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Forty years after he began his academic career at Hudson Valley Community College, Omar Yaghi returned to the campus to be honored as a 2025 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry.
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The Supreme Court has struck down a ban on conversion therapy in Colorado, deciding the law violated the First Amendment protecting free speech. On this week’s 51%, we chat with Albany Law School’s Vin Bonventre about why the Supreme Court ruled the way it did, and what this means for similar bans in other states, including New York. WAMC’s Elias Guerra also speaks with a woman working to start the first Black trans-owned bookstore in New York’s Hudson Valley.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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As the crew of Artemis Two continues its journey toward the moon, a Western New York company is helping them along the journey.
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A Buffalo-area provider of early intervention services shares what's at stake for New York's youngest in this year's state budget.
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The Republican gubernatorial candidate and good-government groups condemned the move.
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Debates over auto insurance, climate change have slowed down state budget talks.
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Blake Lively's sexual harassment claims against Justin Baldoni over the movie "It Ends With Us" were dismissed Thursday by a federal judge who left intact three claims, including retaliation, that will let a jury hear many of the allegations anyway.
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The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.
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There is public concern about health risks from the chemicals, especially from the Make America Healthy Again movement. The agency's move doesn't in itself guarantee regulation.
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The Artemis II mission is the first time humans have headed to the moon since 1972. That year also marked the debut of The Godfather and the Egg McMuffin.