U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik will suspend her campaign for governor of New York and leave her seat in Congress at the end of 2026, she confirmed to the Times Union on Friday. In an interview with columnist Chris Churchill, Stefanik cited a difficult political climate and a primary challenge from Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman as the primary reasons for her decision not to move forward with her challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul — a campaign that was previewed for several months before being formally announced after last month’s general election... It’s the second time in the past year that Stefanik has had to back out of her pursuit of a position outside Congress: She was first set to leave office in the spring after being nominated by President Donald J. Trump, just days after his reelection, to serve as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, an entity that she previously described as “a deep den of antisemitism.” But her confirmation was delayed by several special elections in the U.S. House that left the GOP’s narrow majority at least temporarily drawn down. The nomination was withdrawn by Trump in March because he and other Republicans feared losing their slim majority over Democrats.

After decades of effort, intersection of Essex and Delancey streets on the Lower East Side will be named Jack Kirby Way!

President Kennedy's niece, Maria Shriver, said it is "beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial."

One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.

Trump is tearing down the White House. Good riddance.

The Democratic National Committee has completed its long-awaited analysis on what went wrong in the 2024 campaign. But in a move that will attract intense criticism, it’s keeping the findings secret.

Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.

After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.

A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.

A growing number of Canadians, including several young children, have been arrested or detained by U.S. immigration authorities over the past two years, according to newly released government data obtained through a U.S. federal court case.

The House passed legislation today that would charge doctors with a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison for providing transition-related medical care

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Nuno Loureiro, 47, was found fatally shot at his Brookline home Monday night, officials said.

Wildlife conservation efforts in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been so successful that rebounding populations of pumas have found a new main source of prey.

he controversial Victims of Communism memorial in downtown Ottawa will no longer feature the names of specific individuals after federal officials determined a significant number could be linked to the Nazis. The memorial, located near the corner of Wellington and Bay streets, was intended to honour those who suffered under communism. But concerns have been raised over the years by Jewish organizations and historians that names of eastern Europeans who collaborated with the Nazis in the Holocaust have been put forward in an attempt to whitewash their past. The Ottawa Citizen reported in 2024 that the Department of Canadian Heritage was told by historians that more than half of the 550 names to be inscribed on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism should be removed. The reason was because of potential links to the Nazis or questions about affiliations with fascist groups.

Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has entertained a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.

The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.

Netflix has a new (sarcastic air quotes) “documentary” out about Ocean Ramsey, who longtime readers and followers know is a serial wildlife harasser who also coordinates massive online harassment campaigns against scientists and conservationists who criticize her. In 15 years on social media, I’ve never gotten more (or nastier) harassment then when I criticized her pseudoscientific nonsense. Several of my professional shark conservation advocate colleagues have gotten death threats from her supporters. It is worth noting that I asked about dozen professional colleagues if they wanted to comment on this post, and they all refused out of fear of being targeted by her. Every time I speak out against this, many of my professional colleagues privately thank me and say that they refuse to speak up publicly because of her well-earned reputation for online harassment against experts... It is not elitist or exclusionary to say that words mean things and that professional fields require some degree of training, experience, or credentials, of which she has none. Ocean Ramsey is not a scientist, full stop. And I just wanted to briefly stress here that another way of saying “does not have research ethics permits for her activities” would be “behaves unethically.” What Ocean Ramsey does is wildlife harassment.

The Manhattan district attorney's office signaled Tuesday it would exclude statements that accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione made while in custody at the Altoona, Pennsylvania, Police Department.

Sinema lobbied hard for the data center, but her involvement created exactly the opposition she tried to sweeping away.