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Investigators aren’t sure what caused the explosion, but they say it happened shortly after a gasoline leak at a temporary fuel pump.
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(Airs 08/07/26 @ 3 p.m. & 08/09/26 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about sports news coverage and whether there’s enough journalistic independence, whether the AP Stylebook is used by journalists anymore, and more.
New York Public Media
Samuel King
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New York Public News Network
New York Public News Network reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Samuel King talk about the latest developments at the State Capitol in Albany.
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In NYC, reported sightings of ICE activity more than doubled in July compared to June, advocates say. Such sightings quadrupled in parts of upstate New York during the same period. -
BTPM Disability Reporter Emyle Watkins and Acting Executive Director of the Justice Center Maria Lisi-Murray discuss the agency's new strategic plan. -
The proportion of homeless New Yorkers who are under 18 is still above the nationwide average in much of the region.
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AP
Meanwhile, Iran has made new demands about the restart of negotiations and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the Pentagon is pressing the U.S. defense industry to accelerate production of weapons.
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K-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own. -
Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths. -
Instead of scrapping its network of bomb shelters after the Cold War, Switzerland kept building them. The country has more than 370,000 nuclear bomb shelters. Some are now used to house migrants.
