It's Thursday in New York City, where about 900,000 public school students are returning to class — and to an uncanny realm where smartphones effectively don't exist.
"During the first day, I'm kind of thinking, 'Oh if I don't make any friends by lunch then I'm gonna be sitting by myself with no phone. Just sitting there,'" said Josiah George, an incoming freshman at Food and Finance High School in Manhattan.
New York state is charging a dozen businesses for illegally distributing vaping products in what Gov. Kathy Hochul called the biggest-ever crackdown of its kind.
A New Jersey housing advocacy group is challenging the affordable housing plans of 16 towns, saying they fall short of what is required by a 2024 law that aims to add 80,000 new homes across the state.
A federal judge in New York City has ruled that a lawsuit accusing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of aiding two 9/11 hijackers may proceed.
Chinese e-commerce giant Shein said it's investigating how an image of what appears to be Luigi Mangionemodeling a $10 button-down wound up on its site.
A new audio artwork by conceptual artist and lifelong New Yorker Chloë Bass has taken over the public address systems in 14 subway stations citywide through Oct. 5.
As one of the few major off-year elections, political observers have long pegged NJ’s governor’s race as a tone-setter, going into the following year’s congressional midterms.
September still has a huge selection of free shows, exhibitions, fitness classes and more to keep you occupied before the cold weather comes. Live it up while you can, and save your money for darker times!
