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Party argues New York has become unsafe and unaffordable under Democratic leadership.
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Challengers in the state comptroller race vowed to press on after longtime incumbent Tom DiNapoli received overwhelming support Friday at the state Democratic convention in Syracuse. -
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to allow medically assisted suicide in New York. -
The plan would split the Winter Games between Lake Placid in the Adirondacks and New York City.
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U.S. employers added 130,000 jobs in January as the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3% from 4.4% in December. Annual revisions show that job growth last year was far weaker than initially reported.
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The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating a Clean Air Act finding from 2009 that is the basis for much of the federal government's actions to rein in climate change. -
The allegations were leveled by U.S. officials late last week. Arms control experts worry that norms against nuclear testing are unraveling. -
Hat tricks have a rich history in hockey, but it didn't start there. For NPR's Word of the Week, we trace the term's some 150-year-history and why it's particularly special on the hockey rink.
