Jun 23 Incumbents beware: Challengers look to join the 'Brat Pack' By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Tuesday's elections feature current officeholders trying to hold on In Mississippi, Cochran's hopes might rest with black voters Charlie Rangel in tough fight - does he become first Democratic incumbent to lose? Hillary Clinton… Continue reading
Jun 18 Architects, engineers compete to save the New York coastline By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy After Hurricane Sandy devastated the New York City area, winners of the Rebuild By Design competition found that New Yorkers needed more than flood walls. They needed to change the way they live with water. Continue reading
Jun 04 More than 100 gang members arrested in the biggest crackdown in NYPD history By Ariel Min More than 100 members of three gangs were arrested Wednesday in Harlem, New York in the largest-ever gang bust in New York City’s history. Continue reading
May 23 New York City enlists Yelp to track down food poisoning By Talia Mindich Working with Yelp and Columbia University, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene sifted through 294,000 Yelp reviews between July 1, 2012 and March 13, 2013 to identify cases of food-borne illness. Continue reading
May 22 Obama heads to Cooperstown to promote U.S. tourism By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Promoting travel to the U.S. as a job creator, President Barack Obama is planning new steps to make it easier for people from other countries to visit the 50 states and spend money at their hotels, restaurants, tourist attractions and… Continue reading
May 15 Obama, 9/11 survivors and family to inaugurate ground zero museum By News Desk President Barack Obama will join 9/11 survivors, rescuers and family members of victims to dedicate the National September 11 Memorial Museum in New York City Thursday. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Supreme Court upholds right to pray at town meetings By PBS News Hour In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that local governments have the right to open town meetings with prayer — even if the prayer is explicitly of one denomination. Gwen Ifill gets an overview of the case from… Continue watching
May 02 Subway derails in New York City By News Desk Video by the Associated Press A New York City subway derailed in Queens Friday, sending four to the hospital and leaving more than a dozen with minor injuries. The middle six cars of the eight-car express F train… Continue reading
Apr 10 Should six years be the new standard for high school? By Colleen Shalby During Thursday's 6 p.m. EDT showing of P-TECH on NewsHour's live stream channel, the American Graduate team offered some extra insight into their report on Twitter. Continue reading