Kaela Berg, a Minnesota state representative who works as a flight attendant, is part of a new crop of working-class candidates with atypical backgrounds. Democrats hope they can help their party win back blue-collar voters.

After a mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket in 2022, New York’s governor, Kathy Hochul, ordered every county in the state to come up with a plan to address future threats.

“M*A*S*H” shows its age in various ways, including in a subplot in which Farr’s Klinger sought discharge from the Army by dressing in women’s clothes.

Alaa Hasan Mari and his children are staying in a hotel while they await housing assistance from an organization that had its funding frozen after President Trump returned to office.

At age 20, Kristin Smith’s mother arranged for her to have a tubal ligation.

A.J. Mock, left, with his father, Brian.

New Yorkers at the lower end of the income spectrum have seen their wages stagnate, and some are working excessively to keep up. Khadijah Bethea was working up to 70 hours a week for catering companies.