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Monday, April 27, 2026 · 76 stories
Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels and Mayor Mamdani have pledged to take parent feedback into account in education department decisions. Both plans had faced furious pushback from parents.
A new statewide policy detailing when utilities can stop service for unpaid bills during heat waves has resulted in weaker rules for New York City.
The creation of the new high school, known as Next Generation Technology High School and located in the financial district of Manhattan, was expected to be another major step toward the embrace of artificial intelligence in a school system whose decisions, because of its size,. As teachers and students in New York City and across the United States have increasingly embraced artificial intelligence in the classroom, school leaders in the nation’s largest school system were set to make one of their biggest splashes yet — the opening of an A.I.-focused high school in Manhattan next school year.
That's because people seeking to rebuild in disaster-prone regions are turning away from stick-builds and embracing prefabricated homes that can withstand fire and extreme weather. Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes and floods fueled by manmade climate change are changing the housing industry.
Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner raised questions about how close the alleged gunman got to the president and what the Secret Service security looked like.
Bryant said in court Monday that he was connected with people who were involved in a cocaine deal with the DJ and that he "helped them kill Jason Mizell by helping them gain entry to the recording studio.” Bryant’s uncle has said his nephew told him he shot Mizell after the artist reached for a gun. Instead, prosecutors contended that Bryant was enlisted to make his way into the studio building and open a His lawyer, Susan Kellman, noted Monday that evidence against Bryant included his DNA on a hat at the crime scene and witness testimony that Bryant once claimed he fired the gun himself.
Russian backing for the ruling junta has not stopped rebel fighters striking significant blows in recent days Mali in turmoil after insurgents seize towns and kill defence minister W hen Assimi Goïta, the leader of Mali’s military junta, sat down with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin , in the Kremlin last summer, it symbolised Moscow’s commanding sway over Mali at the expense of the west. The Africa Corps first ran into serious trouble in the summer of 2024, when up to 50 Russian soldiers were ambushed and killed by rebels in Mali – thought to be the deadliest single incident for Russia.
Cocaine-trafficking rebels blamed for worst attack on civilians in decades, which also left 56 people injured The death toll in a Colombian highway bombing blamed on cocaine-trafficking rebels has risen to 21, the government said on Monday, in the country’s worst attack on civilians in decades and just ahead of elections. The attack on Saturday left 56 injured and buses and vans mangled on the Pan-American Highway, in the restive south-western Cauca department. A bomb attack on Friday on a military base in Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, injured two people and set off a string of attacks.
Military intelligence chief reportedly also killed in sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels Mali has been left reeling from sweeping attacks by jihadists and separatist rebels who seized several towns and military bases and killed the defence minister and military intelligence chief. The military intelligence chief Modibo Koné was reportedly also killed and forces from the Kremlin-run Africa Corps paramilitary group backing the. Mali’s defence minister, Sadio Camara, was killed in an attack on his residence in the garrison town of Kati, the country’s junta-run government said.