Convicted criminals in New York will now have their records sealed after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law the “Clean State Act” on Thursday. The controversial proposal would seal old criminal records as long as the perpetrators remain out of trouble for a certain number of years. Under the new …

Students and faculty members harshly criticized University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins on Thursday over a $240 million budget shortfall that has sparked suggestions for cuts to student scholarships and instructor salaries. The angry complaints about the financial miscalculation consumed most of the first hour of a gathering of …

The Philadelphia City Council released new details about the city’s reparations task force Friday, calling on Black residents to apply to join the effort. The task force will “study and develop reparations proposals and programs for Black Philadelphians whose ancestors endured chattel slavery and Jim Crow in the United States,” …

There have been a wave of eye drop recalls this year, with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announcing a nationwide voluntary recall of another 27 products. On Oct. 27, the agency released a list of 26 products that consumers should not purchase and should stop using due …

Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes and the sluggish Buffalo Bills offense responded to a change in coordinators by scoring points on six of its first eight possessions in a 32-6 rout of the AFC East-rival New York Jets on Sunday. The Bills (6-5) snapped a two-game skid and topped …

A Democrat congressman is walking back a comment he made against former President Trump over the weekend that sparked a social media firestorm. “Yesterday on TV, I mistakenly used the wrong word to express the importance for America that Donald Trump doesn’t become President again,” Rep. Daniel Goldman of New …

A freshman member of the House Freedom Caucus is calling for a sit-down between GOP hardliners and Republican lawmakers who are leading talks on government spending. It comes after some of those same hardliners banded together to tank a procedural vote on the spending bill dealing with the Departments of …

A group that is trying to remove former President Donald Trump from being featured on Colorado’s primary ballot for the 2024 presidential election has filed an appeal to the state’s Supreme Court in an effort to overturn a ruling made last week that said he is to remain on the …

A climate protester pretended to vomit green goo in a staged protest interrupting a ritzy European Union conference in Brussels, Belgium, according to a video that went viral on Instagram. The protesters took issue with climate initiatives from Europe on what they deemed “occupied lands.” The climate protester who vomited …

A new report shows a skyrocketing number of California college students struggling to pay for food and housing. The California Student Aid Commission [CSAC] released a survey on Thursday that showed food and housing insecurity increased drastically among financial aid recipients in college from the 2018-2019 to 2022-2023 school year. …