The CUNY and SUNY systems will cancel all in-person classes beginning next week and institute remote learning due to coronavirus fears, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday afternoon. The switch to “distance learning” will begin March 19.
Coronavirus was declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization as cases spread to at least 114 countries.
The US Army has decided not to purchase any additional Israeli-made Iron Dome air-defense systems because it cannot integrate them into existing US systems.
A new bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter and co-sponsored by Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein seeks to amend the vehicle and traffic law so that drivers who owe unpaid fines will not face arbitrary license suspension.
Italy’s prime minister on Sunday ordered the complete lockdown of some 16 million people in the country’s coronavirus-plagued north — including the cities of Venice and Milan — in a draconian health measure expected to be approved by legislators later in the day.
Gov. Cuomo declared a state of emergency Saturday to deal with the worsening coronavirus crisis, as the number of cases jumped to 12 in the Big Apple — including a Uber driver from Queens — and 89 across New York.
The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $8.3 billion coronavirus response package Thursday, sending the bill to President Trump for his signature.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren announced that she was suspending her campaign for the presidency Thursday. Warren’s announcement follows her poor performance on ‘Super Tuesday’ earlier this week.
Money can’t buy you happiness, love or class, but billionaire Michael Bloomberg made a $600 million bet that it could buy him the Oval Office. He lost that bet, and has now endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden.
So here’s the good news about the coronavirus. The average healthy person who gets the virus might suffer a dry cough, fatigue and fever and be sidelined for a week or two, experts said Tuesday. But after that, they should be fine.
A woman who recently traveled to Iran became the first person in New York State to be carrying the new Coronavirus. Two other cases of possible Coronavirus are presently being tested in New York City, according to Health officials.
The new law banning retail stores from distributing plastic bags takes effect this Sunday, but the state Department of Environmental Conservation agreed Friday to wait one month, until April 1, to enforce penalties against stores that do not comply.
The US and the Taliban have signed an agreement to end an 18-year war in Afghanistan. The agreement was signed in Doha by US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and the Taliban’s chief negotiator and one of its founders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
A Washington State man in his 50’s is the first person in the United States to die from coronavirus, officials confirmed Saturday. President Trump identified the victim as a “high risk” patient and said during a news conference he had died overnight.
An incomplete smuggling tunnel was discovered by authorities at the Arizona-Mexico border — the 126th underground pathway found by border agents in that area since 1990, officials said.
Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo launched the ‘No Hate in Our State’ campaign that includes a series of comprehensive proposals in the FY 2021 Budget to combat hate, division and anti-Semitism in New York State.
The Trump administration can block federal grant money from New York City and several states that do not give US Immigration & Customs Enforcement access to jails, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
