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The Hinsdale, Massachusetts, town meeting at Kittredge Elementary School on May 20, 2026.
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Hinsdale leaders confirm police body cams ‘never came out of the box’ before being returned
Josh Landes
After the controversial police killing of a young man in a mental health crisis in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, in January, one of the many questions raised was why the department doesn’t have any body cameras. The story took a significant step forward at last night’s annual town meeting.
Local media and Troy residents attend a Troy City Council meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2026, where a local law regulating Flock license-plate-reading cameras was discussed.
Sajina Shrestha
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WAMC News
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Troy takes steps toward Flock camera compromise
Sajina Shrestha
In this file photo, former second gentleman Douglas Emhoff, former Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris Minnesota Governor and 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz and Tim Walz's wife Gwen Walz hold hands at the end of the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds
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Democrats wanted answers for what went wrong in 2024. Now, there are more questions
Stephen Fowler
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., spoke to reporters in the Capitol on May 19.
Anna Moneymaker
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Republicans stall votes on partisan ICE funding amid party infighting
Sam Gringlas
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (left) and Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca (right) during her visit to the Seneca Nation in May 2025, a first for a sitting governor.
Mike Groll
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Office of the Governor
Seneca Nation calls on Hochul to make good on Thomas Indian School reconciliation
Ryan Zunner

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David Albert, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA) about this week’s school budget votes, the school funding formula, current issues impacting learning, and much more.
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The Capitol Connection - David Albert, Chief Communications and Marketing Officer for the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA)
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Met Opera 2025 - 2026 Season
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff speaks with team during the third period in Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Buffalo.
Jeffrey T. Barnes
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AP
Sabres give head coach Lindy Ruff two-year contract extension
BTPM Staff
The Buffalo hockey team's winningest coach in its history now has him signed through the 2027-28 season.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks to reporters about budget negotiations at the state Capitol on Wednesday May 20, 2026.
Samuel King
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New York Public News Network
State lawmakers begin voting on budget legislation
Samuel King
A group of workers or volunteers wearing matching blue shirts sort donations and supplies inside a community center. The room they are in has exposed brick walls and wooden floors. A few people work together around tables filled with boxes, clothing and water bottles. A a woman using a wheelchair seems to direct the workers, holding a clipboard in front of them.
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Disabilities Beat: NYS budget stalemate continues, a push for higher human services wages
Emyle Watkins
Gov. Kathy Hochul announces a deal with unions that would reopen the Long Island Rail Road.
Marc A. Hermann
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Hochul avoids nightmare political scenario with LIRR strike deal
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Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. Riyad Mansour, right, attends the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, at UN headquarters
Angelina Katsanis
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Palestinians drop bid for a senior U.N. role after U.S. pressure
Daniel Estrin
The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.
Rose Byrne poses at a 2025 press conference in Berlin for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You.
Andreas Rentz
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'It's one of my dreams,' Rose Byrne says of her comic turn on Broadway
Ann Marie Baldonado
An abortion rights rally in a park overlooking Seattle in May 2022. Abortion pills will be offered in advance for future use at Planned Parenthood clinics in Washington state and Hawaii.
Ted S. Warren
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AP
Abortion pills "just in case"? Planned Parenthood will offer them in two states
Selena Simmons-Duffin
People walk past damage from Hurricane Melissa in Black River, Jamaica on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. Federal forecasters predict 8 to 14 named storms, including tropical storms and hurricanes, will form in the Atlantic in 2026.
Matias Delacroix
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AP
Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high
Jenny Staletovich, Rebecca Hersher