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The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Ulster County Board of Elections Commissioner Ashley Dittus, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio, and Wall Street Investment Banker Mark Wittman.
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In many upstate cities like Syracuse, Binghamton, and Rochester, the number of children living in poverty is upwards of 40%.
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Several states, including California and Texas, have already redrawn their maps in an arms race started by Republicans at President Donald Trump’s urging.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul Sunday said that federal Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign, be fired, or impeached for a fatal shooting of a protester by federal agents Saturday in Minneapolis.
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The governor had previously signaled openness to changing the law to allow more teens to be tried as adults.
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At his first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing since Nicolas Maduro was seized, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns the U.S. could still use force to pressure Venezuela's adminstration.
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For years, fans have complained about what it can take to get a concert ticket: the long virtual queue waits, website crashes and high prices. Now, the artists' role in it all are being questioned.
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Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
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In one family, three generations of American women explore how choices around becoming mothers have changed at the same time the U.S. birth rate has dropped.