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NEW YORK — The first day of classes for 900,000 New York City students on Thursday means a statewide ban on cellphones in schools is officially in effect.

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the law last spring prohibiting the ...Read more

Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone shattered his pelvis and detached his sacrum after a recent fall from a 20-foot ladder at his farmhouse in Connecticut.

The “Saturday Night Live” alum recounted the incident from ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA must reverse all cuts to services immediately, a Philadelphia judge ruled Thursday.

Judge Sierra Thomas Street ordered SEPTA to “immediately reverse all service cuts,” which began last month as ...Read more

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republican lawmakers late Thursday voted to advance a new, gerrymandered congressional map despite hours of fiery public testimony against the proposal.

Republicans were also preparing to ...Read more

BOSTON — Faced with what she described as “dereliction of duty” by the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services and its Secretary, Gov. Maura Healey declared on Thursday that Massachusetts ...Read more

WASHINGTON — For months, Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks stood alone as the only senator to call for the resignation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Not anymore.

Twenty-two Democratic senators signed on to support the ...Read more

For years, Florida has required students to get vaccinated against measles, polio and other highly contagious diseases to attend school.

But Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced this week ...Read more

BOSTON — The feds are suing the City of Boston over its sanctuary city policies after Mayor Michelle Wu told Attorney General Pam Bondi that “Boston will never back down.”

The Department of Justice on Thursday filed...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Washoe County Commission Chair Alexis Hill came to Las Vegas on Thursday with a “warning from the north.”

“Tax giveaways like what the State Legislature gave to Elon Musk to bring Tesla to Washoe ...Read more

CHICAGO — Organizers of El Grito Chicago, a two-day Mexican Independence Day festival scheduled to take place in downtown Chicago next weekend, have announced that the event will be postponed as the city braces for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Postal Service temporarily closed a post office in Torrance, relocated mail services and destroyed thousands of pieces of mail and packages after tests revealed the facility had been contaminated ...Read more

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore — at an event billed as a discussion about bipartisanship in Washington, D.C., on Thursday — continued to stress his opposition to President Donald Trump’s efforts to both send federal troops ...Read more

Ian Somerhalder wanted to quit The Vampire Diaries after season three of the show.

The 46-year-old actor played Damon Salvatore on the teen drama series between 2009 and 2017, but Ian has revealed that he actually became ...Read more

Travis Kelce's life has been "fun" since he started dating Taylor Swift.

The 35-year-old sports star recently announced his engagement to the chart-topping singer and although he's now facing more scrutiny than ever, ...Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio has hailed Giorgio Armani as a "genius".

The legendary fashion designer passed away on Thursday (09.04.25), aged 91, and DiCaprio has taken to social media to pay a glowing tribute to Armani, describing ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that President Trump's decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles amounted to costly political theater, saddling taxpayers with a nearly $120 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The parents of missing baby Emmanuel Haro pleaded not guilty to a single count of murder each on Thursday, more than two weeks after the child's mother claimed he vanished during an attack.

Emmanuel's ...Read more

A $50,000 painting stolen 80 years ago by the Nazis was recovered Wednesday in Argentina, about a week after it appeared in a real estate listing from the daughter of a Nazi fugitive.

“Portrait of a Lady” by Italian ...Read more

During a tiger survey at a wildlife sanctuary in India, conservationists noticed a “large-sized” mammal. The brief glimpse intrigued them and led them to set up more trail cameras for a better look at the “smooth-...Read more

WASHINGTON — Washington officials have sued President Donald Trump over his deployment of thousands of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, escalating local opposition to the administration’s moves to exert...Read more