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Hudson Valley teens learn from first responders at Emergency Services Youth Academy
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Students from across Sullivan County went to a different kind of school recently, where police, firefighters, and paramedics were their teachers.
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Albany County's Street Psychiatry program aims to curb homelessness
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Governor Kathy Hochul held a roundtable on her nation-leading action on data centers in Kenmore, NY on July 20, 2026
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Gov. Kathy Hochul talks data centers, housing, bringing Olympics back to New York
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PAC-MAN and signals from space
Lucas Willard
The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research.Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest diseases faced by humans. A team of researchers is using AI to potentially find more reliable treatments. And, as we listen for extraterrestrial radio waves, have we missed messages and should we change the way we scan for signals?
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Medical Monday 7/27/26: Otolaryngology with Dr. Christine Kim
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Jayne Atkinson will be doing a Q&A at The Triplex after a screening of the film 'Free Willy' on 7/29
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New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and his goldendoodle, Paisley.
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'Love of my life': How Paisley the goldendoodle mellowed NY Assembly Speaker Heastie
Jimmy Vielkind
Lawmakers said the dog helped mellow Heastie, a skilled backroom operator.
Lawmakers and advocates rally for organ donation legislation during a Donate Life New York event at the Legislative Office Building on March 31, 2026, in this file photo.
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Changes to organ donation bill aim to remove roadblocks
Samuel King
State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, at lectern, and Assemblymember Amy Paulin, in yellow coat, the sponsors the Medical Aid in Dying Act, are surrounded by lawmakers and advocates on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the New York State Capitol ahead of the Senate's vote on the bill.
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Capitol Conversations: Bureau reporters break down the latest
Jimmy Vielkind, Samuel King
As part of the Niagara River Emerald Shiner Study, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District team members were in the Black Rock Channel catching, sizing, and evaluating emerald shiners at various locations, May 6, 2015.
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Little fish, big deal: $13.4M minnow passageway helps repair Niagara River ecosystem
Emyle Watkins
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Firefighters tackle a blaze as wildfires rage near Le Las, outside Bordeaux, France, Monday, July 27, 2026.
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With wildfires raging in France and Spain, fire crews race against next heat wave
The Associated Press
French President Emmanuel Macron said France was "facing a completely unprecedented fire," describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 03, 2024 in Washington, DC. Fauci is expected to appear before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026.
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Rand Paul releases Anthony Fauci's pandemic-era diary notes. Here's what they tell us
Ari Daniel
Platner energized Maine's Democrats. Jackson's challenge will be to keep them engaged
Elena Moore
AI company Anthropic will pay $1.5 billion dollars to hundreds of thousands of authors in a landmark copyright infringement settlement. But some authors have mixed feelings about the outcome.
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Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling
Chloe Veltman