States rebound from bleak forecasts to pass record budgets
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Just a year ago, the financial future looked bleak for state governments as governors and lawmakers scrambled to cut spending...
Richard Robinson, longtime Scholastic CEO, dead at 84
NEW YORK — Richard Robinson, who as the longtime head of Scholastic Inc. presided over such bestsellers as J.K. Rowling's “Harry Potter” novels and...
Raymond Donovan, Reagan’s former labor secretary, dies at 90
NEW VERNON, N.J. — Raymond Donovan, a construction company executive who resigned as secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor following grand larceny and...
Jill Biden, Dr. Fauci visit vaccine site at Harlem church
NEW YORK — First lady Jill Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci toured a COVID-19 vaccination site at a historic Harlem church on Sunday.
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Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration's attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmentalists who are seeking...
Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
NEW YORK — The convictions of a sports business manager and an amateur basketball coach in a conspiracy to bribe top college coaches to...
Cuomo daughter shares queer identity: ‘You are not alone’
ALBANY, N.Y. — Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo, the daughter of New York's governor, used a social media post Thursday to share her “queer” identity and call...
2nd woman says NYC mayoral candidate sexually harassed her
NEW YORK — A second woman has come forward with sexual misconduct accusations against mayoral candidate and City Comptroller Scott Stringer, saying he groped...
The play ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ plots its Broadway return
NEW YORK — “The Lehman Trilogy” was able to make only four preview performances on Broadway before the pandemic shut its doors. Now it...
Ex-Treasury worker sentenced to 6 months in ‘leak’ case
NEW YORK — A former U.S. Treasury Department worker was sentenced to six months in prison Thursday for leaking confidential financial reports to a...