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Turkey Releases U.S. Pastor After 2 Years In Prison

Updated at 6 p.m. ET Roughly two years after Turkish authorities detained Andrew Brunson on suspicion of espionage, the U.S. pastor is a free man once more. Turkey ordered his release Friday, ending a case that heightened tensions between Turkey and the U.S. A court in the western city of Izmir actually sentenced Brunson to a little more than three years in prison, according to Turkey's state news agency Anadolu . However, as NPR's Peter Kenyon in Istanbul explains, the court says he will...

Regulators Order Columbia Gas To Stop All Except Emergency Work

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan looks on as Police Chief Eric Hawkins addresses a crowd during the swearing-in of 19 police recruits at City Hall. — APD Steve Smith / facebook

A Look At The Community-Police Chief-Mayor-Police Union Relationship In Albany

'This Is A War Zone': Hurricane Michael Leaves Deadly Trail Through Southeast

Updated at 2:20 p.m. ET At least 11 people have died from Hurricane Michael, which slammed into Florida's Panhandle with 155-mph winds on Wednesday. The storm hacked a trail of catastrophic destruction in Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia before finally heading back out over water. Five deaths were reported in Virginia, in addition to four in Florida, one in Georgia and one in North Carolina. More than a million people are without electricity, and areas along the Gulf Coast and elsewhere...

Wanda Willingham at the podium outside the DMV on South Pearl Street, Albany. — WAMC photo by Dave Lucas

County BOE Commissioners Still On The Hot Seat Over Potential Move To Albany’s South End

Cuomo Warns Of Voter Registration Scam In New York

Rate Of C-Sections Is Rising At An 'Alarming' Rate, Report Says

By Michaeleen Doucleff • 5 hours ago

The rate of cesarean sections around the world is increasing at an "alarming" rate, reported an international team of doctors and scientists on Thursday.

Since 1990, C-sections have more than tripled from about 6 percent of all births to 21 percent, three studies report in The Lancet. And there are no "signs of slowing down," the researchers write in a commentary about the studies.

New Grant To UVM Creates Global Infectious Disease Research Center

By Pat Bradley • 5 hours ago

Dr. Jason Bates (left), co-principal investigator on the new Translational Global Infectious Disease Research Center grant, with junior investigator Dr. C. Matthew Kinsey — University of Vermont

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The University of Vermont and its Larner College of Medicine have received a multi-million dollar award from the National Institutes of Health to create a new center that will develop new ways to prevent and control infectious diseases.

Lessons From A School Shooting To Screen At Woodstock Film Festival

By Allison Dunne • 5 hours ago

Courtesy of Kim Snyder/Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane

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A short film about the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting massacre that took the lives of 20 students and six educators is told through the lens of two clergymen — one in Connecticut, the other in Scotland. “Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane” is being shown at the Woodstock Film Festival Saturday. Producer and Director Kim Snyder will also screen clips from her upcoming documentary about February’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Snyder spoke with WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne.

'You Look Perfect:' Princess Eugenie Of York Marries In Another Royal Wedding

By Autumn Brewington • 5 hours ago

Princess Eugenie of York, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, walked down the aisle Friday to wed Jack Brooksbank.

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Artwork from a radio-related World War II propaganda poster for the United States — Public Domain / WikiMedia Commons

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Goats And Sheep (Indirectly) Fight Fires In Heartwarming BBC Video

By Marc Silver • 5 hours ago

Goats (and sheep) have been recruited in the effort to fight wildfires.

Northern Spain has a "Fire Flocks" project, in which dozens and dozens of the ruminants chip in by doing what they do so well: eat.

A new video from BBC World Hacks, which highlights "brilliant solutions to the world's problems," tells the story. It was published on October 11.

GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter, Under Indictment, Launches False Attacks On Opponent

By Ina Jaffe • 5 hours ago

A Republican congressman who should have waltzed to re-election is now in the fight of his career. Duncan Hunter, who has represented an inland Southern California district for a decade, was indicted in August on charges of using a quarter of a million dollars in campaign funds for personal expenses.

A Look At The Community-Police Chief-Mayor-Police Union Relationship In Albany

By Dave Lucas • 6 hours ago

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Nineteen new police recruits were sworn in Thursday at Albany city hall. It’s an interesting time in the city, with a new police chief and continued stress between the police union and the mayor. Things may be improving.

Paul Caiano's Midday Forecast

By Paul Caiano • 6 hours ago

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Newschannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Friday, October 12, 2018.

No Wonder It Works So Well: There May Be Viagra In That Herbal Supplement

By Ronnie Cohen • 6 hours ago

They claim to help you sleep, make your hair grow, speed weight loss, improve your sex life and ward off the nasty cold going around the office. Though it's often impossible to tell if dietary supplements work, consumers generally feel certain they can't hurt.