In the first three quarters of 2024, it cost the city $3.5 million to conduct homeless encampment sweeps across the city. City Councilmember Sandy Nurse says new data from the administration shows the ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) said sweeps of improvised homeless encampments in the city will restart, according to The Associated Press. Mamdani paused former Mayor Eric Adams’s previous ...

Another day, another reversal by Mayor Mamdani. This one was yesterday, “Day 48 of a new era,” when he backed down on his rash and dangerous policy from Jan. 5 (Day 5 of the new era) to stop all ...

Nicole L. Novak has received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Mid-Iowa Health Foundation. She is a ...

ATLANTA — Engineer and entrepreneur Dr. Lonnie Johnson created the billion-dollar toy that became a staple of childhood summers—but that success was only the beginning. From growing up in the ...

As New York City mourns the deaths of at least 18 New Yorkers during this stretch of extreme cold, a familiar argument has resurfaced: encampment sweeps that forcibly disperse people living on the ...

Brett Gallant of Team Canada sweeps the stone during a training session Wednesday in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Carmen Mandato / Getty Images Curling is one of the Winter Olympics’ most beloved sports, ...

If logging into the same sweepstakes casino is starting to feel a bit like the movie “Groundhog Day,” it’s probably time to flip the script. New sweepstakes sites like Crown Coins offer a welcome ...

The breakthrough is often credited to Scottish inventor John Logie Baird—but the real history is far more complicated and collaborative. John Logie Baird with his transmitting station on March 19, ...

The centuries-old trade is enjoying something of a revival, partly driven by rising energy costs. Today’s sweeps use new tools and technology. By Stephen Castle Reporting from London Against a gray ...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson extended the timeline for a scheduled encampment sweep in Ballard on Wednesday, a spokesperson said, signaling a potential shift in how the city will address ...