Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York on Monday announced her intention to limit access to cellphones in schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade as part of her latest push to address children’s reliance on the devices. Ms. Gray’s 14-year-old...

An error in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s projection of the number of first-year students starting college last fall caused the organization to report incorrectly that freshman enrollment last year had dropped when in fact it...

Students at North Carolina’s public universities can no longer be required to take classes related to diversity7xm, equity and inclusion to graduate. The University of Akron, citing changing state and federal guidance, will no longer host its “Rethi...

Playing Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” Timothée Chalamet had 67 costume changes. If you didn’t noticeye7, then as the costume designer on the film, I did my job: A mark of success in costume design is your work’s becoming invisible. Clothes help...

ImageImage Federal workers are on edge over Elon Musk’s latest demand that they justify their employment.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York TimesA clash over Musk’s latest missive Monday could bring a standoff between Elon Musk and huge swaths of the fe...

Snowfall is expected to begin tapering off in Texas Tuesday morning as the storm shifts east along the coast toward Florida and the Carolinas. A wintry mix of snowps88, sleet and freezing rain will coat the Florida Panhandle’s white sand beaches in...

Image Sam Sifton’s baked potatoes.Credit...Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Spencer Richards. Good morning. I drove through Captree in the high winter sun, over the inlet bridge between the island and Robert Moses State Park...

Two years ago, Joelle Kaufman scheduled a preventive double mastectomy after witnessing her mother and sister undergo treatment for breast cancer. But the day before her surgery, she received a shocking call from her doctor: A routine screening had...

Sarah Dimpengi has been single for the past four years. But on Feb. 14, she plans to decorate her apartment with pink, red and white balloons and invite friends over for cherry margaritas and heart-shaped pizzas. Though Ms. Dimpengi, 25, used to get...

In 2023, Roland Conner became the first person with a criminal conviction to open a licensed cannabis dispensary in New York, making him the face of a $200 million effort to turn people once prosecuted for marijuana offenses into flagship sellers. R...

President Trump has proposed a new visa program that could lead to permanent residency for those willing to pay a fee of about $5 million.ye7 Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, said on Tuesday that a “gold card” visa would replace the EB-5 visa...

In the furor and confusion over the Trump administration’s move to kill congestion pricing in New York City, a major question remained unanswered: If the president had his way, when would the tolling program end? Federal officials, it turned out, ha...