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An Ulster County Court jury has found a former New York State trooper guilty of manslaughter in the high-speed chase on the Thruway that killed an 11-year-old girl in 2020.
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(Airs 03/13/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Capitol reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Sam King discuss the biggest topics of the week, Environmental Advocate are pushing back against Governor Hochul saying the state needs more time to implement the 2019 climate law, and we’ll look at prison under-staffing.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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In upstate markets like Albany, Rochester and Buffalo, more than 20% of downtown office space is vacant.
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State lawmakers assembled the task force to find solutions to funding and staffing challenges.
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Film journalist Kristen Lopez says Kate Hudson’s Academy Award nomination in "Song Sung Blue" is the latest occurrence of what’s been called “cripping up,” a term she defines as “able-bodied actors playing disabled people.”
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The fate of the man who shot and killed 10 Black people at the Jefferson Avenue Tops in May 2022 will be determined in Buffalo.
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A class-action lawsuit has been filed after part of a decades-old sewer line in Maryland collapsed in January, sending raw sewage into the Potomac River. After weather delays, repair work has resumed.
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In a new study, bats lap up vaccine-laced saline or chow down on vaccine-carrying mosquitoes. Will that have any impact on the flying mammal's immune system?
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The Academy Awards officially adopted the "Oscars" nickname in 1939. But who is Oscar, and who started calling them that? We may never know. But here are four enduring legends to consider.
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Many TSA workers received no money in their paychecks Friday as the partial DHS shutdown drags on. Fees paid by airline passengers keep piling up, even as airport security officers work without pay.