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Angela Moynihan, a homefinder for Northern Rivers, helps to recruit and retain foster parents.
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Foster care homefinder taps into childhood experience
Andrew Waite
For National Foster Care Month, which begins today, Moynihan spoke with WAMC’s Andrew Waite about how her history informs her work — and how her job has changed her perspective.
The New York State Capitol in Albany, New York on April 30, 2025.
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Long-term care providers seek $50M fix to New York funding formula
Samuel King
Healthcare professionals at a conference at Turning Stone Resort Casino to talk about workplace violence
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Conference looks to find ways to curb workplace violence in NY hospitals
Randy Gorbman
Crop fields at Poppydale Farm in Chateaugay, Franklin County.
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Farmers facing increased costs because of Iran war
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Vermont governor decries lack of legislative action on education reform
Pat Bradley

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Food Friday 5/1/26: Food we DON'T like
On this edition of Food Friday, we talk about foods we detest with Haley Whalen and Jennifer Taber VanDerwerken from Edible Capital District. Ray Graf hosts.
The Roundtable
Award-winning journalist Peter Canellos' new book is 'Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement'
Joe Donahue
The Roundtable
Albany Pro Musica and Orchestra Pro Musica present 'This Luminous Earth' at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
Sarah LaDuke
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The Roundtable
5/1/26 Panel
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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The New York State Capitol.
Denise Young
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Capitol Conversations: Bureau reporters break down the latest
Jimmy Vielkind, Samuel King
New York Public News Network reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Samuel King talk about the latest developments at the State Capitol in Albany.
Dolores Bustamante waves to supporters on April 22, 2026, as she prepares to walk into the Buffalo office building housing Immigration and Customs Enforcement for her scheduled check-in. She was detained and sent to a facility in Louisiana.
Brian Sharp
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WXXI News
Judge orders ICE to return Wayne County farmworker to New York
Brian Sharp
Sheriffs from around New York state lobby Tuesday, April 28, at the state Capitol.
Samuel King
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New York Public News Network
New York nears prohibition on renting jail space to ICE
Jimmy Vielkind
Gov. Kathy Hochul tours a new housing development in Troy in this April 14, 2026, file photo.
Mike Groll
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's office
Hochul, lawmakers near deal to speed up NY housing projects
Jon Campbell
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Moglai Bap (left), DJ Provai (middle) and Mo Chara (right), members of Irish band Kneecap, pose for a photo at the National Hotel in Havana, on March 20, 2026.
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Kneecap is used to controversy. On new album 'Fenian,' they're leaning further in
Kathryn Fink, Juana Summers
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Mo Chara and Móglaí Bap of the Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap about their new album Fenian.
LA Johnson
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NPR
Several states — and the LA public schools — are setting limits on screen time
Sequoia Carrillo
Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep) and Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) in The Devil Wears Prada 2.
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This 'Devil Wears Prada' wants to save journalism
Linda Holmes
An electric vehicle charges at an EVgo electric charger in Monrovia, Calif.
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How well can EVs handle the heat — and the cold? AAA put them to the test
Camila Domonoske