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Schumer calls on House to pass kids online safety bills

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that House Republicans quickly move to pass two bills that seek to make online platforms and social media more safe for children to use. The two bills, the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, ...

Student activists vow to carry on with protests against Israel

NEW YORK — Columbia University resumed classes Tuesday with students sunbathing and eating ice cream on the lawn that was home to a pro-Palestinian encampment last spring. But there were also fresh demonstrations just off campus, and students and faculty say they’re planning for more as ...

Stefanik, GOP rail against healthcare for trans youth

The national Republican party is promising to ban gender-affirming care for transgender kids if their candidate, Donald Trump, wins the White House in November. Their proposals include a nationwide ban on the prescription of puberty blockers and a requirement that schools end trans-supportive ...

A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed

KINGSTON — On a residential block in New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as part of an archaeological project that could provide insights into the lives of African Americans buried there centuries ago. This spot of tightly-packed houses in the city of Kingston was a ...