Month: September 2021

The government’s road safety agency reported Thursday that U.S. traffic deaths in the first quarter of 2021 rose by 10.5% over last year, even as driving has declined By The … Read More

The storm dumped rain at sometimes unprecedented rates Wednesday night — several inches per hour — bringing flooding that killed at least 15 people in New York, New Jersey and … Read More

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This ride, though, took about 14. Amid torrential downpours and flooding, the 24-year-old New York University Law School student found herself stuck overnight on-board the train without electricity, ventilation, food … Read More

Since the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v Wade, which established the legal right to abortion in the United States, nominees to the highest court have been asked … Read More

NEW YORK — Joan MacDonald’s health was in shambles at age 71. She was overweight and on numerous medications with high cholesterol, rising blood pressure and kidney trouble. Her daughter, … Read More

WASHINGTON — Millions of jobless Americans who have depended on federal unemployment aid as a financial lifeline are about to lose those benefits just as the delta variant of the … Read More

Stocks were moving moderately higher on Thursday, helped by gains in health care, energy and other companies By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer September 2, 2021, 5:26 PM • … Read More

I inwardly breathe a weary, cyclone-force sigh whenever I hear the words “critical race theory.” Take what’s happening in Texas. This week, a social studies law inspired by the political … Read More

Hurricane Ida kills at least 26 across Northeast – including nine in NYC: ‘Historic weather event’ paralyzes tri-state area as flash floods kill family of three in basement and turn … Read More