago last month, saying some of the materials were medical or…

The US said Monday that two long-distance warplanes flew across the Middle East as part of a simulated international bombing exercise amid tense haggling on restoring a nuclear deal with Iran.Top US general Lieutenant General Alexus…

A Staten Island ice cream truck driver pulled a 10-year-old girl into his vehicle and drove off with her Sunday, though the little victim managed to escape, according to police.The girl was walking to a deli when the man…

The US space agency has decided not to attempt the launch of the Artemis I Moon mission in early September as the teams were reviewing options after two failed attempts.After standing down on Artemis I's second launch attempt…

Hundreds of flights were delayed on major U.S. airlines ahead of the Labor Day holiday.According to the cancellation tracker FlightAware, more than 3,600 flights were delayed within, into or out of the U.S. on Saturday, as well as 145…

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said this week that rape victims in his state can take Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing emergency contraceptive known as a “morning-after pill.”“We want to support those victims, but also those victims can…

The launch of NASA’s newest moon rocket had to be postponed again Saturday morning due to a dangerous fuel leak.“Teams encountered a liquid hydrogen leak while loading the propellant into the core stage of the Space Launch System…

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’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has planned to sue Starbucks for violating the city’s “just cause” protections for wrongful termination of a union organizer, the city announced Friday.According to DCWP’s…

Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon has been denied a new trial by a DC federal judge Friday following his conviction on two counts of contempt of Congress earlier this year.US District Judge Carl Nichols shot down…

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off Thursday on the recommendation of the agency's independent vaccine advisers in favor of updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters from…

A South Carolina school teacher and her two young children were found shot to death Wednesday in what police are calling a murder-suicide.Police were called for a welfare check at the home of 42-year-old Laura Moberly at about…

US law enforcement on Thursday raided two New York properties belonging to Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and the target of sanctions.Federal agents and local police officers…

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…

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden has planned to host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama next week for the unveiling of their official White House portraits.The Sept. 7 ceremony, which the White House…

California lawmakers want more control over how fast food chains treat workers. Restaurants, including McDonald's, are fighting back.Earlier this week, the state's legislature passed AB 257, a bill that would create a fast food council…

Elon Musk seeks to delay Twitter trial in light of whistleblower claimElon Musk's legal team is seeking to delay the trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal by a month in light of the whistleblower disclosure…

New York City officials has said they want major credit-card companies to create a code to track purchases of guns and ammunition to help law enforcement try to keep better tabs on criminals.Officials with the city’s pension funds —…

Lakewood, New Jersey has cut down several trees that provided shelter for a homeless population that was reportedly becoming problematic for local residents and area businesses.According to USA Today, Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles…

Police have arrested a man on Tuesday who climbed the New York Times building threatening to hurt himself.Darrow Erikksan, 31, got about 50 feet up the ladder-like facade of the newspaper’s headquarters at W. 40 St. and Eighth…

Tony Ornato, the senior Secret Service official who broke with agency precedent to serve as a political adviser during former President Donald Trump's administration and who was at the center of testimony by former White House aide Cassidy…

Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden's son, Hunter Biden has resigned late last week and was walked out of the FBI, two U.S. officials confirmed. But these…

Mayor Adams on Monday declared “mission accomplished” in his campaign to move homeless people out of the city’s subway system.“You arrive to trains, now you don’t have those encampments everywhere that you saw before,” he told…