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Overtime spending by state agencies jumped nearly 23% compared to the prior year.
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There's no doubt about it, gardening season is in high gear! The experts are back to take your calls. Ray Graf hosts.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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The stakes are high for the Nassau County executive, who has struggled to raise funds to compete with Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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The number of volunteer firefighters in New York state has dropped by a third since the early 2000s, leading to what some say is a crisis.
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Researchers with Cornell University found that as smoke drifted into New York during the June 2023 wildfires in Canada, breeding grassland birds sang and chirped less.
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The Buffalo Democrat has been a mainstay in Albany since first winning an Assembly seat in 2002, later ascending to majority leader.
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People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of spillover diseases from those pangolins, giant rats and other exotic critters.
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Much of our image of Dylan derives from his early protest music, but Robert Polito's book makes the argument that the most recent 30 years of Dylan's career have been just as creative as the first 30.
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This week, no album can unseat last week's champion: BTS's Arirang, which holds on to the top spot thanks to another flood of sales.
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The U.S. government long saw giving international aid as a way to build goodwill throughout the world. Did it work? And what does the reducing of foreign aid mean for that effort now?