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Syracuse University will hold its 37th annual MLK celebration with Martin Luther King III as keynote speaker. The event will be held virtually due to COVID concerns and will include elements of past celebrations, such as the naming of unsung heroes. It will be January 30th and is free.
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The Gifford Foundation is giving Syracuse youth an opportunity to make a change in their community through their own community outreach ideas. -
Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh says he’s confident the law is on the city’s side as the future of the Columbus monument awaits a judge’s decision. Supporters of relocating the monument held a vigil Thursday ahead of a court hearing. Walsh says the city has been very careful to follow the process to legally relocate the monument.
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Republican John Katko announced Friday that he will not run for re-election in 2022 because he wants to spend more time with his family. He is the 3rd GOP representative who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump to retire.
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Survivors of sexual harassment urged legislators to pass a bill that gives victims more time to take their abusers to court.
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Syracuse University's planned Center for Global Indigenous Studies will have several major areas of study including literature and environmental studies.
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Civil rights, government watchdog groups, and others are contemplating their next steps after Onondaga County’s new legislative district map was quietly signed into law right before the new year. They’re not happy with how the process began and ended.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Mary Mayhew, president of the Florida Hospital Association, about how the state's hospitals are navigating the Supreme Court's decision on vaccine mandates.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly chats with Kholood Khair, managing partner of a think tank in Khartoum, about ongoing pro-democracy protests in Sudan.
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On Sunday, Keira D'Amato, 37, broke the American marathon record after she finished in just over 2 hours and 19 minutes. She is a mother of two and a real estate agent.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with CBS photojournalist John Schreiber about the thousands of abandoned packages along the Union Pacific train tracks in Los Angeles, signaling large-scale cargo theft.
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There are lots of grants and proposals promising to help rural America. But the definition of "rural" isn't always clear, and where a town falls in the pecking order can decide its access to funds.