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The fight over removing Columbus Day in NYC schools continues as Italian American leaders demand to restore the name.

From erasing snow days, to renaming Columbus Day, the city’s Department of Education calendar changes have managed to upset some people, including the city and state’s top officials, who are from Italian-American families. Columbus Day and snow days will never be the same in city schools. Snow days will turn into remote school days. Parents first noticed the change...

After doing away with snow days, NYC public schools made another change that has upset some people: Columbus Day will now be called Italian heritage Day as well as Indigenous People’s Day. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.

25 states have introduced bills calling for more personal finance education in schools. In some districts, even kindergarteners are learning early lessons about the basics of saving, spending and debt. Sharon Epperson, senior CNBC personal finance correspondent, talks with LX News about students across the country who called for more real-life financial guidance.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked Columbus Day by unveiling a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The dedication of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was canonized in 1946. That decision came after a commission led…

As the mythology around Christopher Columbus has been corrected, many are pushing to replace Columbus Day with a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A cultural strategist and diversity expert, Lauren Wesley Wilson, joined LX News to discuss the importance of recognizing the oppressed rather than celebrating their oppressors.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will mark Columbus Day by dedicating a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan.

The parade will not be held for the first time since 1983, but the group that organizes it is planning a virtual celebration of Italian-American culture

Strong winds plagued the tri-state area through much of the day Thursday, leaving thousands in the dark a day after a bomb cyclone dumped heavy rain and brought down trees, as well as a building, across the region.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo left radio listeners stunned after he dropped the n-word during an on-air conversation that started with Medicaid and shifted to discrimination against Italian-Americans.

Another round of high tides and continued gusty winds have led to flooding conditions alongs parts of the Jersey Shore Friday afternoon

“Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas,” Council Member David Grosso said in a statement.

Friday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.

The statue of Christopher Columbus standing atop a column in Manhattan has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The largest city named for Christopher Columbus has called off its observance of the divisive holiday that honors the explorer, making a savvy move to tie the switch to a politically safe demographic: veterans.

The following streets will be closed for the Columbus Day Parade on Monday:

Erica Grow’s forecast for Sunday, Oct. 7.

A San Francisco board has voted unanimously to remove a 19th century statue that activists say is racist and demeaning to indigenous people.

Thursday marks Flag Day, which commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States and the birthday of the U.S. Army.

A train shuttling passengers between New York City and the scenic Berkshires in western Massachusetts could begin as early as next summer, according to reports.