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Albany County's proposed Local Law F would've required parents or guardians of youth who committed serious crimes to attend a mandatory parenting class.
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Tar spot flourishes in wet spring and summer, which Rochester had this year.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul was responding to a Supreme Court decision that's cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement the president's mail-in voting executive order.
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Disabled researchers are challenging New York’s portrayal of their Kendra’s Law evaluation, citing concerns about harms reported by people under assisted outpatient treatment, or AOT.
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President Donald Trump mused on social implied the name of the lake is tied to the Canadian province, instead of the other way around.
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The deadly flash floods in Nepal are not a surprise to many scientists. Glacial melt is accelerating because of climate change, putting millions of people at risk.
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The stakes are high as Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares to give a speech on Friday at the annual gathering of economists and central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
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Ratko Mladic was one of the most notorious figures of a war that killed over 100,000 people in the 1990s. He commanded his troops to "scorch the brains" of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a "Serbian God."
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More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson.