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Mable Wilson, a 76 year old resident of the Pioneer Homes public housing complex in Syracuse, uses a cane to balance herself as a result of her hearing issues. The issue could be resolved with hearing aids, which she has gone years without.
Elijah de Castro
She’s covered by Medicare and Medicaid. Why is it taking her years to get hearing aids?
Elijah de Castro
Confusion is common when navigating health care, but for Central New York’s vulnerable patients on public insurance, the issue is aggravated.
Anthony Constantino
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NY-21 GOP nominee Constantino continues to have a tense relationship with the media
Grant Ashley
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New York scraps Regents exam requirement for Class of 2028 and beyond
Samuel King
Smog mixed with a thick layer of clouds covers the Metro Manila skyline in the Philippines on Aug. 27.
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Air pollution spiked after the Trump administration stopped embassy monitoring
Jonathan Lambert
Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, NY
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After pushback, NY withdraws its plan to consider building a new prison
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9/15/26 Panel
Sam Dingman
The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are:Donna Welton - Diplomat in Residence at Bard College. She retired from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2025 after over 30 years in public service. Her last post was ambassador to the SE Asian country, Timor-Leste. Mike Spain - Former Times Union Associate Editor. Robert Pondiscio - Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
WAMC Morning Newscast, 9/15/26
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FCC review of how internet connectivity is funded at schools has some officials concerned
Samuel King
The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing a program that helps fund internet connectivity at schools and libraries.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, right, passes former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani ahead of a ceremony commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at the National September 11 Memorial in New York City on Friday, Sept. 11, 2026.
Barry Williams
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Capitol Conversations: Bureau reporters break down the latest
Jimmy Vielkind, Samuel King
American Airlines pilot Laura Joyce-Hubbard, 59, who was a pilot on 9/11, touches a name on the 9/11 Memorial on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 in New York.
Adam Gray
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Associated Press
The apolitical era of 9/11 ceremonies at Ground Zero is over
Jimmy Vielkind
A NY State Trooper kneels alongside two K-9 Unit Sheppherds in a grass field
Courtesy Valeria Cicora
He did not hesitate to answer the call on 9/11. 25 years later, Sgt. Jeffrey Cicora's legacy lives on
Evan Fay
NPR News
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Geopolitics and grain don't mix, say these Montana farmers
Kirk Siegler
Farmers in states bordering Canada say they are reeling from President Trump's trade wars and resulting retaliatory tariffs. And it's just not neighborly.
Lithuanian soldiers are securing the area where Italian fighter jets during NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission shot down a drone early this morning near Pratkunai village, Kaisiadorys district some 90km (55,9 miles) northwest of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday.
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NATO jets shoot down a drone in Lithuanian airspace
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Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at Mumford High School on May 3 in Detroit. Steve Bannon speaks during the Semafor World Economy Summit 2025 at Conrad Washington on April 23, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
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Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to share a stage to promote curbs on AI
Maham Javaid
Technicians connect the inner and outer segments of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2025 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
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NASA via AP
NASA rushed engineers out of their labs. They say it risks future space missions
Chiara Eisner