Floyd legislation reveals divide in police-reform movement
NEW YORK — Monifa Bandele became a community organizer in the late 1990s, after New York City police fatally shot a young, unarmed Black...
Roman Kent, who urged world to remember the Holocaust, dies
NEW YORK — Roman Kent, who survived the Holocaust and helped make sure the world never forgot its horrors, has died. He was 92....
As US schools resume testing, large numbers are opting out
Standardized tests are returning to the nation’s schools this spring, but millions of students will face shorter exams that carry lower stakes, and most...
Defense Secretary addresses graduating West Point cadets
WEST POINT, N.Y. — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will speak to graduating U.S. Military Academy cadets Saturday in a ceremony returning to West...
Black man’s death fuels debate over police shooting at cars
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Police departments across the U.S. — including in large cities such as New York and Denver — strictly limit shooting...
Whimsical NYC waterfront park funded by Barry Diller opens
NEW YORK — A whimsical new park that appears to float on pilings above the Hudson River opened to the public just off the...
Arrests in Times Square melee over Israel; Jewish man beaten
NEW YORK — More than two dozen people were arrested as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed in New York City's Times Square and police...
NJ beaches paid for by all, but parking keeps outsiders away
DEAL, N.J. — New Jersey's wide, sandy beaches have been paid for by taxpayers across the U.S., from wheat farmers in Kansas to fishermen...
‘Head lesbian,’ singer and feminist, Alix Dobkin, dies at 80
NEW YORK — The lesbian singer and feminist activist who appeared in an iconic and recently resurgent 1975 photo wearing a t-shirt that read...
Suit alleging admissions discrimination moves forward in Va.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A federal judge ruled Friday that a parents' group can move forward with a lawsuit alleging that new admissions policies at...