New York City is overhauling its approach to reading instruction in response to worrying data that showed half of students in third through eighth grade cannot pass a reading assessment. Education officials in the city have said the current curriculum failed to follow the science of how students learn to read. As a result, the…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced a plan on Friday, May 5, that would see up to 300 migrants sent to hotels in nearby counties. Planned destinations for the migrants include the hamlet of Orangeburg in Rockland County and the hamlet of Orange Lake in neighboring Orange County. The migrants will be single, adult…

Protesters gathered in New York City on Wednesday, May 3, days after a man was killed on the city’s subway when he was restrained by passengers and locked into a chokehold. Authorities say at least three people tackled Jordan Neely, who had been shouting at people on the train. Witnesses described Neely as acting in…

New York has become the first state in the U.S. to pass a law banning natural gas in most new builds. It’s a move to phase out fossil fuels in order to lower emissions in the state. The state law bans gas-powered stoves, furnaces and propane heating in most new residential buildings across New York.…

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transportation network in North America that serves 15.3 million people, has announced that it will no longer provide service alerts on Twitter. The MTA operates New York City Transit, the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North, and Bridges and Tunnels. According to a statement from the MTA’s acting chief…

The U.S. is hosting South Korea’s president who is expected to make a speech to a joint session of Congress. And the number of Americans smoking cigarettes has reached an all-time low. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Thursday, April 27, 2023. South Korean president to address Congress South Korean President Yoon…

For just the second time in over 50 years, a Major League Baseball franchise is set to change cities. The Oakland Athletics have announced that the team has signed a binding agreement to purchase a 49-acre plot of land near the Las Vegas Strip. “It’s obviously a very big milestone for us,” A’s Team President…

For the first time, renewable energy is producing more electricity than coal in the U.S., thanks largely to the growth of wind and solar energy. Metro areas like Chicago, Denver and Dallas-Fort Worth are surrounded by wind and solar potential which will give them an advantage over cities like New York, Berlin, and London, as…