NYC students face AI ban in new school year. Implementing it will be a challenge.

PS41Q The Crocheron School, Bayside Queens, New York. Schools are now tasked with carrying out the ban and disciplining students who break the rules. […

How New Yorkers teach a generation removed to ‘Never Forget’ 9/11

People attend the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on Sept. 11, 2021 in New York City. Passing on the…

[episode cut] Complete Picture Sentencing Reform – These Films Keep People Out of Prison

It’s ALWAYS the people

On those rare occasions when Niloo and I get to travel, it’s not the scenery or the mountains or the beaches. It’s not the parks…

Trump’s wars: U.S. strikes Iranian oil tankers, bans Canadian goods in trade war 

Aurora Water set to buy up more historic farm water in Lower Arkansas Valley

City agency says it is making different deals this time around and “taking the risk” while saving family farms. Skepticism abounds.

Ed Miliband defends UK government’s sanctions on Israel

Which Document Proves Indian Citizenship? There Isn’t 1 Answer

Indian laws never specified any single document as proof of citizenship, but the Modi government’s citizenship screening drive has turned it into a big question.

New renderings of the MTA’s IBX project serving Brooklyn, Queens are out

A newly released rendering of the Interborough Express linking Brooklyn and Queens via light rail. Here's an early look at what some stations on the…

Clarissa Ward: “It’s Open Season on Journalists”

Rubio offers support to Trump-friendly leader in Colombia during South America tour

Cuellar and Tijerina spar over who delivers for a South Texas district redrawn to favor the GOP

Rep. Henry Cuellar and Webb County Judge Tano Tijerina are both courting crossover support in a region where voters have been willing to defy Democratic…

The opioid crisis is breaking hearts in Colorado — and that’s forcing doctors to make tough choices

As the U.S., Colorado work to address the opioid epidemic, hospitals are seeing a major increase in deadly heart infections caused by injection drug use.…

Midweek Roundup: Transportation Resilience

News and commentary from the past week or so. This is an Open Thread.

Colorado’s retired police and firefighters are still waiting for benefits approved in 2014

A Fire and Police Pension Association task force meets this week to begin studying how to pay for cost of living raises

New center in Lyons for teens, young adults honors Christian Glass

Sally and Simon Glass are turning an old diner in Lyons into a teen-centered art space to honor their son, who was killed by police…

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

The post Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans. appeared first on ProPublica.

Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.

It would cost $1.5 billion to fully cool all prisons, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice estimates.

Minnesota State prepares to pilot new technology to combat financial aid fraud. Is it enough? 

'Ghost students' are a growing national problem largely targeting public two-year institutions like Century College, where staff and faculty have been fighting the issue for…

Waymo questions than answers about driverless vehicles

Plus: annual State Fair political poll is out; 10k pounds of leftover food for food shelves; and more in your news roundup. The post Waymo…