I was wearing a mask to ensure my safety, I told her. She apologized for my health problems and said she respected my need to wear a mask. But her audience didn’t see that. Like most reporters ...

Bills introduced in Congress to ban protesters from wearing masks have stalled or failed. But some states have such bans, many enacted decades ago in response to the Ku Klux Klan.

A key model that guides the White House and other decision makers are projecting not as many coronavirus-related deaths, and one scientist believes mask wearing might be the reason.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, when asked about Democrats calling for ICE agents to unmask, said they are the same "people who mandated mask wearing for years in America." ...

Cellphone video on social media shows officers placing the woman in wrist restraints. The woman can be heard saying, "I am being arrested for wearing a mask." Sign up for our Newsletters ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to restrict the wearing of masks in public, urging lawmakers in state budget talks to bring back some form of a previous ban, Gothamist has learned.