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Ontario Premier Doug Ford has unveiled a giant billboard reading: "Lake Ontario — Now and Always." But tech giant Google has said it is renaming the lake for U.S. users, as President Trump demanded.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are:Theresa Bourgeois - Public policy and communications expert.Libby Post - Political Consultant and lobbyist. Kathy Sheehan - Former Mayor of the City of Albany.Mike Spain - Former Times Union Associate Editor.
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Members of Indigenous tribes are offering reminders that Ontario is a name preceding the arrival of the first European explorers and settlers.
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New York State Attorney General Letitia James is asking a state court judge to terminate an agreement between the Rensselaer County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Tar spot flourishes in wet spring and summer, which Rochester had this year.
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The 15 sheriffs said New York State's ban on 287(g) agreements with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is unconstitutional.
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A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels.
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A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.
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Singapore has unveiled a national initiative built entirely around its collapsing birth rate. Some demographers say the plan includes policy ideas that could help American parents.
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An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.