Society

How opponents on the left are banding together to try to stop Andrew Cuomo in New York City

The city's ranked choice voting system has become a key piece of the campaign for mayor, with Zohran Mamdani and other candidates building alliances against Cuomo.

By Ben Kamisar National Politics Reporter

An ICE raid at a Home Depot in Hollywood shatters an immigrant refuge

By Editors Desk
Democrats could do a lot better with the power they hold

More than half of Americans live in states with Democratic governors. Many are poorly run

By CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO
What Zohran Mamdani Got Right About Running for Mayor

The thirty-three-year-old democratic socialist has created a movement. Can it overcome Andrew Cuomo’s power?

By Eric Lach

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Left-wing Democrat stuns former governor in NY mayor primary

2 weeks ago

By
Nada Tawfik BBC News Reporting fromNew York City

Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, left, speaks on stage with fellow candidate Comptroller Brad Lander at his primary election party, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. Heather Khalifa/AP

Who is Zohran Mamdani?

2 weeks ago

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Nada Tawfik and Rachel Hagan BBC News Reporting fromNew York City & London

Reuters / Zohran Mamdani with his parents Mahmood Mamdani (R) and Mira Nair (L) and wife Rama Duwaji (C)

The virtually abandoned Florida airport being turned into 'Alligator Alcatraz'

2 weeks ago

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Cecilia Barría and Walter Fojo BBC Mundo Reporting fromEverglades, Florida

Getty Images/Miami Herald / A truck carrying generators was seen driving into the site on Tuesday

California Rolls Back Its Landmark Environmental Law

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers scaled back a law that was vilified for its role in California’s housing shortage and homelessness crisis.

1 week ago

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Laurel RosenhallSoumya Karlamangla and Adam Nagourney Laurel Rosenhall reported from Sacramento, Soumya Karlamangla from San Francisco and Adam Nagourney from Los Angeles.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California on Monday signed two bills to scale back environmental restrictions as the state faces a severe housing shortage.Credit...John G Mabanglo/EPA, via Shutterstock

Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s early termination of temporary protected status for Haitian migrants

1 week ago

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Angelica Franganillo Diaz, CNN

Haitian immigrants and supporters rally to reject DHS Decision to terminate TPS for Haitians, at the Manhattan borough in New York on November 21, 2017. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Bryan Kohberger admits to Idaho student murders

1 week ago

By
Jean Casarez , Rebekah Riess

Bryan Kohberger listens to arguments during a hearing on October 26, 2023, in Moscow, Idaho.

Family of Boulder attacker can be deported, Texas judge rules after dismissing family's lawsuit

One of the people wounded on the day, 82-year-old Karen Diamond, died of her injuries on June 25. Soliman now faces over 70 charges, including first-degree murder.

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MATHILDA HELLER

An Israeli flag is affixed to a pole in solidarity with victims near the scene of an attack in Boulder, Colorado, on May 31, 2025. (photo credit: MARK MAKELA / REUTERS)

For Coney Island, summer business kicks off with the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

1 week ago

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Auzinea Bacon and Ramishah Maruf, CNN

People enjoy the beach on Memorial Day at Coney Island in Brooklyn on May 26. Angelina Katsanis/Reuters

Federal judge halts indiscriminate immigration stops in Los Angeles and beyond

17 hours ago

By
Brittny Mejia and Rachel Uranga

An unmasked ICE agent keeps an eye out after being surrounded by an angry crowd after an ICE raid on Atlantic Boulevard in the city of Bell on June 20. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)