The Global Origins of Town Names in Every U.S. State (With Maps!)
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the country’s history of colonization, the most common source nation of local place names in 18 different U.S. states was England. Most of these states were clustered ...
Poll Finds Harris Rising as She Challenges Trump on Change
A national Times/Siena poll found Kamala Harris with a slim lead over Donald J. Trump. Voters were more likely to see her, ...
The Bluest States Have Lost the Most People Since 2020. Will it Matter in November?
The home state of George W. Bush that he won with 59.3 percent in 2000 and with 61.1 percent in 2004 voted for Donald Trump by a much narrower margin in both 2016 and 2020. Even though only some 38 ...
When was the last time New York voted red?
New York has been a blue state since the U.S. began labeling states red or blue back in 2000 (more on that later). With 28 ...
2024 Election: Paro, Ryan square off in one of NY's most competitive Senate races
Voters in November will choose between Democrat Chris Ryan and Republican Nick Paro to fill an open Central New York seat in ...
New York Has 7 Million Trees. Here Are 120 Great Ones.
The Parks Department is releasing a list of “great trees” for the first time since 1985. The commissioner loves a willow in ...
New COVID vaccine: See how many have received it in NY this fall
New COVID-19 vaccines reached about 395,000 New Yorkers, or 3.5%, so far in fall 2024, as health officials push to reverse a trend of limited uptake of the shots despite their proven effectiveness at ...