Nearly 1 in 10 New York City public school students were homeless last school year, a staggering rate that has barely budged for several years. About 101,000 students lived in unstable, or temporary, housing in…
Battery electric vehicles are getting more attention than ever before from U.S. consumers and investors. More than one million full-electric and hybrid-electric vehicles have been sold in the U.S. so far this year, according to Kelley…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her vision for a Penn Station on Wednesday, pledging to overhaul what she called a depressing depot and make vast improvements to the areas surrounding the rail hub. Hochul’s…
The union representing thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in southern California is planning to begin an open-ended strike Nov. 15 over what leaders say is a proposed wage cut for new and existing…
New Yorkers were on track for a new constitutional right to clean air and water, thanks to a ballot proposal that appeared headed for passage. The measure, which had garnered more than 60% of the…
Dozens of space-based telescopes operate near Earth and provide incredible images of the universe. But imagine a telescope far away in the outer solar system, 10 or even 100 times farther from the Sun than…
A bill introduced in Lansing aims to prepare for autonomous vehicle roadways in Michigan. Sen. Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, sponsored the bill. “Technology has grown well beyond what many of us ever thought possible, and it…
To the nearly 170,000 of you who voted early: Good job! You did it! Enjoy the sticker! This post is not for you (but keep reading!) — it’s for your friends, family and fellow New…
Three New York nurses who objected to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine due to their religious beliefs have taken their case to the U.S. Supreme Court. That’s a result of a federal appellate panel striking down…
Leaked internal documents suggest Facebook – which recently renamed itself Meta – is doing far worse than it claims at minimizing COVID-19 vaccine misinformation on the Facebook social media platform. Online misinformation about the virus and vaccines…