NYC speed cameras to run around the clock beginning Monday
Starting today, speed cameras in New York City will be on all the time. The Department of Transportation said the...
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President Biden tests positive for COVID again, will return to isolation
President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again, just days after he recovered from his previous case of the...
Rajasthan govt announces jobs for kin of 2013 Uttarakhand flood victims
The Rajasthan government has announced to give a government job to the next of kin of the people hailing from...
Debris from uncontrolled chinese rocket falls over southeast Asia sea
Debris from a massive Chinese booster rocket has arrived back to Earth on Saturday, according to the U.S. Space Command....
Hochul declares ‘state disaster emergency’ for monkeypox in New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul has issued an executive order Friday declaring a “state disaster emergency” in response to the recent monkeypox...
Chinese President Xi Jinping warns Joe Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation
President Xi Jinping has warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart,...
House passes assault weapons ban
The House has voted Friday to ban semiautomatic assault weapons, as negotiations over police funding legislation continue. Almost all Republicans...
Biden to host Obamas for White House portrait unveiling: report
President Biden will welcome former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama back to the White House in September...
NYC to receive over 80K additional monkeypox vaccines
The federal government has prepared to send tens of thousands of additional monkeypox vaccines to New York City as the...
Navy takes delivery of India’s 1st indigenous aircraft carrier ‘Vikrant’
Indian Navy has created maritime history on Thursday, July 28, by taking delivery of the prestigious indigenous aircraft carrier (AC)...
Trump threatens CNN with lawsuit over ‘defamatory statements’ about 2020 election
Former President Donald Trump has threatened to sue CNN over what he called “defamatory statements” about his repeated insistence that...
North Korea’s Kim threatens to use nukes amid tensions with US, South Korea
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has warned his country is ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States...
Tamil Nadu govt announces breakfast scheme for state-run schools
On Wednesday, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M K Stalin , has announced that the state government is all set...
Adams calls for further bail law changes after subway fight with teen and transit cop
Mayor Eric Adams has called the state legislature to hold a special session to alter criminal justice reform laws and...
U.S. spots first monkeypox case in a pregnant woman as cases climb
The U.S. has spotted its first case of monkeypox this year in a pregnant woman, Centers for Disease Control and...
Court convicts private firm ex-MD, 2 others in Rs 1.05 cr bank cheating case
The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Egmore, Chennai has sentenced three accused- GT Vijayan, then Managing Director of M/s...
Trump deleted line about prosecuting Jan. 6 rioters from speech, committee reveals
Former President Donald Trump has removed a line directing the Justice Department to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters from a speech...
New Yorker fires journalist who complained about ‘gender inequality’
A staffer at The New Yorker has claimed she was fired by the magazine after she raised concerns that the...
Top Ukrainian officials accused of spying for Russia
A pair of top Ukrainian officials have been accused of being part of a Russian spy network. Volodymyr Sivkovych, a former...
Droupadi Murmu takes oath as India’s first tribal president
Droupadi Murmu has been sworn in as India’s president, making her the first person from one of the country’s marginalised...
Chinese investors shouldn’t be allowed to buy US properties: DeSantis
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has warned about China’s malign influence in the Sunshine State after reports showed that Chinese investors...
Congress builds pressure as Smriti Irani refutes Goa bar allegations
A row has erupted over allegations of Union Minister Smriti Irani’s daughter running an 'illegal bar' in Goa. Congress leader...
Newsom signs gun control bill modeled after Texas abortion law
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a gun control bill into law that will allow private citizens to sue...
NYC temporarily barred from proceeding with school budget cuts
A Manhattan judge on Friday has temporarily barred New York City from moving forward with school budget cuts amid plunging...
Mumbai court rejects plea by MVA seeking blanket protection from ED
A special court in Mumbai under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has rejected a plea filed by the...
Sri Lanka crisis: US expresses concern over crackdown on protesters
The US on Friday has denounced Sri Lankan security forces' overnight crackdown on anti-government protesters as its envoy met newly-elected...
MCD finalises budget estimates of Rs 15,276 crore for 2022-23
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has finalised budget estimates of Rs 15,276 crore for 2022-23, focusing on sanitation and...
New York providing cybersecurity resources to local governments
Local governments in New York will receive resources and assistance to counteract ransomware and other cyberattacks under a shared services...
New York gubernatorial candidate says he survived attempted stabbing at rally
Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor of New York, has said Thursday that a man climbed on stage...
Feds charge 36 in alleged health care fraud schemes totaling $1.2 billion
The Justice Department on Wednesday has announced charges against three dozen people who are accused of orchestrating health care fraud...
Hochul signs support measures for human trafficking victims
A package of measures has signed into law by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday are meant to improve services for...
Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath as President of Sri Lanka
Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesing has sworn-in as Sri Lanka's eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the...
Doctor in 10-year-old’s abortion case takes legal step against Indiana AG
An Indianapolis doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio has took the first step Tuesday...
Gov. Kathy Hochul pressed on renewing donor-friendly COVID state of emergency edict
Gov. Kathy Hochul have been facing sharp criticism for keeping in place a COVID-19 state of emergency that dates back...
New York launches hotline to help workers in sexual harassment cases
New York state on Tuesday has launched a hotline to help workers who have faced sexual harassment connect with pro-bono...
Judge rules Trump still in contempt despite swearing he has no documents sought by New York Attorney General Letitia James
A New York judge Friday ruled that Donald Trump remains in contempt of court, despite a sworn filing submitted by...
Astor Place Starbucks workers vote in favor of union
Workers at a Starbucks in the East Village have voted to unionize, making the outpost the chain’s second New York...
New York’s congressional, state primaries to be held Aug. 23, judge rules
The court has spoken. And now New Yorkers will be asked to go to the polls in the middle of...
City cancels proposed homeless shelter in Chinatown
The city has canceled plans to open a homeless shelter at 47 Madison Street in Chinatown, according to a statement...
Biden says he’s ‘considering’ some student loan debt relief
President Joe Biden said Thursday that he is "considering" taking action to forgive some student loan debt, with a decision...
NYC delays salary transparency law after pushback
Go to any job website, and you may be looking for one thing: How much you’re going to get paid....
Nurses offer solutions to reckon with long-simmering shortage
It’s a problem throughout the country and it’s no different in New York City: there aren't enough nurses. It's a...
Police unions feud with Adams over smartphones remark
Two of the city’s police unions took umbrage with Mayor Eric Adams Wednesday after he said he was “disappointed” in...
New York Court of Appeals rejects lawmaker-drawn redistricting maps
New York's top court on Wednesday rejected the congressional and state Senate maps drawn by the Democratic-led Legislature earlier this...
MTA convenes panel to crack down on fare evasion
The MTA has put together a panel that will come up with “effective and equitable” ways to crack down on...
5 key takeaways from Adams’ executive budget
Mayor Eric Adams has outlined his latest version of the city’s next budget, revising from a preliminary spending plan released...
Hochul calls on lawmakers to change election law to replace former LG on ballot
Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing state lawmakers to change the state's election law and allow candidates on the ballot to...
Judge holds Trump in contempt for failing to comply with subpoena from N.Y. attorney general
A judge in New York is holding former President Donald Trump in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena...
Poll: New Yorkers support changes to bail reform law, but split on how they will impact crime
A new poll is giving Gov. Kathy Hochul plenty to worry about. She currently has the lowest lowest job performance...
Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44B and take it private
Elon Musk reached an agreement to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion on Monday, promising a more lenient touch to...
Transportation Alternatives executive director talks street safety
A new report from the transit advocacy group Transportation Alternatives documented the highest number of traffic fatalities since 2014 over...
Zelenskyy pushes for more aid amid talks with U.S. diplomats
The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to...
Adams pledges more money for homeless services
The city will allocate an additional $171 million a year to combat homelessness beginning in October, Mayor Eric Adams announced...
Bronx family mourns 23-year-old killed by stray bullet
For hours Friday, people filed into a funeral home in the Bronx to honor a woman killed by a stray...
Adams marks first Earth Day with focus on buildings emissions
At the Fairview co-op in Forest Hills, Queens, there’s a focus on the future as the climate crisis grows. “What...
New York City organizations working to increase diversity in youth hockey
Caleb Williamson did not know what hockey was until he watched “The Mighty Ducks" as a child. “I saw the...
DOE: Employees who submitted fake COVID vaccine cards placed on leave
The city’s Department of Education placed a number of employees on unpaid leave after finding that they submitted fake COVID-19...
Expanded protections for food delivery app workers go into effect
Beginning Friday, new city laws take effect to protect delivery workers for apps like GrubHub and Uber Eats. It marks...
Adams announces $2 million fund for Ukrainians feeling war
New York City will provide more than $2 million in funding to Ukrainians escaping the Russian-Ukrainian war who are relocating...
Autistic boy, 7, critically hurt after falling down Bronx elevator shaft, NYC Buildings Dept. investigating
An autistic 7-year-old boy was critically hurt after he slipped out of his Bronx apartment and fell down an elevator...
