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New York lawmakers pass $268.5B budget. It’s 8 weeks late
Jon Campbell, Jimmy Vielkind
The good news: The budget is passed. The bad news: It was due two months ago.
A customer shops for produce in an H-E-B grocery store on May 11 in Austin, Texas.
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This is how close American households are to the financial edge
Stephan Bisaha
Roll-out of the first Boeing 737 MAX in December 2015.
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Family of Sheffield woman killed in Boeing crash prepares for next legal battle
Josh Landes
The Newburgh City Council narrowly approved a charter review commission on Tuesday night.
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Newburgh City Council approves formation of charter review group
Elias Guerra
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New Yorkers: See if you're eligible for a $200 rebate check from the state
Jimmy Vielkind

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A screen capture of a social media post showing the suspected meteor as seen over Western New York, Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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A suspected exploding meteor surprises some local residents early Wednesday
BTPM Staff
Many home security cameras picked up the image of an object falling to earth, disappearing in a flash… and some say they heard a loud boom.
Dolores Bustamante waves to supporters on April 22, 2026, as she prepares to walk into the Buffalo office building housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for her scheduled check-in. She was detained and sent to a facility in Louisiana.
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ICE releases Wayne County farmworker after judge's order
Brian Sharp
Left image: Tim and Emily Lowrey at a movie. Emily shared with BTPM NPR: "one year after diagnosis during COVID lock-down at a movie theatre in downtown Buffalo. We went with two pharmacist friends and had the entire theatre to ourselves. Such a treat." Right image: Emily Lowrey speaks in front of an auditorium of students at Iroquois High School in May 2026.
Left: Emily Lowrey / Right: Emyle Watkins
Disabilities Beat: Iroquois grad's legacy lives on through ALS education, advocacy
Emyle Watkins
A collage of teens showing each other support.
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New teen mental health first aid training focuses on peer support
Noelle E. C. Evans
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President Trump holds his signed executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail in the White House's Oval Office in March.
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A federal judge in D.C. declines to block Trump's executive order on voting by mail
Hansi Lo Wang
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to temporarily block President Trump's executive order that calls for restricting mail-in voting. Another judge may rule on the order soon.
In this file photo, signs are displayed at a tent during a health event in Charleston, W.Va. Public health officials say the spread of naloxone, also known as Narcan, has dramatically reduced overdose deaths in the U.S.
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U.S. street drug deaths keep dropping, but some Western states see deadly overdose surge
Brian Mann
Republican state Rep. Gary Click, from northern Ohio, is a Baptist pastor and three-term lawmaker. Here, he poses for a portrait in his office in Columbus, Ohio, in February.
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An Ohio pastor-turned-lawmaker backs a Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act for schools
Sarah Donaldson
Swing Shift voters, a group of swing voters in swing states who NPR is routinely speaking with through the next several months. Clockwise from top left: Lee from Nevada, Michelle from Michigan, Wally from Georgia, Jason from North Carolina, Evan from Wisconsin, Gerald from Georgia, Colleen, John and Theresa from Pennsylvania.
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These swing voters are adding high gas prices into their political calculations
Tamara Keith