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As opposition to plans for a data center in Albany grows, local and state officials are looking to pass regulations.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio.
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A New York City Bird Alliance study predicts that black-crowned night herons may disappear from New York City Harbor by 2037.
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An amendment would give state lawmakers power to draw new House maps for 2028.
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Cornell researchers discover why cemeteries are havens for ground-nesting bees.
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The legislation would let apartment dwellers rely on solar energy to partly power their homes
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Linen scarves, cotton aprons and dishtowels adorn the entrances to souvenir shops, many of which are run by Bangladeshis whose home country shares Portugal's rich tradition of textile manufacturing.
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The site compares undocumented immigrants to extraterrestrials, refers to people as "it," and says "they do not belong here."
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The value of copper is rising, and thieves can make money by stripping it from phone poles, streetlights and EV chargers. But those thefts cost the rest of us.
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The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it breaks.