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A former teacher at the center of a sexual abuse scandal at a Pittsfield, Massachusetts, private all-girls boarding school has been indicted on three counts of rape. According to the Berkshire District Attorney's office, Matthew Rutledge was charged Tuesday in Berkshire Superior Court following grand jury testimony from former Miss Hall's School students.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Lecturer of Cognitive Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and former Fulbright US Scholar to Egypt Jackie Berry, a former U.S. Army officer and State Department Diplomat who taught at Bard College for six years and is now a Senior Fellow at Bard's Center for Civic Engagement Ambassador Fred Hof, Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin, and Wall Street Investment Banker Mark Wittman.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed $1.5 billion in additional health care funding and nursing homes want at least half of that.
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'We have a responsibility to act': Zellner supports legislation limiting police, state work with ICESen. Jeremy Zellner backs the New York for All Act, a bill limiting local and state cooperation with ICE and restricting how agencies collect immigration status data.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to reshape New York’s insurance laws, much to Uber’s delight. Trial lawyers aren’t happy.
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From intern to leader, Allison Hinman finds purpose in Susan B. Anthony's legacy.
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A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy.
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The British folk-rock band shares world-weary anthems to growing older, weathering the innumerable blows of life and coming out on the other side, hopefully a little wiser.
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Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
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Here is a reminder of some of what he has said - and where the US is now.