New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello announced in a memorandum that the state plans to release some inmates early due to staffing shortages. “In view of the current staffing crisis,

The school is asking students to drop classes taught by striking professors, or give up credits this semester.

In response, Iran has bolstered its missile capabilities, positioning advanced air defense systems around the Strait of Hormuz while ramping up military activities. Russia and China recently held military naval drills with Iran in the Gulf of Oman, a strategic waterway.

As classes at Northwestern University resume after spring break this week, striking dining hall workers are back on the job — even though their union, Unite Here Local 1, says it has not yet settled a contract with their employer, the British food service giant Compass Group.

Hours before Tuesday’s strike, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued layoff notices to some 10,000 employees. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said that morning the department planned to close a regional office in San Francisco, calling the pending closure “shortsighted.”

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul is releasing some prisoners early in an effort to cut costs incurred by a recent correction officers strike, according to an internal memo. The move garnered her swift support among left-flank Democrats and admonition from a Republican rival.

Iran is considering its options in deterring President Trump amid his repeated threats of direct military engagement by possibly launching its own strike on a U.S. base in the Indian Ocean.

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