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The high-end gym franchise was ordered to pay Röbynn Europe, a former employee, damages of $11.25 million.

If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.

The bill, signed by Mayor Eric Adams on Friday, adds weight to the list of characteristics protected from discrimination in areas like employment and housing.

As states begin to drop people from their Medicaid programs, early data shows that many recipients are losing their coverage for procedural reasons.

Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated the privacy of her young patient by discussing the girl’s case with a reporter, the state’s medical board ruled.

A “Homeless Bill of Rights” that could become law on Saturday aims to clarify legal issues for homeless people, including whether they can camp outdoors. But the rules are anything but clear.

The details were not finalized, but negotiators were discussing a compromise that would allow Republicans to point to spending reductions and Democrats to say they had prevented large cuts.

Overzealous instructors, unchecked drug use, and inadequate leadership and medical oversight turned a tough selection course into a dangerous ordeal, investigators found.

Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy has been partially paralyzed and is in critical condition, surrounded by an improvised web of support. Her story embodies New York’s post-pandemic fears and challenges.

A longtime adviser to President Trump, Stephen K. Bannon is accused of having defrauded Americans who paid money toward the construction of a border wall.

Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis are staking out conflicting positions on major issues, setting up an ideological battle that will play out over the next eight months.

The code, which Microsoft said was installed by a Chinese government hacking group, set off alarms because Guam would be a centerpiece of any U.S. military response to a move against Taiwan.

A group of about 100 families will now have the chance to argue in court against releasing the writings of the assailant who killed six people at a Christian school.

Prosecutors do not often charge officers for actions in the line of duty, but Alvin L. Bragg, Manhattan’s district attorney, has pressed for police accountability.

Commissioner Keechant Sewell has decided Jeffrey Maddrey should be punished for freeing a retired officer arrested after chasing three boys while armed with a gun.

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s accusation against the House speaker came as the House investigated Mr. Paxton’s request for $3.3 million to settle a suit accusing him of corruption.

After the surgeon general warned that social media harms young people, young New Yorkers agreed. Some also said that the government — and their parents — should back off.

With right-wing Republicans all but certain to oppose any bipartisan compromise, the speaker has a narrow path to push one through the closely divided House.

Adding a twist to the beginning of his presidential campaign, the Florida governor is expected to appear on a live audio conversation with Mr. Musk, the social platform’s owner, on Wednesday evening.

The legislation, which faced a filibuster led by five women senators, now heads to the governor who has said he will sign it.

City officials say that the arrival of 65,000 asylum seekers has presented the city “with challenges never contemplated, foreseeable or indeed even remotely imagined.”

The bills, expected to be passed this week by the City Council, would end a rule that people must be in shelters for 90 days before becoming eligible for housing vouchers.

A new report by the attorney general of Illinois covering decades names more than 450 credibly accused sexual abusers, including priests and lay religious brothers.

An eight-year legal battle over whether community preferences for low-cost housing violate housing discrimination law has been cleared for trial.

The special counsel scrutinizing the former president’s handling of classified documents issued a subpoena to the Trump Organization seeking records related to seven countries.

The strategy, which was used in 2011, could allow both sides to save face but would most likely do little to chip away at the national debt.

The lack of information about what motivated a deadly attack on a Christian school has led to a protracted legal fight over releasing the shooter’s handwritten journals.

Bryan Kohberger, the former Ph.D. student accused of killing four University of Idaho students, appeared in court Monday after being indicted on murder charges.

The proposed increase would be the first in the base fare since 2015 and would raise the price of a seven-day MetroCard by a dollar.

Jay Salpeter cracked a high-profile case to help exonerate Martin Tankleff. It was a blessing and a curse. For both of them.

Mayor Michelle Wu is striving to keep her campaign promises, but powerful lobbies are throwing up roadblocks.

Small, fast-moving U.S. tech firms are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems but face the challenge of selling them to a risk-averse Defense Department.

The N.A.A.C.P. urged people to consider Florida’s policies on diversity and race under Gov. Ron DeSantis when thinking of traveling there.

The eviction in Newburgh, N.Y., became an instant talking point. The problem was that it apparently had not occurred.

The Florida governor is reluctant to talk about the restrictive law he signed as he seeks to attract support from across the Republican Party.

He urged his supporters to stay the course and tried to convince fence sitters like India and Brazil that there is no middle ground.

Alfa Barrie, 11, and Garrett Warren, 13, had been missing for several days. The police said their investigation into the boys’ deaths was continuing.

While the Vatican decides whether Dorothy Day is worthy of sainthood, New Yorkers can ride on a Staten Island ferry named in her honor.

A life in Congress comes with power, prestige and perks that can be hard to leave behind. For some lawmakers who view their job as their identity, the prospect is unthinkable.

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California promised in 2021 that he would appoint a Black woman to replace Senator Dianne Feinstein if she were to resign early.

Republicans returned to the negotiating table on Friday evening after briefly walking out, though the evening talks lasted only an hour.

When New York State accused prison guards of abuse, the disciplinary proceedings tilted heavily in the guards’ favor, a review of records shows.

After weeks of acrimonious debate, Republicans put the two fraught issues into a single bill, which the governor has said he will sign.

Hundreds gathered to mourn Mr. Neely, who was choked to death earlier this month on the subway, including the Rev. Al Sharpton, who eulogized him.

The Fulton County district attorney said most of her staff would work remotely at times, and asked judges not to schedule trials, in the first half of August.

The Democratic congressman has made a habit of brashly confronting Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene, often in public displays meant to attract attention.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, whose recent bout with shingles included contracting encephalitis, is frailer than ever. But she remains unwilling to entertain discussions about leaving the Senate.

Officers in Georgia killed an activist who they say shot first. But a lack of video footage has inflamed the controversy over the death.

A G.O.P. demand to impose stricter work requirements on recipients of food stamps and other public benefits has drawn a Democratic backlash, underscoring the tricky politics at play in the negotiations.

Users of the popular social media site were less than pleased by the ban, enacted over fears that sensitive user data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government.