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Miss Hall's School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
Josh Landes
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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.
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LeadingAge New York’s Sebrina Barrett at a rally at the State Capitol in Albanyl.
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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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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.