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International lawyers and diplomats convened at the NYC Bar Association to discuss the significance of the newly established Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression Against Ukraine. They emphasized its potential to set a precedent for prosecuting war crimes globally, particularly against nations that evade accountability.

Voters at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine opted for early voting to avoid long lines on Election Day. Many expressed confusion over ballot proposals aimed at amending the city charter, which could significantly alter local governance.

Nithya Raman backed the Israel boycott movement after DSA leaders threatened to strip their endorsement ahead of the Los Angeles mayoral election.

Right-wing provocateurs James O'Keefe and Cam Higby are facing election-related charges after posting videos intended to expose alleged election security deficiencies.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote in November to grant states and local correctional facilities the ability to jam contraband cellphones in prisons and jails, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Wednesday.

The campaign for Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Alaska, denied a new report that it participated in efforts to recruit a man with a similar name to her Republican opponent ahead of the midterm elections.

There will be an official changing of the guard in North Bergen on Wednesday night, when Mayor Nicholas Sacco, a longtime Hudson County power broker and former state senator, will step down after 35 years and be succeeded by the township’s first-ever Hispanic mayor.

Great Neck Library voters elected three Nominating Committee-backed candidates and two independent candidates to library leadership positions in the Oct. 26, 2026, election, according to the final results. A total of 1,630 votes were cast, and a quorum was met. In the Board of Trustees races, Daniel

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris cautioned Democrats against pursuing a third impeachment of President Donald Trump if they gain power in the upcoming midterm elections. She emphasized the need to focus on limited resources rather than impeachment efforts.

NEW YORK (PIX11) - New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and New York City officials made a transportation announcement Wednesday in Sunset Park. The announcement comes as a plan has been reported to add bike lanes along more than two miles of Third Avenue beneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

A mailer promoting a West Orange mayoral candidate has been arriving in voters’ mailboxes with endorsements that at least two prominent New Jersey Democrats say are fake.

A longtime Bronx resident is ready to champion her East Bronx community’s needs as their next state Assembly representative. Irene Guanill, a deep-rooted real estate broker and community advocate, is running for New York State Assembly’s 82nd District on the Republican, Conservative and Vote Afford

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Siena Research Institute poll released on Wednesday shows that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is generally viewed favorably among likely voters in New York.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Island’s early voting turnout continued to climb Tuesday, with more than 24,000 borough residents casting ballots through the first four days of voting.

Proposed legislation in New York state would require all public school districts to screen every student for dyslexia and dysgraphia prior to entering kindergarten.

A rare tornado tore through a construction site in Antalya, Turkey, killing four workers who were staying there overnight, The Associated Press reported.

The U.S. Department of Justice has charged former FBI Director James Comey with leaking national defense information, marking the third time he has faced criminal charges. Critics argue these charges reflect a troubling trend of political motivations behind federal prosecutions, particularly under the Trump administration.

The race for Los Angeles mayor has embraced its next plot twist.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has widened her lead over Republican Bruce Blakeman less than a week before Election Day, a new Siena University poll shows.

The crowd at a community board meeting Tuesday night at Anna Silver elementary school, otherwise known as P.S. 20, in the East Village, where plans to renovate Tompkins Square Park were on the agenda. Preservationists got loud at a community board meeting about the $10 million renovation plans.

President Donald Trump has been praising the butts of several Republicans running in the midterm elections, but he drew the line at offering the compliment to GOP Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton.

Votes from Israel's parliamentary election were still being counted on Wednesday morning, after exit polls suggested a tight race.

Flávio Bolsonaro, the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate, has fled to the U.S. following his loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He is under investigation in Brazil for various allegations, including a sports betting case.

A gun control nut vandalized the 9/11 Memorial Reflecting Pool with red spray paint in a broad daylight political stunt.

Black voters gave Gov. Mikie Sherrill 94% of their vote in her election as New Jersey governor last year. Nearly a year later, and with the midterm elections approaching, some of the state’s most prominent Black leaders are asking what decades of overwhelming support for Democrats has produced in re