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A retired public health researcher, a sociology PhD student, and Western classically trained piano and violin players. Together, they make up the Asian Arts New York Eastern Music Ensemble.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Lecturer of Cognitive Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and former Fulbright US Scholar to Egypt Jackie Berry, The Ulster County Comptroller and the former president and CEO of the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley March Gallagher, Editor at large/columnist/editorial writer for the Times Union Jay Jochnowitz, and Dean of the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity at the University at Albany Robert Griffin.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
New York Public Media
After his diagnosis, Iroquois graduate Tim Lowrey launched a panel series on ALS. Now, the program continues in his memory, teaching students about ALS and care careers.
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State officials endorsed the inquiry after George Floyd's murder, but politics and the law have shifted in the years since.
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The effects are being felt across the United States and there have been job losses in the alcohol sector.
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A key lawmaker said the delayed state budget is to blame.
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When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking campaign to save the frosted flatwoods salamander.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dana White, president and CEO of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, about his plans to build a fighting arena on the White House lawn.
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A painting of George Washington is being used by the Trump administration to argue the founders were devout Christians, but historians have doubts about whether the moment depicted actually happened.
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ICE is expanding its use of iris recognition technology, with plans to deploy hundreds of scanning devices across the country. The practice raises concerns among privacy experts that the Department of Homeland Security is amassing a database of biometric data.