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New York Governor Kathy Hochul is facing increasing pressure to revisit changes made to the state’s bail laws. In her own party, Hochul is caught between New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who wants changes, and the state’s legislative leaders, who say it’s too soon to judge whether the law is working, and fear it’s being used as a scapegoat for rising crime rates.

Assuming elections were rigged because they dislike the results and claiming victory instead doesn’t make it so; it just assumes away any reliable way to count the people’s votes. Election rigging can’t be prevented by eliminating the rules. And of course it’s the pot calling the kettle black, as the worst rigging took place in the segregated states and now takes place in Red states trying to rewrite the laws to get the results they want by excluding people from the polls, or by gerrymandering in you-win-you-lose fashion. If politicians can choose their voters, the results aren’t elections. That’s the problem, not the cure.

Lunar New Year is just two days away, and members of the Asian Diaspora prepare to celebrate in new ways — while honoring older traditions.

Tensions at the Ukraine-Russia border. Plus, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer's resignation and President Biden's pledge to nominate the first-ever Black woman Supreme Court justice.

Researchers say the U.S. monkeypox outbreak is much larger than the CDC is reporting. Symptomatic people are being denied testing, so it's unclear how many people are infected and spreading the virus.

The three Democratic candidates for New York lieutenant governor debated Wednesday.

Glenn Miller's "In the Mood," Edward R. Murrow's wartime broadcasts from London and Public Enemy's influential hip-hop album Fear of a Black Planet are among the recordings added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry.

We look at the Biden administration response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as the potential economic and political fallout of the U.S. cutting off Russian energy imports.

The acquittals and mistrials of four men charged with attempting to kidnap Michigan's governor are raising questions about counterterrorism cases against white defendants, post-9/11.

Lawmakers are calling for an investigation two weeks after an NPR report found a student loan program designed to help low-income borrowers wasn't living up to its promise.