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The plan would split the Winter Games between Lake Placid in the Adirondacks and New York City.
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On Monday, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s pause on Temporary Protected Status for Haitians living in the United States. The move temporarily eased fears of deportation for nearly 350,000 people, including those in Spring Valley in Rockland County, home to one of New York’s largest Haitian communities. -
The governor responded this week to Republicans' calling her proposal a political stunt, saying: "Clearly, these are not areas that tend to vote Democrat, where there's farms. Let's just put that out there.” -
New York's comptroller has responded to a Capital Region state assemblyman’s calls for an investigation into utility rates.
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Amid an ongoing standoff between Harvard and the White House, the Defense Department said it plans to cut ties with the Ivy League — ending military training, fellowships and certificate programs.
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Olympic figure skating is often seems to take athletes to the very edge of perfection, but even the greatest stumble and fall. How do they pull themselves together again on the biggest world stage? Toughness, poise and practice. -
Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses. -
Leprosy is one of the least contagious diseases around — and perhaps one of the most misunderstood. The colonies are relics of a not-too-distant past when those diagnosed with leprosy were exiled.
