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With a new flu virus variant circulating, scientists fear more sickness this winter. The vaccine may be slightly less effective, but doctors still urge getting one ASAP.
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Train experts Jeff Stedge, Doug Bafaro and John Basile return to talk about model railroads and the real thing. Ray Graf hosts.
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The NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced on Tuesday that Bare Hill Correctional Facility will close in March 2026.
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The Adirondack Park Agency (APA) has ordered its first adjudicatory hearing in 14 years to review a controversial weapons range proposal in the eastern Adirondacks.
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After more than 40 days away from Washington D.C., Republican Congressman Nick Langworthy held a virtual press conference this week ahead of a House vote to reopen the government on Wednesday. The fate of expiring Affordable Care Act tax credits for 24 million Americans remains uncertain.
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The Nassau County executive is trying to convince Republicans to support him instead of Rep. Elise Stefanik, who recently announced a gubernatorial bid.
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Firefighters and army helicopters battled a fire that burned through old wooden houses in a fishing town in southwestern Japan.
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Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective subjectivity, to the inner life of a country in the throes of deep pain and uncertainty.
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Nov. 19 is World Toilet Day — officially declared by the United Nations to bring attention to the 3.4 billion people who live without "safely managed sanitation."
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The artist's 1940 painting, El sueño (La cama), is expected to sell for $40 to $60 million on Thursday night.