Mar 19 Hundreds rally against Donald Trump in New York City By Elif Koc Hundreds of protesters gathered in Manhattan on Saturday to rally against the potential candidacy of businessman Donald Trump, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. Continue reading
Mar 07 Data shows how major U.S. cities are slowly re-segregating By Kenya Downs New research from Sociological Science suggests that white flight has been replaced with white avoidance, contributing to gradual re-segregation of American cities. Continue reading
Feb 07 Radioactive material leaked into groundwater outside New York City By Michael D. Regan High levels of tritium, a radioactive material, leaked into the groundwater around a nuclear plant located less than 30 miles outside of New York City, state officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 9:53 How NYC is tackling 1.4 million open arrest warrants for ‘quality-of-life’ crimes By PBS News Hour There are more than 1.4 million outstanding arrest warrants in New York City stemming from lapsed summonses for "quality-of-life" crimes - things like biking on the sidewalk or being in a park after closing. Critics say they burden the court… Continue watching
Jan 16 Massive titanosaur, biggest dinosaur ever found, squeezes into Museum of Natural History By Andrew Mach The biggest creature to ever walk the surface of the earth invaded New York City’s American Museum of Natural History on Friday—a dinosaur species so new that it hasn’t even been named, with a skeleton so big that it doesn’t… Continue reading
Jan 07 NYPD settles two lawsuits over post-9/11 surveillance of Muslims By Corinne Segal For the first time in more than 10 years, a civilian representative will monitor counter-terrorism efforts at the New York Police Department. Continue reading
Nov 18 LA, NYC mayors announce new programs to tackle rising number of homelessness By Yena Oh On Tuesday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced new programs to tackle homelessness in their respective cities. Continue reading
Nov 14 Increased vigilance across the globe following Paris attacks By Daniel Costa-Roberts As French President François Hollande tightened security across France, promising "merciless" retribution for the series of coordinated terror in Paris Friday night, world leaders reacted with expressions of solidarity as well as increased vigilance in their own countries. Continue reading
Nov 10 Protesters in ‘Fight for $15’ strike across the country By Yena Oh Protesters in "Fight for $15," the campaign to raise minimum wage for fast food workers to $15 an hour, launched its one-day worker strike today in 270 cities across the U.S. Continue reading
Nov 01 Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany win 2015 New York City Marathon By Andrew Mach Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany pounded the pavement and sprinted to the finish on Sunday to win the men's and women's races at the 2015 New York City Marathon, beating out the more than 50,000 participants at this year's… Continue reading