NEW YORK — Do LGBTQ+ tourists have a green book-like system for staying safe while traveling in these politically precarious times? They don’t have one. They have many. In recent years, there’s been an outpouring of specialized blogs, cruise and tour operators, and booking sites for ...

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, ...

A former aide to two New York governors was charged Tuesday with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government who used her state positions to subtly advance Beijing’s agenda in exchange for financial benefits worth millions of dollars. Linda Sun, who held numerous posts in New York ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...