2+ hour, 1+ min ago  (431+ words) Even Gov. Kathy Hochul has tried to influence prediction markets. "Oh, did you bet on the Knicks, me saying the Knicks," Hochul told one reporter earlier this month. "It sounds like he may have bet on me saying the Knicks…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (113+ words) In 1972, Congress passed the Equal Rights Amendment, known as the ERA, which guaranteed equal rights for women. But the ERA then had to be ratified by at least 38 states, and that threshold was only reached in 2020 " long past the deadline…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (340+ words) Several people were injured when a vehicle struck revelers at a parade celebrating the Lao New Year on Saturday in rural Louisiana, authorities said. The driver was quickly arrested and charged with impaired driving, police said. Video shared on social…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (964+ words) All that talent at Arizona and Michigan. All that momentum and good vibes at UConn. And somebody has to be play the part of the unheralded "little guy." At the Final Four next weekend, that role belongs, improbably, to Illinois....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (625+ words) Brayden Burries hit four 3-pointers while scoring 18 points, Koa Peat added 15 points and Arizona opened its'NCAA Tournament'run with a 92-58 victory over Long Island on Friday. Ivan Kharchenkov had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Big 12 regular-season and tournament champion Wildcats (33-2), who…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (348+ words) E-bikes and e-scooters will have to slow down across New York City starting Friday, as transportation officials roll out a new 15-mile-per-hour speed limit. The city's Department of Transportation said the rule, which lowers the current legal range of 20 to…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (390+ words) U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey unveiled what they called a contraband-catching and trade-boosting upgrade to JFK Airport Thursday. The 115, 000-square-foot warehouse once sat empty, but is now up and running....

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (311+ words) College students are back on campus, and so are protests. Students and faculty at Hunter College gathered outside the main entrance for approximately two hours, protesting for immigrant and labor rights. Jackson is a member of the Hunter Committee to…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (427+ words) WASHINGTON " A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced legislation Wednesday to protect workers from extreme heat. The bill would require the establishment of federal protections for all workers when temperatures spike, including access to cool water, cool spaces and shade. The'Asunci'n…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (970+ words) GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. " A wildfire that tore through a historic Grand Canyon lodge and raged out of control Monday had been allowed to burn for days before erupting over the weekend, raising scrutiny over the National Park Service's…...