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The average home loan rate has dropped below 6% for the first time since 2022. Will that help thaw the frozen housing market?
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(Airs 02/26/26 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Therese Daly, President and CEO of United Way and 211 New York, about their push to increase funding as numbers rise among people utilizing food, housing, mental health and other assistance from 211 New York.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Hundreds of supporters boarded buses in New York City bound for the State Capitol.
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Drivers in the New York City metro area already pay the yearly surcharge on their vehicle registrations to help fund the MTA.
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Though meeting since 2024, the commission chairperson noted many are just learning that there is a state commission looking at a pathway for reparations.
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At the immigration detention center in Batavia, the average daily count of detainees reached a peak this fiscal year. But that figure came as non-criminal detainees increase by 60%, and now make up 83% of the total population.
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Warner Bros. says Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the whole company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it struck with Netflix for just its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.
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Across the country, Republicans and Democrats have found bipartisan agreement on regulating artificial intelligence and data centers. But it's not just big tech aligning the two parties.
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After the U.S. withdrew from the World Health Organization, it wasn't clear they would participate in this WHO-led meeting to determine the recipe for the next flu vaccine.
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The Energy Department made the rules public a month after NPR reported about their existence. The rules slash requirements for security and environmental protections.