New Jersey will pull its $182 million in Unilever stocks and bonds after a three-month preliminary investigation found that the company’s subsidiary, Ben & Jerry’s, engaged in a boycott of “Israeli-controlled” territories against state law.
The head of India’s armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, was among 13 people killed in a helicopter crash in southern India on Wednesday, air force officials said.
More than half of the population of Afghanistan is facing extreme hunger, a frightening development that will only intensify as winter gets set to grip the war-devastated country now under Taliban control.
A federal judge Tuesday blocked a national COVID-19 vaccine mandate that would have required private government contractors to get their shots, dealing yet another blow to the Biden administration’s jab push.
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State is the first state in the nation to receive U.S. Department of the Treasury’s approval to launch its Homeowner Assistance Fund, a program that will provide up to $539 million to help eligible homeowners.
Today, the FBI released detailed data on nearly 8.9 million criminal offenses reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2020.
Most young people under the age of 21 who developed suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related heart muscle inflammation known as myocarditis had mild symptoms that improved quickly, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.
Beginning Monday, travelers heading to the U.S. will be required to show evidence of a negative test for the virus within one day of boarding their flight instead of three days prior.
The U.S. economy added 210,000 jobs in November, far below economists’ expectations, while the unemployment rate plunged 0.4 percentage points to 4.2%, according to data released Friday by the Labor Department.
Some New Yorkers impacted by Hurricane Ida now have until January to apply for assistance from the federal government, FEMA announced Friday.
Congress managed to avert a government shutdown just one day ahead of deadline, sending a bill to keep federal agencies funded through mid-February to President Biden’s desk on Thursday evening in a 69-28 vote.
New York City’s troubled jail system is facing the suspension of hundreds of corrections officers for failing to meet a Tuesday deadline to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The first US case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant was found Wednesday in California, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A federal judge blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers set to kick in next week, the latest legal blow to the Biden administration’s new rules.
New York City will require the more than 100,000 employees of childcare and early intervention programs be vaccinated by December 20, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at his press conference on Monday.
A recent survey found that a staggering 210 million packages vanished from porches across the US over the past 12 months.
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that Tannersville will receive $10 million in funding as the second Capital Region winner of the fifth round of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative.
