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The Public Service Commission is weighing the change as it continues to consider ways to increase generation of clean and renewable energy in the state.
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Music journalist and author Tony Fletcher has spent decades chronicling rock and roll and the culture surrounding it. His new book 'POW, When UK Went Pop, 1980 to 1984,' turns the lens on his own youth, a coming-of-age story, set against a wildly creative moment in British music. Fletcher recalls life as a teenage journalist and aspiring musician navigating the record business, love.Sex and the hard lessons of growing up while trying to land his own band a record deal. This Sunday at 2PM, Fletcher brings 'Pow' to the Orpheum Theater in Saugerties, NY for reading, conversation, and videos from the era. It is a great pleasure to welcome Tony Fletcher to the round table this morning.
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Three key police unions are endorsing Saritha Komatireddy, who is challenging incumbent Letitia James for New York Attorney General.
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The February death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam on the streets of Buffalo days after his release from Border Patrol custody cannot be prosecuted by the state attorney general. But in a letter, AG Letitia James said the Erie County District Attorney can, and is offering support.
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State refuses to relocate Niagara Falls family as DEC plans more excavation at contaminated propertyA Niagara Falls family is seeking relocation after lead, DDT and other contaminants were found at their home. Government agencies say test data does not support a move.
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Peak views of the Perseid meteor shower will be late Wednesday night and before sunrise on Thursday.
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The four southernmost islands of the chain also are claimed by Japan, which calls them the Northern Territories.
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It's a twice-a-year injection that is remarkably effective in preventing an HIV infection. Distribution is starting. But questions are being raised about getting it to the areas that need it most.
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The U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee condemned the actions of Jewish settlers who are besieging the home of an American Palestinian family in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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Sailors and family members who were evacuated from U.S. bases in the Middle East months ago are waiting for the military to figure out what will happen to the lives they left behind.