Correction: The article was changed to reflect that the school only closed temporarily as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, it successfully reopened in September. Between the earthquake on Aug. 14,...

Follow along for live coverage of 2021 gubernatorial and mayoral races. Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy wins New Jersey Democratic incumbent Phil Murphy won against Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli...

At a pivotal moment in the political calendar, Virginia's governor race is the first major election in the post-Trump era. Alongside New Jersey, Virginia is one of two states that holds its statewide elections...

Despite already serving over 800 days of house arrest, former human rights lawyer Steven Donziger may still be sent to prison as early as this week. Donziger was sentenced to six months in federal prison...

Even as schools have returned in full swing across the country, complications wrought by the pandemic persist, often falling hardest on those least able to weather them: families without transportation,...

President Joe Biden’s long-sought goal of free community college appears to be a victim of cost-cutting in his social spending plan, dealing a major blow to his vision for a historic expansion of educational...

After a pandemic-borne interruption, the Joint Civic Committee for Italian Americans hosted its annual Columbus Day parade last Monday to a crowd estimated at 20,000 people according to an AP report. But...

PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of people, including Algerian protesters and their descendants, on Sunday commemorated the 60th anniversary of a bloody police crackdown in Paris during the final year of Algeria's...

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams on Sunday urged Black churchgoers to turn out for Democrat Terry McAuliffe in next month's Virginia governor's election, saying that what happens...

Across the globe, the roaring clamor of Filipinos is clear — go register to vote and actually vote when it’s time. Put in a unique spot, overseas voters can cast their ballot by mail as early as April...

The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country's new Taliban rulers,...

Monday's federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horrified by...