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The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote late Tuesday after the House had approved the package Saturday. Biden is expected to quickly sign the legislation.
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Showers likely this morning and possibly a thunderstorm south of I-90. Becoming partly sunny and breezy this afternoon. Highs in the mid 50s, with temperatures falling late in the day.
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WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Andrew Waite, News Columnist for The Daily Gazette, about recent explosions in Gloversville.
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Vincent Trocheck and Mika Zibanejad each had a goal and an assist and the Presidents’ Trophy-winning New York Rangers held on to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 for a 2-0 lead in their first-round playoff series.
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A long-vacant building in downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, is now home to over 70 apartments – a feat celebrated by the mayor and other officials at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday.
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Before the full House chamber takes up the bill this week, Speaker Jill Krowinski, a Democrat, gathered key committee chairs and advocates, saying there must be a course correction in the state’s public education system.
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The Federal Trade Commission has voted to ban employment agreements that typically prevent workers from leaving their companies for competitors, or starting competing businesses of their own.
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After the arrests of dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters, students across the country have erected encampments on campuses in solidarity.
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The DOJ settlement goes to 139 victims of Larry Nassar, the disgraced team doctor of USA Gymnastics who sexually assaulted elite and Olympic gymnasts, after the FBI failed to promptly investigate.
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"I'm not playing with persona," St. Vincent says of All Born Screaming. "It's a really a record about life and death and love. That's it. That's all we got."
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PEN America has cancelled its annual Literary Awards ceremony after nearly half of the authors nominated withdrew in protest over the organization's response to the Israeli-Hamas war in Gaza.
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The Supreme Court will consider the question: Should doctors treating pregnancy complications follow state or federal law if the laws conflict? Here's how the case could affect women and doctors.
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