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The judge's decision on the appointment of Lindsey Halligan marks a significant setback to efforts to go after the president's perceived political enemies.
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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, Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, The Empire Report’s JP Miller, and Former Times-Union Associate Editor Mike Spain.
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On Monday morning in Erie County Supreme Court, both parties agreed to have University at Buffalo student Jacob Cassidy remain under a Red Flag order for six months. The order prevents him from possessing guns.
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A federal jury in Rochester has awarded $80 million to the estate of Darryl Boyd, one of the “Buffalo Five” who saw his murder conviction overturned after spending nearly three decades in prison.
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In U.S. Immigration Court Thursday morning, Gary Kabeya, a 24-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo, has been granted release on $7,500 bond.
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The NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced on Tuesday that Bare Hill Correctional Facility will close in March 2026.
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Democrats are announcing a new investment to win over voters in rural areas — where the party has suffered deep losses in recent elections — by leaning on an economic message.
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For this Thanksgiving, Planet Money and The Indicator staffers offer economic insights they're grateful for.
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Russia launched a wave of attacks on Ukraine's capital overnight, and Ukraine attacked southern Russia, during a renewed U.S. push to end the war.
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The volcano near Naples is shaking the ground in a way that scientists say it hasn't for centuries, posing risks for hundreds of thousands of people living in the 8-mile-wide crater left by past eruptions.