The Department of Education (DOE) has found that two New York agencies violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act after they banned Native American-inspired mascots and logos, a finding uncovered ...

Charles Rangel, 94, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, has died.

NEW YORK — Charles Rangel, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and Means Committee, died Monday in a New York hospital. He was 94.