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Alex Soldo using a tick drag to capture and count ticks on the Albany Pine Bush Preserve
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'Stay on the trail': tick season arrives in the northeast
Aaron Shellow-Lavine
One of the creepier, crawlier aspects of spring is well underway—tick season. WAMC tracks the seasonal uptick in the pest's population from early spring to late fall.
A scene from the 2025 installation of Music on the Mountain in Ludlow, Vermont.
Brett Heitmiller
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The Phoenix
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Saturday’s Music on the Mountain at Okemo continues mission to build sober spaces for music lovers
Josh Landes
A "Know Your Rights" card, which CCSM distributes widely.
Sam Dingman
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'A system rooted in racism': A conversation with Columbia County Sanctuary Movement
Sam Dingman
Josh Landes
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Pittsfield to explore alternate, non-police emergency response system for mental health crises
Josh Landes
An Albany Common Council Finance Committee meeting is in session on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
Sajina Shrestha
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Albany city officials seek answers, point fingers in deficit debate
Sajina Shrestha

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The Family Child Care Association of New York State
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The Capitol Connection - Jessica Dean from the Family Child Care Association of New York state
David Guistina
(Airs 05/14/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Jessica Dean, Board Member, Secretary, and Ambassador for the Family and Child Care Association of New York state, about the status of child care in the state, Governor Hochul’s recent announcement that billions of dollars more will be invested in child care, the issue of child care deserts and much more.
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Astronomy 5/14/26
The Roundtable
Sharon Playhouse announces their 2026 season
Joe Donahue
The Roundtable
Artistic Director Vallejo Gantner tells more about PS21's 2026 season
Joe Donahue

Met Opera 2025 - 2026 Season
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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New York Public Media
Deanna Nara, campaign manager with Center for Science in the Public Interest, holds up donut holes and a frozen coffee to highlight high sugar content in foods from restaurants during a May 6, 2026 rally at the State Capitol in Albany.
Samuel King
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New York Public News Network
Push to expand New York's food regulations ramps up in Albany
Samuel King
Advocates are seeking passage of bills requiring disclosures about sodium and sugar content in restaurant offerings and targeting food dyes and aggressive marketing to children and teens.
Four years after a tragic, racially motivated mass shooting, the victims of May 14, 2022 were remembered in a ceremony outside the Jefferson Avenue supermarket where it happened.
Mike Groll
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Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Remembering the victims of Buffalo's May 14 tragedy, four years later
BTPM Staff
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie talks to reporters at the State Capitol on May 14, 2026.
Samuel King
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New York Public News Network
State lawmakers pass a 12th budget extender
Samuel King
Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers remarks at the New York State Affordable Housing Conference on May 14, 2026, in New York City.
Susan Watts
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Lawmakers plan tax on NYC cash home sales, as Hochul details pied-à-terre plan
Jon Campbell
NPR News
FILE - CIA Director John Ratcliffe, accompanied by President Donald Trump, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, April 6, 2026.
Julia Demaree Nikhinson
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AP
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castro's grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say
The Associated Press
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raúl Castro's grandson during a high-level visit to the island Thursday, Cuban and U.S. officials said.
Pope Leo XIV, accompanied by, from left, Prefect of the Pontifical Household Archbishop Petar Rajič, Dean Antonella Polimeni, and his vicar for the city of Rome Cardinal Baldo Reina, visits the Città Universitaria (University City) at Sapienza University of Rome to meet with faculty and students at the institution's primary campus, one of the world's oldest and largest universities, Thursday, May 14, 2026.
Gregorio Borgia
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AP
Pope decries rise of AI-directed warfare, saying it leads to a spiral of annihilation
The Associated Press
Map showing where a vessel was seized off the UAE coast.
Digital Embed
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AP
Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
The Associated Press
Officials in the Salmon River Central School District in Fort Covington, New York, have acknowledged that wooden boxes were constructed and used to confine elementary school children, including Native children, with disabilities. The practice was ended in December 2025 after these images, confirmed as authentic by school officials, circulated on social media. In a new report, New York's state has ordered sweeping reforms at the public school.
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Native kids with disabilities were held in wooden boxes. Sweeping reforms are coming
Brian Mann