The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January—and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.

A lawsuit appears to be the first challenge to the constitutionality of an executive order barring trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams.

Persistently failing schools should be slammed shut, and students should be offered the chance to attend another school. The ...

Parents opposed to the phone ban expressed fears about being unable to reach their kids during the school day.

NYU is no longer safe under President Donald Trump’s second administration, as a wave of executive orders have left a visible ...

NYC is home to hundreds of charter schools. Often overshadowed by news about public and private institutions, charter schools ...

Elon Musk has criticized a federal judge as a "junky jurist" for restoring the federal government's web pages on sexually transmitted diseases and other topics, amid the Trump administration's fight ...

Legal experts say that NYC’s sanctuary laws will limit Mayor Adams’ ability to enforce Trump’s strict immigration policies.

The U.S. Justice Department has sharply stepped back its anti-corruption efforts under President Donald Trump, from loosening ...

University of Minnesota—Twin Cities is a 10-minute drive, as is the Target Center, home of the N.B.A.’s Minnesota ...

Zyns are in, cigarettes are back, everyone’s on amphetamines and drinking alcohol is done, Manhattan teens report. As for vaping? “I’d say it’s more of a middle school thing at this ...

A federal judge has issued a nationwide order preventing the National Institutes of Health from changing how much the agency pays universities and medical schools for “indirect costs” ...