On August 24, 2026, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the start of construction on an 80-unit affordable housing development at the former Oval Wood Dish Factory site in Tupper Lake, New York. The $46 million mixed-use project, led by the Lahinch Group and ... See more
Francis Clifford Smith, widely reported as the oldest and longest-serving inmate in the United States, died in his sleep at 101 years old in late June 2026 at a Connecticut nursing facility for justice-involved older adults. He had spent more than 70 year... See more
On August 24, 2026, New York State officially opened the application portal for the Workforce Pell Program, allowing institutions to apply for approval of short-term training programs eligible for federal Pell Grant funding. The initiative expands Pell el... See more
Roughly 130,000 vehicles cross a highway structure each day that is 20 years past its intended design life. After Decades of Delay, Mayor Mamdani Moves to Fix the City-Owned Section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway with a $4 billion, 10-year rehabilitati... See more
The world’s oceans hit hottest temperature ever recorded in August as El Niño takes hold, with the Copernicus Climate Change Service confirming a daily global average sea-surface temperature of 21.1°C on August 22, 2026, the highest figure in a satellite ... See more
