On today's show:WNYCs election series America, Are We Ready? looks at the state of election coverage during this very abnormal campaign season.Brooke GladstoneandMicah Loewinger, co-hosts of WNYC's On the Media, discuss the decisions by several major newspapers to pull their candidate endo...

Peter Savodnik on the abandoned Americans of Flint and East Palestine. River Page on gay conservatives. New York’s abortion proposition. And more.

New York Times: These surveys have had marginal, if any, impact on polling averages, which either do not include the partisan polls or give them little weight. Yet some argue […]

As I watched footage from Florida, where communities are reeling from Hurricane Milton, Im reminded of the devastating effects of Superstorm Sandy on the New York City region a dozen years ago this week. Sandys impacts were severe and far ranging, including 43 deaths, 90,000 buildings inundated, and a multiday blackout that left nearly 2 million people without power.

Last Halloween, 30 friends and family members gathered to celebrate the 30th birthday of Jacob Priley, a government employee-turned-publicist who advocated for safer streets in the city he loved in both his professional and personal life. We ate tacos, made birthday cards, and dressed up in costumes. But this wasnt a normal celebration. It was in a hospital conference room and the friend we wer...

Xavier Duran knew he wanted to be an NYPD police officer at age 9 ever since he witnessed a cop save his sister's life and later become a guardian angel for his entire family.

An interesting aspect of U.S. life involves a notion that Blacks need a leader. Not sure about rules and regulations or even the origin involved in such anointments although disappointment surfaces anytime anyone receives identification as grand Poobah of Black people. The dissatisfaction includes mental replay of the famousMalcolm Xfilm scene outside a NYC hospital […]

Answers to each clue for the October 31, 2024 edition of NYT's The Mini crossword puzzle.

NEW YORKYou gotta hand it to Freddie Freeman, Shohei Ohtani, and the Los Angeles Dodgers. And not just because the Yankees certainly did. When New York let LA back into World Series Game 5, the Dodgers did what theyve done all yearkept on going. After taking advantage of three miscues to erase a five-run, fifth-inning […]

A New York State trooper was shot in the leg during a traffic stop on a Long Island parkway Wednesday night, sources and authorities said.

Brooklyn-based developer Dependable Equities is launching Ombelle Fort Lauderdale, two 43-story luxury condominium towers with 775 residences, and more than 11,000 square feet of ground floor retail.

NEW YORK (AP) Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts have a place in the Hall of Fame after the Los Angeles Dodgers World Series title, donating their equipment to Cooperstown. Freeman gave his spikes from Games 1 and 2 against the New York Yankees and Betts his batting gloves from Game 5, the Hall said after the Dodgers completed a five-game Series win. Manager Dave Roberts donated a cap, pit...

Ziaire Williams left Memphis as a castoff, a salary dump sent to Brooklyn. He came back victorious.

The Holy Spirit moves at ground level. This is the vision of Matthew Heyd, the newly installed bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, and it is repeated in every communication. This watchword has become a source of hope and, yes, grounding for me.

NEW YORK (AP) Just when it appeared Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees were right back inthis World Series,they all but handed away the trophy. An epic meltdown of defensive miscues, beginning with Judge’s embarrassing error in center field, helped the Los Angeles Dodgers rally in a five-run fifth inning that tied the […]

NEW YORK >> Mookie Betts lifted a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers overcame a five-run deficit and clinched their eighth World Series title with a 7-6 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night in Game 5.