Deepti Hajela

FILE – In this June 16, 2016 file photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rangel retires after more than four decades in office. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

Former Rep. Charles Rangel, who represented Harlem in Congress for 47 years, dies at 94

By Deepti Hajela, Cedar Attanasio, and others

Happy multiracial extended family having a meal on Thanksgiving at dining table. Focus is on senior woman communicating with her granddaughter.

Tips for a smooth Thanksgiving with family, even when politics are different and tensions are high

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

Black Crossword creator Juliana Pache sits at a chess table, inexplicably

White men disproportionately feature as answers to crossword clues—but this 32-year-old woman is on a mission to change all that with her own ‘Black Crossword’

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

In this photo illustration, WeChat, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram,TikTok Messenger, Snapchat and X applications logos are displayed on the screen of an iPhone

Social media users are ‘blocking out’ celebrities on TikTok, Instagram and X over inaction around Israel-Hamas war

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

Columbia University

Columbia University, the epicenter of the controversial campus Gaza protests, is well aware of its 1968 legacy and the Vietnam era

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

FILE -A woman and her dog nap between rain showers at Schenley Park, Tuesday, May 4, 2021 in Pittsburgh. The Gallup survey, released Monday, April 15, 2024, says that a majority of Americans say they would feel better if they could have more sleep. But in the U.S., where the ethos of grinding and pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps is ubiquitous, getting enough sleep can seem like a dream.(Pam Panchak/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)

1 in 5 Americans are getting 5 hours or less of sleep per night, new Gallup poll says—a category that was ‘not really heard of in 1942’

By Deepti Hajela, Linley Sanders, and others

Julia Ormond

British actress Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein for assault, but claims Disney, CAA and Miramax enabled him

By Deepti Hajela, Andrew Dalton, and others

People walk past an empty restaurant outdoor dining shed on Christopher Street in the West Village

New York City’s streetside dining sheds were pandemic-era darlings but some are now dilapidated eyesores—and they’re causing officials a headache

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

The entrance of the Roosevelt Hotel, a historic luxury hotel in Midtown Manhattan

Historic Roosevelt Hotel being converted to a shelter in the face of an expected wave of asylum seekers

By Deepti Hajela, Bobby Caina Calvan, and others

A person dressed as former President Donald Trump in an orange prison jumpsuit poses in front of Trump supporters at a protest held in Collect Pond Park across the street from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office in New York on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Donald Trump’s surrender attracts a chaotic crowd of hundreds to a New York City courthouse: ‘Lock Him Up’

By Bobby Caina Calvan, Deepti Hajela, and others

New York City is poised Monday to break a 50-year-old record for the latest date that a winter recorded its first measurable snowfall, according to AccuWeather. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

New York City hasn’t had a winter this snowless since 1973: ‘There is a climate issue here’

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

Emad Ahmed, center facing camera, works at his falafel cart in Zuccotti park in the financial district of New York, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. It’s becoming clearer that New York City’s recovery from the pandemic will be drawn out and that some aspects of the city’s economic ecosystem could be changed for good. More workers returned to their offices as the summer ended. But those limited numbers mean continued hardship for New Yorkers whose jobs are built around the commuting class. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

‘We’ve entered a changed relationship between office workers and offices’: Manhattan businesses fight for survival as commuters continue to resist return

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

Donovan Atterberry poses for a portrait, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Cleveland, Ohio. Atterberry is an organizer for New Voices for Reproductive Justice, which advocates for Black womens’ health care including access to abortion. (AP Photo/Nick Cammett)

Abortion rights advocates in need of more men’s voices: ‘Get off the sidelines and step in the fight as allies’

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS – MARCH 23: A Black Lives Matter sign hangs in front of the First Congregational Church of Evanston UCC on March 23, 2021 in Evanston, Illinois. The City Council of Evanston voted yesterday to approve a plan, which may be the first of its kind in the nation, to make reparations available to Black residents due to past discrimination. To be eligible, residents must have either lived in or be a direct descendant of a Black person who lived in Evanston between 1919 to 1969 and who suffered housing discrimination because of city ordinances, policies or practices. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

In a country born out of whiteness how do we talk about race?

By Deepti Hajela and The Associated Press