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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 set to begin voting on budget legislation
Samuel King
New York legislators are poised to vote on education spending bills.
Hannah Black, a parent in the Hudson City School District, holds a sign at a rally held by Hudson teachers.
Sam Dingman
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Hudson, Kingston pass school budgets that include staff cuts
Sam Dingman
An attendee wears party colors at a primary election night party for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson on Tuesday in Atlanta.
Brynn Anderson
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AP
4 takeaways from Tuesday's primary night in half a dozen states
Domenico Montanaro
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
Statue offered to the city of Burlington from the Missisquoi Abenaki
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Burlington City Council rejects gift from Vermont Abenaki tribe
Pat Bradley

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Pets and Vets 5/20/26
Sarah LaDuke
We welcome back Dr. Carrie O'Loughlin and Dr. Susan Sikule to answer questions about your pet's health. Sarah LaDuke hosts.
The Roundtable
Berkshire International Film Festival celebrates 20 years
Joe Donahue
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5/20/26 Panel
Joe Donahue
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The Book Show
Douglas Stuart - John of John
Joe Donahue

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.
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
Jon Campbell, Walter Wuthmann
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a March 19, 2026, news conference on the release of New York City high school student Dylan Lopez Contreras.
Don Pollard
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How Kathy Hochul got behind making New York a sanctuary state
Jimmy Vielkind, Arya Sundaram
The side of a yellow school bus with a red stop sign extended. Visible behind the stop sign is a housing for cameras that are intended to catch drivers illegally passing the bus.
Jeremy Moule
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WXXI News
New York to delay electric school bus mandate
Samuel King
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A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, Calif., April 29, 2025.
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AP
Meta slashes 8,000 jobs as it pivots towards AI
John Ruwitch
Facebook and Instagram's parent company has been investing huge sums of money in AI, but it lags behind competitors.
Kars4Kids advertisements, like this TV commercial on a hot-pink set, feature children turning the charity's phone number into a catchy jingle. But they do not disclose that most of the proceeds go to a Jewish nonprofit that supports programming for young adults.
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After the Kars4Kids ad is banned in California, we check in on nostalgic jingles past
Rachel Treisman
Former Cuban President Raul Castro speaks during the National Assembly in 2018 in Havana, Cuba, after the country was led by the first non-Castro Cuban president since 1976.
Alexandre Meneghini
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U.S. grand jury indicts Raul Castro, ex-Cuban president
Jaclyn Diaz
House Financial Services Committee ranking member Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA., and Chair French Hill, R-AR., listen to a hearing on Capitol Hill on June 24, 2025.
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Bipartisan home affordability bill passes the House
Stephan Bisaha