New York Attorney General Letitia James endorsed City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams for mayor Wednesday. She announced the endorsement alongside DC 37, one of the city’s largest unions ...

As an act of protest, roughly 10 Columbia University students and alumni chained themselves to the main campus gates at 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Monday. Roughly 10 Columbia University ...

In the living room of Julia Bruzzese’s Brooklyn home hangs a photo that captures the moment she says changed everything. “It was like God extending his hand and saying it would be okay,” she ...

For weeks, the family of Excenia Mette say they cautioned her about stepping in to de-escalate violence outside her Harlem home. “My sister was just the type of person that would run in a fire ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Peruvian nun Alba Socola waited in line for almost five hours with thousands of other Catholics on Wednesday to enter St. Peter’s Basilica and give her final farewell to ...

The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war. Prime-time shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring ...

DETROIT (AP) — With the Lions, Tigers and Pistons — oh my — the Motor City finally has some winners to cheer for in the pro leagues. “There's definitely a buzz,” suddenly slugging first ...

VIERA, Fla. (AP) — School district officials on Florida's Space Coast aren't renewing the contract of a teacher who used a student's chosen name without getting permission from the student's ...

Affordable housing advocates in New York are warning of a potentially devastating impact if the Trump administration moves ahead with threatened cuts to federal housing programs. The New York ...

A new report shows the world’s population of Holocaust survivors is aging and, unfortunately, dwindling — meaning this is the last generation of survivors able to share their stories about the ...

At Regis High School, and among Jesuits worldwide, there’s a motto that defines the worldview of students. “We usually abbreviate it to AMDG, or Ad majórem Dei glóriam, excuse my Latin ...

This week marks 60 years since Mayor Robert Wagner signed the city’s first landmark preservation bill. The bill created a new commission to designate and protect architecturally, historically ...