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Saratoga Springs-native Cherie DeVaux, after becoming the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, is the second in four years to do so at the Belmont Stakes, which were hosted in Saratoga Springs for the third and final time Saturday.
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(Airs 06/05/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: With pharmacies around New York closing at high rates, local advocates are trying to pass legislation to revitalize the industry, additional funding in the budget should help avoid major service cuts, but Upstate transit agencies say more funding is needed, and the black-crowned night heron could disappear from New York City in 10 years.
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If signed by the governor, it would be the first of its kind in the country.
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Efforts aimed at lowering ticket prices for concerts or sporting events appear to have stalled again in Albany.
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There already are portable work zone cameras on roadways like the Thruway. Now, they can be deployed on all New York State Department of Transportation highways. -
A New York City Bird Alliance study predicts that black-crowned night herons may disappear from New York City Harbor by 2037.
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In the first papal address to the Spanish legislature, the American pope said a "moral renewal" was necessary in legislatures and public life to ensure respect for the inherent dignity of all people.
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More than 40 million adults in the U.S. aged 50 and older have osteopenia, or low bone density. An FDA-approved wearable vibration device is giving some women a tool that could slow that loss. -
The exchange marked a major escalation in the already tense region. It came on the 100th day of the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran as the heightened tensions further complicated efforts to end Middle East fighting. -
An offshore magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 32 people, injuring more than 200 others and sending a 3-foot tsunami into nearby coasts.
