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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie speaks to reporters about budget negotiations at the state Capitol on Wednesday May 20, 2026.
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State lawmakers set to begin voting on budget legislation
Samuel King
New York legislators are poised to vote on education spending bills.
Hari Kumar.
Josh Landes
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Berkshire artists come together to oppose AI
Josh Landes
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Vermont Senate votes to repeal Clean Heat Standard
Pat Bradley
A group of workers or volunteers wearing matching blue shirts sort donations and supplies inside a community center. The room they are in has exposed brick walls and wooden floors. A few people work together around tables filled with boxes, clothing and water bottles. A a woman using a wheelchair seems to direct the workers, holding a clipboard in front of them.
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Disabilities Beat: NYS budget stalemate continues, a push for higher human services wages
Emyle Watkins
Hannah Black, a parent in the Hudson City School District, holds a sign at a rally held by Hudson teachers.
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Hudson, Kingston pass school budgets that include staff cuts
Sam Dingman

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Pets and Vets 5/20/26
Sarah LaDuke
We welcome back Dr. Carrie O'Loughlin and Dr. Susan Sikule to answer questions about your pet's health. Sarah LaDuke hosts.
The Roundtable
Berkshire International Film Festival celebrates 20 years
Joe Donahue
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5/20/26 Panel
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Met Opera 2025 - 2026 Season
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (left) and Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca (right) during her visit to the Seneca Nation in May 2025, a first for a sitting governor.
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Seneca Nation calls on Hochul to make good on Thomas Indian School reconciliation
Ryan Zunner
During a legislative advocacy day at the state capitol, Seneca Nation President JC Seneca said the governor needs to start funding initiatives she promised during a visit to their territory last year to apologize for New York's role in the Indian boarding school system.
Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff speaks with team during the third period in Game 1 of a second-round NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Wednesday, May 6, 2026, in Buffalo.
Jeffrey T. Barnes
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AP
Sabres give head coach Lindy Ruff two-year contract extension
BTPM Staff
Gov. Kathy Hochul announces a deal with unions that would reopen the Long Island Rail Road.
Marc A. Hermann
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Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Hochul avoids nightmare political scenario with LIRR strike deal
Jon Campbell, Walter Wuthmann
Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks during a March 19, 2026, news conference on the release of New York City high school student Dylan Lopez Contreras.
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How Kathy Hochul got behind making New York a sanctuary state
Jimmy Vielkind, Arya Sundaram
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Family members of people who died of Ebola stand next to coffins at a health center in Rwampara, Congo, Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
Moses Sawasawa
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AP
Ebola fears surge on the ground in Congo over rapid spread of a rare type
The Associated Press
Healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak of a rare type of the virus in one of the world's most vulnerable places.
Lacey Beaty, mayor of Beaverton, Ore., represented one of the U.S. cities that recently joined the Pact of Free Cities for its recent meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia. In the background (from left to right) are Omar Al-Rawi, member of the Vienna City Council; Audrey Pulvar, deputy mayor of Paris; Gergely Karácsony, mayor of Budapest; and Rafał Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw.
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Courtesy of the city of Bratislava
Liberal U.S. mayors team up with European counterparts to fight authoritarianism
Frank Langfitt
A Senate subcommittee lawmakers on Wednesday questioned sports betting industry officials during a hearing focused on recent cheating scandals, companies' marketing tactics and regulatory battles.
Mariam Zuhaib
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AP
Senate panel hears testimony on online sports betting, prediction markets
Alana Wise
Real estate executive Gloria Caulfield (left) was the graduation speaker at University of Central Florida and Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta spoke at Middle Tennessee State University's graduation. Both speakers were booed by students when they brought up artificial intelligence.
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Advice for 2026 commencement speakers: Don't bring up AI
Jude Joffe-Block, Michelle Aslam