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In less than 48 hours, Holyoke, Massachusetts, will be flooded with green. The western Mass. city’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade is once again expected to bring thousands to the Paper City Sunday.
WAMC Programs
(Airs 03/20/26 @ 3 p.m. & 03/22/26 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about the global push to make A-I companies pay for the news, journalism programs encouraging student to go solo, and much more.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
New York Public Media
Rivera wrote a letter demanding the Erie County Sheriff's Office hold a public forum to reveal details about events leading up to Alam's death.
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From intern to leader, Allison Hinman finds purpose in Susan B. Anthony's legacy.
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New York Attorney General’s office is challenging the EPA repeal of the endangerment finding, which declares greenhouse gasses lethal to the planet.
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Similar legislation passed the Senate last year but failed to pass the Assembly. Supporters hope this year will be different.
NPR News
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations.
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Accusations of sexual abuse by the famed union leader and champion of farmworker rights Cesar Chavez broke his legacy and those who admired him.
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Taylor Frankie Paul rose to fame on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, then filmed a season of The Bachelorette. But it won't air as planned because of resurfaced domestic violence allegations.
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Darren Indyke, longtime attorney for Jeffrey Epstein, testified he "did not know" of Epstein's sexual abuse of women and girls. He also confirmed the existence of hard drives held by Epstein's estate.