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State legislators passed a fifth budget extender on Monday as the governor and lawmakers continue to try to reach a final state budget agreement.
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The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education, and research. On this episode, we’ll learn what’s keeping more student nurses from graduating in New York.A newly identified species of tarantula is setting a record among large, furry spiders.And humans are not the only ones with an affinity for beautiful crystals.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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More than a decade before Mayor Zohran Mamdani was born, New York state's capital piloted free buses.
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The Buffalo Sabres and their concessions partner, Delaware North Companies, are busy preparing for the pro hockey team’s first home playoff game in 15 years. -
Environmental advocates have begun a statewide bus tour to lobby Governor Kathy Hochul to crackdown on AI data centers and fully enforce the state’s 2019 climate law. -
Tuesday was World Quantum Day, which aims to promote public awareness of quantum science and technology.
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The approval clears a final set of hurdles for Japan's postwar arms sales and facilitate its future sale of weapons such as a next-generation fighter jet and combat drones.
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The ALA says 4,235 titles were challenged at U.S. libraries — the second-highest year on record. Forty percent of the challenged works involved LGBTQ+ subjects or the experiences of people of color. -
President Trump said a U.S. delegation will head to Pakistan to resume talks to end the war with Iran, but Tehran expressed reluctance after the U.S. seized one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. -
"We women are the land guardians and keepers," says Theonila Roka Matbob of Papua New Guinea, recognized for her efforts to repair the environmental and social harms caused by a copper and gold mine.
