Author: Deepti Hajela
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For social platforms, the outage was short. But people’s stories vanished, and that’s no small thing
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The widespread attention given to the blanking of Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms on Tuesday tells a tale
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Funeral held for Ivana Trump; ex-president pays tribute
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NEW YORK • Ivana Trump, the 1980s style icon and businesswoman who helped Donald Trump build the empire that put him on a road toward the White House, lived a “beautiful life,” the former president recalled as loved ones paid final respects to her Wednesday. The ex-president joined all his children, an array of other…
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New York City’s first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
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NEW YORK • David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93. Dinkins’ death Monday was confirmed by his assistant at Columbia University, where…
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Backlogged immigration courts open
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NEW YORK • The nation’s immigration courts were severely backlogged even before the government shutdown. Now it could take years just to deal with the delays caused by the five-week impasse, attorneys say. With the shutdown finally over, the courts reopened Monday morning to immigrants seeking asylum or otherwise trying to stave off deportation, and…
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H. Clinton: Separating families at border a ‘moral crisis’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save NEW YORK— Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border “a moral and humanitarian crisis.” Speaking…
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New York attorney general resigns amid abuse allegations
NEW YORK — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who had taken on high-profile roles as an advocate for women’s issues and an antagonist to the policies of President Donald Trump, announced late Monday that he would be resigning from office hours after four women he was romantically involved with or had romantic interactions with…
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Trump, U.S. end immigration for thousands of Hondurans
NEW YORK — The Trump administration said Friday that it is ending special immigration protections for about 57,000 Hondurans, adding them to hundreds of thousands of immigrants from other countries battered by violence and natural disasters who are losing permission to be in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s widely anticipated decision…
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Diverse United States divided on symbols of patriotism
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FREEDMEN’S TOWN, Texas— When Afghanistan War veteran Joseph Smith saw NFL players take a knee or raise a fist during the playing of the national anthem last month, he wasn’t offended — he was proud. Where some saw it as disrespectful, he saw it as patriotic. “It’s not an insult against the flag. It’s a…
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Library brings drag queens, kids together for story hour
NEW YORK — It takes a certain something to be a good storyteller: enthusiasm, timing and a flair for the dramatic. Performers at a children’s story hour at a New York City library have all that and then some — they’re drag queens. About once a month since last fall, the Brooklyn Public Library has…
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Milo Yiannopoulos apologizes for remarks, quits Breitbart
NEW YORK — Polarizing right-wing writer Milo Yiannopoulos was by turns apologetic for comments he made about sexual relationships between boys and men and adamant he had been the subject of “a cynical media witch hunt” on Tuesday as he spoke after resigning as an editor at Breitbart News. Yiannopoulos opened his remarks to reporters…