Council restores year-round outdoor dining for NYC restaurants
Year-round outdoor dining for city restaurants is coming back — three years after the City Council restricted the practice to just the warmer months. The City Council on Thursday passed…
Chancellor will ‘double down’ on NYC Reads despite failing test scores
Chancellor Kamar Samuels on Thursday pledged to “double down” on literacy reforms in New York City’s public schools amid falling test scores and union backlash, calling into question whether students…
Meet the Orange County high schooler who wants to advance bilingual education in California
Orange County had nearly 78,000 English learners – students whose primary language is not English – enrolled in public and private schools in the 2024-2025 academic year. Sailee Charlu, a…
Rescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as window for survival narrows in Colombia
Listen to article • 0:00 minCALI, Colombia — With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence Thursday as they listened for signs of life in the…
USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying
By KRISTEN GELINEAU GAUR, Nepal (AP) — The young mother’s breath had grown ragged. Inside her mud home in rural Nepal, she hunched over in agony, pain pummeling her pregnant…
Anaheim briefs: O.C. Zine Fest is this weekend at the Central Library
The Anaheim Central Library is hosting O.C. Zine Fest 2026 on Aug. 15. This is a celebration of the independent artists, writers, designers and creators in Orange County who are…
NYPD will have to release data for shootings in which no one is struck
The NYPD will make public for the first time information about incidents in which a gun is fired but no one is struck under terms of a local law passed…
NYC to cover out-of-pocket childcare costs for thousands of families with vouchers
Thousands of New York City families who rely on vouchers to help cover the soaring cost of childcare will soon get a reprieve on all out-of-pocket costs, Mayor Mamdani announced…
NYPD cop Omar Habib convicted of using illegal chokehold on Bronx suspect
An NYPD cop was convicted by a Bronx jury Thursday of using an illegal chokehold on a suspect, the first time an officer has been tried since a local law…
California women’s prisons failed to protect inmates from sex abuse by staff, DOJ says
Some California women’s prisons have failed to protect inmates from sexual abuse and harassment by prison staff, the U.S. Department of Justice announced during a Thursday, Aug. 13 news conference…