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Mayor Eric Adams was indicted Wednesday by federal prosecutors following a corruption investigation, first reported by the New York Times. The indictment is expected to be unsealed Thursday by U.S. District Attorney Damian Williams, and will make Adams, New York City’s 110th mayor, the first to be criminally charged while in office. A spokesperson for…
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Tasha Nickols takes pride in being a go-getter. She never shied away from working extra hours as a nursing assistant. Still, it wasn’t enough to keep Nickols and her three children from becoming homeless. She felt demoralized having to call the United Way 2-1-1 Help Center early this year to find space in a shelter.…
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Members of the Joint Judiciary Committee discussed allowing firearms in more public places as educators, other members of the public expressed concern. The post Statewide gun-free zone ban legislation expected for 2025 session appeared first on WyoFile .
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Ahmad Alissa, who has schizophrenia, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity for killing 10 people inside the supermarket in March 2021
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After six Mississippi law enforcement officers known as “The Goon Squad” pleaded guilty to crimes related to the torture of two Black men, the U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil investigation into the patterns and practices of the Rankin Co…
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People can have their own personal dialect based on their own linguistic and social experiences.
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ITHACA, N.Y. — The national media spotlight is once more focused on the Cornell University professor and activist who made controversial remarks about Hamas’ attacks against Israel last October. History and Africana Studies professor Russell Rickford returned to teaching last month after spending the majority of last academic year on a voluntary leave of absence.…
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Nancy Brockman’s standout resting place — her gift to those left behind as she fought cancer — has been riling up neighbors as much as she did in life
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North Carolina is the first battleground state to initiate the voting process by sending out absentee by mail ballots on Friday.
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After a fall off a 30-foot border wall, a man waited about 24 hours for help until local firefighters sawed through the border wall so first responders could transport him to the hospital.
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Rick Derenburger has been coming to Tucson’s downtown library for the past 30 years, but it wasn’t until he became homeless two years ago that the library became an essential place. He cools off from the heat, charges his phone, and drinks his fill of cool water. If it closes, as a new report from…
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Michigan clerks who took advantage of new laws that allow them to prepare absentee ballots for counting ahead of election day found during the August primary that they were able to get results out faster, but not without some hiccups. Under expanded pre-processing laws in Michigan, election officials can take in returned absentee ballots, verify…
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A dormant Dryden landfill that was set to become a large-scale solar farm will remain a landfill after a state agency deemed the project too expensive to advance.
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LANSING, N.Y. – Cargill Deicing Technology is scaling back operations at its Cayuga Salt Mine due to reduced demand for road salt following several mild winters in the Northeast. The company will eliminate one of its three shifts, leading to the layoff of 25 employees, which will bring the workforce at the Lansing facility…
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SYRACUSE — Patrick Dai, a Cornell University student, is scheduled for sentencing Monday in Syracuse after pleading guilty to making antisemitic threats online last year. The case has highlighted concerns about Dai’s mental health, with both prosecutors and defense attorneys acknowledging his challenges, including a recent autism diagnosis. Dai, 21, admitted to posting the threats…
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The Ithaca Common Council voted unanimously Wednesday to establish a new Deputy City Manager position. The role is designed to oversee the city’s reimagined public safety initiatives, such as creating an unarmed response unit, and to assist in managing the city’s encampment response protocol.
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A self-proclaimed “constitutional sheriff,” a township clerk facing felony charges, and a county clerk candidate who wants to “hand count every ballot cast at the end of each voting day” sailed through their Republican primaries Tuesday, earning themselves spots on November’s ballot and likely victory.
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Former President Donald Trump has distanced himself from a Heritage Foundation document that outlines positions on abortion and a range of other social issues. But Democrats view it as a window into the far right’s to-do list and a clear opening for political attack.
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Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here.Laura Pressley claims to hold the key to what should be a closely guarded secret: how ever…
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Spread across more than 1,900 acres, the 180 MW Madison Fields project will be one of North America’s largest test grounds for research into agrivoltaics — essentially farming between the rows on photovoltaic solar projects.