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Japan's agriculture minister resigned because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice." The resignation comes as the public struggles with record high prices of rice.

Buffalo Acting Mayor Chris Scanlon’s proposed budget outlines plans to fill a projected $70 million budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, including a proposed 3% hotel occupancy tax and the sale of four city-owned parking ramps. But it’s the proposed property tax increase that has people talking.

A group of students at Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas is suing the state over the cancelation of AP African-American studies courses.

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership.

The Burlington, Vermont City Council has passed a resolution supporting free speech and the students recently arrested and detained by ICE.

Great jazz saxophonists Benny Golson and John Coltrane played music together as teenagers. Golson, who left his greatest mark as a composer, has died at age 95.

Two local activists have been ticketed for organizing a protest without a permit in Saratoga Springs.

The Bigfoot Festival in West Virginia draws people in search of the elusive creature that lives on in local folklore.

Waffle House, the 24-hour roadside diner of the East Coast is charging has started a 50 cent surcharge for eggs because of rapidly rising egg prices.

Frankel was The New York Times' executive editor from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the newspaper for nearly half a century, ushering it through different eras.