Trustees reviewed a draft that would expand cellphone rules to include smartwatches and smart glasses and would bar students from using AI on standardized tests.

After a $28 million overhaul, Livonia’s Kirksey Recreation Center reopened with bigger gyms, a doubled FitHub and new rooms for classes and seniors.

A drain-pipe failure left graves at Mount Zion Cemetery in Collingdale submerged, and borough officials say they have limited authority to force repairs.

Memorial City Mall will require under-18 visitors to be chaperoned May 9–10 and will check IDs as management steps up security amid social-media chatter.

Neighbors say a vacant lot in the Fairfax District was sold months ago but has since become a growing homeless encampment, and cleanup has not happened.

City inspectors ordered four buildings at Williamsburg Way vacated after finding flooding, electrical hazards and other safety risks. The units will remain closed until repairs pass inspection.

A father-to-be from Otis won the top prize in the Massachusetts $2,500‑a‑week scratch game and took a $2 million cash payout. The ticket was sold at a Westfield Big Y Express.

A new Fells Point wellness studio says pirate cruises dock feet from its door and have been disrupting classes. The city's spending board will vote Wednesday on a lease.

An 18‑year‑old Chicago native with stage 4 colon cancer may never see his parents again after they were detained in Arizona; hospital staff have appealed for compassion.

As ICE activity rose, Chicago high-school teachers organized off-duty sanctuary teams — running know-your-rights sessions, ICE-watch shifts, safe-passage routes and small emergency funds. These ad-hoc efforts aim to keep students learning while families cope with enforcement fears.

Clashes broke out outside Park East Synagogue as protesters and counterprotesters confronted each other under a heavy NYPD presence. The event tested the city’s new buffer‑zone rules.

New regional data show DMV employers still value degrees but increasingly hire on certificates, projects and AI fluency.

The Bronx School of Hip‑Hop — a new public high school focused on hip‑hop culture — will open this September as one of five new city schools adding arts and special‑education seats.