After months of public outcry and pressure from the City Council, New York City’s libraries are poised to have their budgets fully restored so that branches may resume seven-day-a-week service, including Sundays, according to three people with knowledge of the budget negotiations....
CNN is facing mounting criticism after several Black media outlets accused the longstanding news giant of excluding them from covering Thursday night’s presidential debate, fueling claims that the network is barring access from underrepresented groups....
Despite record levels of renewables now in use, carbon emissions and fossil fuel consumption are also at record levels and look set to continue to grow. Despite the shiny corporate veneer, this was read like a kick in the teeth for me. This is an important document which more people should be aware of.
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving about $310 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance....
CAIRO, June 23 (Reuters) - Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah....
Hadley Duvall of Owensboro, Kentucky, first told her story publicly last fall in a campaign ad for the governor’s race in her home state, discussing the consequences of abortion restrictions, particularly those without exceptions for rape or incest....
Two Lockheed Martin subsidiaries have agreed to pay the federal government $70 million for overcharging the Navy for aircraft parts, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday....
Ukraine, including Kyiv, is struggling to cope with a new wave of rolling blackouts after relentless Russian attacks took out half the country’s power generation capacity....