The state panel considering whether to lower the overtime pay threshold added a hearing to accommodate more speakers.

Nearly six in 10 small-business owners said they and their employees are negatively affected by the lack of affordable child care, according to poll conducted this month.

Dr. Hsiang-chi "Angel" Meng previously served as associate medical director, physician adviser and hospitalist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.

After World War II, Glaser became of the first trans-Atlantic flight attendants when she was hired by American Overseas Airlines

Dog owners are angry with the decision, saying complaints by Whalers Cove condo residents are overblown and that the village should reconsider, but Mayor Mary Adams said escalating tensions between both groups required officials to act. A nearby dog park will be renovated and expanded.

Nassau is again freezing residential property values as officials try to prevent sharp swings in assessments caused by the soaring housing market.

Pfizer has begun a study comparing its original COVID-19 vaccine with doses specially tweaked to match the hugely contagious omicron variant.

The move reflects, in part, an expanded use of online technology in education spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Manhattan-based College Board introduced the written exam nearly a century ago.

The market's gyration reflected investors' uncertainty over how aggressive the Federal Reserve's inflation-fighting measures will be and the possibility of conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said no final decisions had been made on deployments. "What this is about is reassurance to our NATO allies," he said, adding that no troops are intended for deployment to Ukraine itself.