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It took a rental car and a five-hour drive from Ithaca, N.Y., for Cornell University sophomore Katrina Cassell to cast her vote at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Thursday. In Boston, Berklee College of Music junior Audrey Savransky weighed similar options after the absentee ballot she requested never showed up, she said. “I’ve actually talked about, with a few people, about the idea of driving back the nine hours to get to come back home and vote,” Savransky said, “because it’s too important of an election, and a lot of people’s rights are on the line.”

Bob Orozco is 89 and still leading fitness classes at the YMCA. He's among the 25% of Americans who are of retirement age but choose to keep working.

Bright and early on a recent morning, it’s all whispers and nervous glances at True Love Ministries in Linden. Teenagers are setting up accounts for…

Since 2004, brother and sister Luz and Jorge Muñoz have fed day laborers in Queens, N.Y. Since he was young, Jorge has looked for ways of putting food in the hands of those who needed it.

Bishop Richard Malone of Buffalo, N.Y., has resigned in the wake of allegations that he failed to deal properly with abusive priests under his charge.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo about a stabbing attack at a Hanukkah party in Monsey, N.Y., that left five injured.

Tensions are high in Rockland County, N.Y., following an attack injuring five people at a rabbis home at a Hanukkah party this weekend. The alleged attacker is now facing federal hate crime charges.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., acknowledged he should not have used the words he did about Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh when he addressed abortion-rights activists at the high court on Wednesday.

A new containment zone in New Rochelle, N.Y., is designed to slow the spread of coronavirus, but officials worry about it reaching seniors, especially those living in nursing homes.

Michael Rotondo drew international attention when he lost a legal battle his parents waged to pry him out of their house in Camillus, N.Y. On Friday, he drove away with a farewell honk of the horn.