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FILE – In this Aug. 12, 2021 file photo, protesters against a COVID-19 mandate gesture as they are escorted out of the Clark County School Board meeting at the Clark County Government Center, in Las Vegas. The nation’s school boards are asking President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop a growing number of threats made against their members, on Thursday, Sept. 30. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File) NVLAS501 NVLAS501

September 30, 2021 at 8:32 am

National school-board group seeks federal help in policing threats

The nation's school boards are asking President Joe Biden for federal assistance to investigate and stop a growing number of threats made against their members...

September 24, 2021 at 8:03 am

Officer in Daniel Prude death faces departmental discipline

An upstate New York police officer seen on video pinning down a Black man who later died could face departmental discipline

September 14, 2021 at 2:05 pm

Woman accuses fertility doctor of secretly using own sperm

A woman is suing a New York fertility doctor for allegedly using his own sperm to impregnate her mother and then keeping the secret even...

September 9, 2021 at 8:52 am

50 years after Attica uprising, families want apology

Fifty years after the Attica prison uprising in New York, the families of slain and injured prison guards say they're still waiting for an apology...

August 29, 2021 at 7:34 am

Hostile school board meetings have members calling it quits VIEW

A growing number of school board members across the U.S. are resigning or questioning their willingness to serve as meetings have devolved into shouting contests...

Logan Strauss, 5, does his school work at home with his laptop while participating in an online class in Basking Ridge, N.J., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Logan’s parents are keeping him out of school until he gets the COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) NYML301 NYML301

August 12, 2021 at 10:29 am

Pandemic spurs boom in virtual offerings for U.S. schools VIEW

School systems across the U.S. are setting up their own virtual academies in growing numbers to accommodate families who feel remote instruction works best for...

New York Democratic Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a May Day pro-labor and immigration rights rally, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in New York. Workers and activists marked May Day with rallies around the world. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) OTKNYML125 OTKNYML125

August 10, 2021 at 9:32 am

Kathy Hochul to be 1st female NY governor after Cuomo leaves

As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration. With the resignation of Gov....

August 7, 2021 at 4:50 am

Hochul moves into spotlight as scandal roils Cuomo’s reign

As New York’s lieutenant governor, Kathy Hochul has spent years on the road as the friendly face of the administration

July 20, 2021 at 9:38 am

Weinstein brought to California to face further rape charges

LOS ANGELES (AP) — New York prison officials handed convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein over to California on Tuesday to face additional sexual assault charges, ending...

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July 11, 2021 at 4:35 am

Buffalo mayoral candidate says hardship prepared her for job

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — If a majority of voters, along with the four-term incumbent, mostly ignored political newcomer India Walton’s campaign for mayor during the...