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Ryan W. Miller   | USA TODAY NEW YORK – Billy Swenson is waiting for the callback. It's been about 11 months since he was furloughed from his serving job at a Midtown Manhattan restaurant. At first, the time away from work was a welcome break. Some days before the COVID-19 pandemic, he was…

Protesters exercised their First Amendment rights in New York City to voice outrage over Vladimir Putin’s rule and the jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.Feb. 11, 2021 Read More

“The Mandalorian” star Pedro Pascal is proud to support his sister Lux Pascal, who came out as transgender this week. Lux, 28, announced she identifies as a transgender woman in an interview with Chilean magazine “Ya” (the Pascal family is from Chile). Pedro Pascal proudly introduced his sister to the…

President Biden’s push to reopen schools nationwide could become bogged down in California, where powerful unions are demanding teachers receive COVID-19 vaccinations before returning to the classroom. Although dates have been set in New York City and Chicago to send children back to elementary and middle schools, there are no…

Late last week, as Thursday turned into Friday, the Senate took the first major step toward passing the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package through budget reconciliation, sending the legislation to the House for markup and approval. The bill would expand food stamp benefits and boost unemployment benefits to…

Commuters now have yet another reason to avoid packing themselves into subway stations. New York City's transit system exposes riders to more inhaled pollutants than any other metropolitan subway system in the Northeastern United States, a new study finds. Yet even its "cleaner" neighbors struggle with enough toxins to give…

Gentrification, and the squeeze it puts on residents, comes to a Chinese-American neighbourhood in New York City – but the gentrifiers are themselves Chinese ‘We can’t live on condos alone – how a community gets built should be for the people who live and work there to decide,’ one opponent…

Health experts are saying it is important that pregnant women and women expecting to be pregnant receive COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. Frank Chervenak, chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Lenox Hospital in New York City, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss. Read More

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Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter Guide Several inches of snow were expected to hit the tri-state region on Sunday, February 7, as a winter storm moved over the northeastern United States Antonio M. Rosario via Storyful, Storyful Read More