‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire
Barbara and Christine Colucci long to remove their masks and kiss their 102-year-old mother, who has dementia and is in a nursing home in...
R. Kelly nears OK for new legal team for upcoming trial
NEW YORK — Jailed R&B singer R. Kelly will likely get to keep a new lawyer in his federal sex-trafficking case despite questions about...
Man arrested in Capitol riot asks to travel to car swap meet
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas man arrested for sitting with his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the...
Q&A: Rita Moreno on finding self-worth and never giving up
NEW YORK — Rita Moreno emigrated with her mother from Puerto Rico at age five. By six, she was dancing at Greenwich Village nightclubs....
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough
NEW YORK — Color. Dance. Music. Joy. An all Latino cast!
...
Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration's attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmentalists who are seeking...
Shrinking giants: North Atlantic right whales getting tinier
One of the giants of the deep is shrinking before our eyes, a new study says.
...
California urges EPA to let state set car-emissions standard
WASHINGTON — Officials from California, New York and other states urged the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday to allow California to set its own...
HSBC exiting US retail banking to focus on wealth management
NEW YORK — British banking giant HSBC says it is closing its U.S. retail banking business in order to refocus its efforts on wealth...
Designer David Rockwell offers a guide to his creativity
NEW YORK — The COVID-19 pandemic cut the connections between people and emptied the spaces they met. For award-winning architect and theater designer David...