City Council introduced two bills to ban surveillance pricing and limit grocery price changes to once every 24 hours, framing the move as a consumer‑protection measure. Advocates and unions praised the effort while researchers urge careful drafting.

Benjamin Netanyahu and Gideon Sa’ar instructed officials to prepare a defamation suit after a Kristof op‑ed alleged sexual abuse of Palestinian detainees.

State lawmakers and residents rallied in Albany behind a bill to pause new large data‑center permits for three years while regulators study energy, water and noise impacts.

A revived Albany package would bar certain sales of health data and require explicit consent for apps — prompting a clash between Planned Parenthood and a broad tech coalition.

U.S. and Mexican officials denied reports that CIA officers carried out lethal strikes inside Mexico, after media outlets published conflicting accounts about a March car explosion near Mexico City.

Dov Hikind urged Jewish leaders to boycott a May 18 Shavuot reception Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans at Gracie Mansion, deepening tensions over the mayor’s Israel stances.

NYLAG sued the DOJ in Manhattan federal court, alleging the agency refused a FOIA request for materials that explain why immigration judges are denying bond. Advocates say secret rules have left people jailed who once would have been released.

A settlement removes the Belmont school's principal after an SCI probe found she hired and supervised her sister.

Landlords in Manhattan are invoking 'demolition' to refuse lease renewals under the state's Good Cause law, triggering housing‑court fights over whether gut rehabs count as demolition.

Hundreds rallied at the State Capitol urging lawmakers to pass a winter eviction moratorium, statewide right to counsel and the Clean Hands Act to curb evictions.

Putin hailed a test of Russia’s RS‑28 Sarmat missile, calling it the world’s most powerful and setting a year‑end deployment goal as arms‑control limits lapse.

A Politico report says Abdul El-Sayed called himself a 'physician' despite limited clinical experience and no record of a Michigan or New York medical license.

A White House counterterrorism aide says President Trump left Vice President J.D. Vance precise succession instructions and a private letter in the Resolute Desk.