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US President Donald Trump speaks about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 18, 2026.
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Trump heads to U.N. looking for wins after a rough week
Franco Ordoñez
The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for Trump with a series of legal and political setbacks.
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Sullivan County Care Center to remain open temporarily, says Ulster County Judge
Elias Guerra
City of Northampton
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Western Massachusetts divestment resolution speaks to broader debate about Israel
Sam Dingman
Screenshot of Jason Eaton awaiting the start of his trial
WCAX
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Verdict reached in trial of man accused of shooting 3 Palestinian students
Pat Bradley
The family of Robert Brooks Sr. and their attorney hold a news conference on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026. Pictured, from left, are attorney Steve Schwarz, Robert Brooks Jr., Jared Ricks and attorney Elizabeth Mazur.
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Family of Robert Brooks says they'll use settlement money from the state to pursue prison reforms
Brian Sharp

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Rick Ferris
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Lustgarten Foundation
The Roundtable
NYS Capital District Walk For Pancreatic Cancer
Joe Donahue
We get a preview of the NYS Capital District Walk for Pancreatic Cancer - this year marking their 23rd anniversary. The event will be held in Elm Avenue Town Park in Delmar from 8 AM – Noon on Sunday, September 27th.They will surpass $2 million in cumulative funds raised. According to the Lustgarten Foundation, this milestone means the local efforts in the Capital District have raised enough to fully fund a clinical trial.The walks benefits the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.100% of Walk donations fund pancreatic cancer research and help make the Lustgarten Foundation the world’s largest private funder of pancreatic cancer research.
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Andrea Rodriquez (front left) and Ingeri Eaton (back right) at Rodriquez's home in Buffalo, New York on September 21, 2026. Rodriquez, a Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) consumer is supportive of Eaton, her worker and friend, taking part in 1199 SEIU's unionization efforts.
Emyle Watkins
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BTPM News
1199 SEIU files for union vote for 190,000 New York CDPAP workers
Emyle Watkins
1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is already America’s largest healthcare union — but could grow by over 47% with one of the largest union election votes in U.S. history now pending.
This stock image shows a wine section in a grocery store.
Refrina
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Adobe Stock
New York convenience stores and bodegas join grocery giants’ push to sell wine, liquor
Jon Campbell
This is the front of a fire truck with the name of the town, Ossining, across the front. The fire truck is in a brick garage with another fire truck next to it.
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Volunteer firefighters, lawmakers ask Hochul to sign tax credit bill
Grant Ashley
This image provided by the New York State Attorney General's office shows body camera footage of correction officers beating a handcuffed man, Robert Brooks, 43, at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County on Dec. 9, 2024.
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via The Associated Press
Family of man beaten to death by NY prison guards to receive $24 million
Jimmy Vielkind
NPR News
A police commando stands guard at the High Court complex ahead of a verdict related to the 2019 Easter bombings in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026.
Eranga Jayawardane
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AP
Sri Lanka court convicts 15 over deadly 2019 Easter bombings
The Associated Press
The Islamic State group-inspired attacks were among the deadliest in Sri Lanka's history, killing 42 foreigners.
Yemen's Houthi armed forces patrol as Yemeni prisoners loyal to the Houthi authorities arrive in the capital Sanaa on Sep. 12, after being released on the west coast where they were being held by Yemen's Saudi-backed government forces.
Mohammed Huwais
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AFP via Getty Images
Houthis try to push deeper into western Yemen, upending life, witnesses tell NPR
Aya Batrawy
A clipping of hair labeled as Thomas Jefferson's in the collections of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, his primary home and plantation.
Hugh Talman/Smithsonian
New DNA analysis adds evidence Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings
Michel Martin, Adriana Gallardo
Tristan Buckmaster is a mathematician at New York University. He poses for a portrait in his office in Manhattan on September 11, 2026. Buckmaster and his collaborator Levent Alpöge have been working on the Navier-Stokes equations. They are clashing with OpenAI, which claims to have cracked the equations.
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AI solved one of math's hardest problems. Humanity learned nothing (so far)
Geoff Brumfiel