Florida Bans Release of Balloons, Citing Harm to Wildlife
In an effort to curb microplastics and marine pollution, lawmakers in the Sunshine State voted overwhelmingly to make it illegal to intentionally let a balloon fly away.
In an effort to curb microplastics and marine pollution, lawmakers in the Sunshine State voted overwhelmingly to make it illegal to intentionally let a balloon fly away.
Zellnor Myrie, a left-leaning state senator from Brooklyn, is moving to run against Mayor Eric Adams in the Democratic primary next June.
In an age of judgmentalism, Glenn Loury holds himself to account.
The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.
Sammy Ramsey casts the mass emergence of the big, red-eyed bugs as a love story, not an insect apocalypse.
She may be America’s foremost social documentary photographer, now with a survey at the Museum of Modern Art. “All I’m doing is showing up as a vessel.”
Hispanic views on the issue vary widely, and Democrats face hurdles, but opportunities, too. As one House candidate said: “I go to Mass, but I also support a woman’s right to choose.”
The Long Island abode of a couple of musical standards fans takes maximalism to a new level.
Ahead of Mother’s Day, the advice columnist John Paul Brammer (a.k.a. ¡Hola Papi!) has a reminder: Loving your abuela doesn’t have to mean telling her everything.
In a worsening humanitarian crisis, Haitians have been forced to flee their homes in the face of gang onslaughts, but the international response has failed to keep up.
The nation faces its sixth general election in three years. “I’ve done this so many times people have started to feel pity for me,” one legislator said about campaigning.
As the city prepares to host the Democratic National Convention, it wants to shed memories of chaos from half a century ago even as protests are growing.
Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond recording studio breaks a lot of design rules. It’s why musicians like Taylor Swift have put it on the map.
Conner Mantz and Clayton Young had run side by side for more than 10,000 miles. Both vied for a place in the marathon at the Paris Games.
Undocumented workers played a larger and more dangerous role in delivering the Games than the Macron administration acknowledges.
Fifty years since the Knicks last won a championship, a freshly promising team led by star point guard Jalen Brunson has captivated their hometown.
A complaint filed by the Legal Aid Society and others accuses the state prison system of holding mentally ill and disabled people in isolation despite a law against the practice.
Bankruptcy lawyers for FTX said that customers of the cryptocurrency exchange were set to get all their money back, plus interest.
In an escalation of the family feud, the son of Caroline Kennedy suggested that his cousin, the presidential candidate, is on steroids, not too smart and a liar.
As long as Iran is ruled by a government that puts ideology before its national interest, the Middle East will never know meaningful stability.
The United States withheld 3,500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city over the objections of American officials.
The Israeli prime minister, under pressure from all sides, is trying to reassure his many domestic, military and diplomatic critics. Here’s a look at what he is confronting.
While his message resonated with many Jewish leaders, the president’s remarks drew criticism from Republicans and supporters of Palestinians on the left.
Tornado warnings were issued across Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Officials in Michigan were responding to damage in Kalamazoo County, where a tornado was reported.
The victim, José Mynor López, was a member of a work crew that had been filling potholes on the bridge when it was struck in March by a container ship.
The porn star at the center of the former president’s criminal trial testified about their encounter at a celebrity golf tournament in 2006, a meeting that could shape American history.
A long day on the stand put Ms. Daniels’s credibility to the test as defense lawyers challenged her motives.
For enthusiasts of edible bugs, this year’s emergence presents an opportunity to cook up these noisy lobsters of the trees.
Fayette Janitorial Service was also ordered to change practices that the Labor Department said had led to the hiring of at least two dozen children in dangerous slaughterhouses and meatpacking facilities.
Mr. Braun, a first-term senator, will enter the general election as the strong favorite in his reliably conservative state.