New York will make headlines. But keep an eye on New Jersey and Virginia, too

Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.

The president called Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner, incapable of leading the city and said a vote for the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, would be wasted.

Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy and Tina Smith came to Miami to stress why they’re keeping the government shutdown to fight for affordable healthcare. But even their supporters have doubts.

Trump’s residential immodesty is nothing compared with his anti-constitutional immodesty.

Le président américain a inscrit le Nigeria sur la liste des pays « particulièrement préoccupants » en matière de liberté religieuse, estimant que « le christianisme [y] est confronté à une menace existentielle ». Des accusations démenties par Abuja.

Naya Young defeated Thomas Scott in the runoff for Tampa CIty Council's District 5 seat, and celebrated at 7th+Grove in Ybor City, Florida.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders immediate “powerful” strikes in Gaza. Earlier on Tuesday, military officials said troops came under fire in the southern city of Rafah and returned fir...

We cannot lose sight of the fact that the global Zionist movement, since its inception over 140 years ago, has advanced a racist, genocidal, and settler-colonial agenda. The Israeli Defense Forces (ID...

Council’s agenda last Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025 was highlighted by three items with council taking action on one of them.

Hurricane Melissa on Sunday intensified into a Category 4 storm dropping torrents of “catastrophic” rain across the Caribbean with the National Hurricane Center now forecasting it to become a Categ…

High winds blowing through South Florida all weekend are expected to diminish starting Sunday night, with hotter weather returning early Monday, National Weather Service forecasters say.

Japan was the genesis of President Donald Trump’s tariff-led approach to reshaping the global economy. When he lands in Tokyo, trade will again be on his agenda.

Maria Corina Machado is the very antithesis of what Alfred Nobel envisioned. Aside from scorning her undeserved honor, the people of the world should resolve to give no more attention to the Nobel pea...

Can the carbon-negative country enrich itself without harming the planet?

President Trump is terminating trade talks with Canada, saying that its most populous province interfered in the legal fight over his trade agenda with a television ad featuring Ronald Reagan.

Voting in Tampa's special election for city council's District 5 seat kicked off this week with early voting happening now through Sunday, Oct. 26. Election Day is on Tuesday, Oct. 28.

The final NYC mayoral general election debate was a knock-down-drag-out showdown packed with insults, interruptions, and sharp one-liners. The three candidates — Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani; former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's running as an independent; and beret-wearing GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa — debated the issues and slang some mud for the last time...

How the continent became a second-class citizen on the global stage.