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Activists protest the arrest of Alexander Jose Regnault-Avila and his daughter by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers outside ICE's field office in Malta, New York, on Friday, May 29, 2026. An ICE spokesperson
Aaron Shellow-Lavine
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ICE arrests Venezuelan man, 4yo daughter in Albany on Friday
Aaron Shellow-Lavine, Sajina Shrestha
Advocates said five ICE agents took Regnault-Avila and his 4-year-old daughter into custody at about 9:15 a.m. Friday on Western Avenue near Washington Park.
Kayla Sacco
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The Roundtable
The Roundtable Live from BIFF: A farewell for the producer of The Roundtable Sarah LaDuke
Joe Donahue, Sarah LaDuke
Gov. Kathy Hochul poses in a ceremony to mark the New York state budget being passed.
Mike Groll
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's office
Capitol Conversations: Bureau reporters break down the latest
Jimmy Vielkind, Samuel King
Milk with Dignity sign held up during a Migrant Justice march in Burlington in 2017
Pat Bradley
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Migrant Justice human rights complaint against Hannaford Supermarkets validated by Dutch government
Pat Bradley
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Longtime Jerry Garcia Band member talks bringing legend’s music to Tanglewood alongside Boston Pops
Josh Landes

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Legislative Gazette
The Legislative Gazette - Nearly two months past the deadline, Governor Kathy Hochul signs the 2027 state budget
David Guistina
(Airs 05/29/26 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: Nearly two months past the April 1 deadline, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the 2027 state budget, the new budget contains 1 billion dollars in rebate checks, and upstate cities are in line to get millions of dollars to help close local budget gaps.
Kayla Sacco
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WAMC
The Roundtable
The Roundtable Live from BIFF: Academy Award-Winning director and producer Barbara Kopple will have a screening and talk about the award-winning documentary 'Harlan County USA'
Joe Donahue
The Roundtable
The Roundtable Live at BIFF: The world premiere of 'The Choice' will screen on 5/30
Joe Donahue
The Roundtable
The Roundtable Live from BIFF: BIFF's Partnership with Transatlantic Rising Stars Project and EU filmmakers Tea talk on 5/30
Joe Donahue

New York Public Media
Darren McGee
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Office of the Governor
Albany lawmakers prepare for mad dash on Trump fund, redistricting as session wraps
Jimmy Vielkind, Jon Campbell
The tardy state budget has set the stage for a hectic week before legislators go home.
State senators line up to get their paychecks after passing the budget.
Jon Campbell
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New York Public News Network
A rite of Albany: NY lawmakers pass the budget, then line up for paychecks
Jon Campbell
Dolores Bustamante, who received an immigration removal order in May 2018 and lost her appeal, is seeking an emergency stay while a motion to reopen her case is adjudicated. Her case was not considered a priority under the Biden administration but was later moved back onto the agenda under the Trump administration.
Max Schulte
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WXXI News
Wayne County farmworker given deadline to self-deport
Brian Sharp
The American Patriot, a 130-passenger cruise ship, docked Thursday, May 28, 2026 near Erie Basin Marina, the first such ship to stop in Buffalo in decades.
Brian Chojnacki
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BTPM
American Patriot marks first arrival of passenger cruise ship in Buffalo in decades
Brian Chojnacki, Michael Mroziak
NPR News
This undated microscope image from USC via the NIH shows pancreatic cancer cells, nuclei in blue, growing as a sphere encased in membranes, red.
Min Yu/AP
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USC via NIH
Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer
The Associated Press
A novel pill helped people with advanced pancreatic cancer live longer, researchers reported Sunday, raising hopes of long-needed better treatments for one of the deadliest types of cancer.
School children walk through the shallows past submerged and abandoned school buildings at the El Molo Bay primary school in Komote, Kenya. Teachers at the school say the buildings have become a breeding ground for crocodiles.
Tommy Trenchard for NPR
The biggest permanent desert lake threatens with rising waters and hungry crocs
Text and photos by Tommy Trenchard
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Spring Kickoff event May 1, 2026.
Stephen Fowler | NPR
Democrats and Republicans think control of Congress runs through Iowa
Stephen Fowler
Participants hold their laptops in front of an illuminated wall at the annual Chaos Computer Club (CCC) computer hackers' congress, called 29C3, on December 28, 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. In 2026, open-weight AI models possess advanced capabilities not far behind their proprietary counterparts. Getting rid of open-weight models' guardrails used to take time and deep expertise. But in recent months, that process has become dramatically more accessible and popular.
Patrick Lux
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Getty Images Europe
These AI models are free, private, and will never say 'no'
Huo Jingnan