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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. as the countries' trade fight deepens
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The measures come after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday.
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Rennsselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin holding a letter from Governor Kathy Hochul in a Facebook post, 7/30/26.
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Rensselaer County Undersheriff Michael Dinardo, left, and County Executive Steve McLaughlin.
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The New York leader vowing to fight law limiting police cooperation with ICE
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The Rensselaer County executive says he will not comply with the new law.
The Child Poverty Reduction Advisory Council held a public hearing in Albany this month on child poverty. At the table are Barbara Guinn, commissioner of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, and Kate Breslin, president and CEO of the Schuyler Center.
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Officials, including First Assistant U.S. Attorney John A. Sarcone III, at a news conference Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, about an Albany woman's alleged plan to blow up the New York State Capitol building.
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In her songs, stage banter and interviews, Dolly Parton always presented herself as a humble, yet audacious mountain dreamer made good.
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Dolly Parton, one of country music's most singular performers, has died at age 80
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The artist was a star performer in country music and went on to become one of the genre's most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture.
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DHS acknowledges the noncitizen numbers it touted on voter rolls were inflated
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View of Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, April 23, 2026.
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'Forget about going back': 9 years on, Rohingya crisis enters dangerous phase
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A voter walks past a sign requiring a photo ID at a polling location in Mount Holly, N.C., on March 5, 2024. North Carolina is one state deciding a voter ID ballot measure this year.
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Several states will decide voter ID ballot measures this year
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