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An Essex County jury found Luciano Frattolin guilty Monday of killing his 9-year-old daughter last summer and leaving her body in an Adirondack pond.
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Actors and historians are waiting to share what life was like for the men and women who helped turn the tide in the Revolutionary War toward America's birth.
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A new report commissioned by the state Legislature recommends some changes to New York’s court-ordered mental health treatment program as the law comes up for renewal next year.
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A recent change to the Historic Preservation Act has lessened requirements for how federal projects affect historic land or artifacts. Local Experts say it could have a major impact in Western New York and across the state.
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In NYC, reported sightings of ICE activity more than doubled in July compared to June, advocates say. Such sightings quadrupled in parts of upstate New York during the same period.
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Turkey's parliament approved legislation that would introduce a conditional pardon for thousands of Kurdish militants in a bid to advance the government's peace initiative with their insurgent group.
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The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.
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President Trump signed an executive order on Monday about vaccines, saying children should get fewer. His administration has been blocked in the courts from changing the vaccine schedule.
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Journalist Gil Durán argues that a small circle of Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists have concluded that democracy is in their way — and that they should be governing in its place.