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Rensselaer County is putting American Rescue Plan Act funding toward revitalizing the ice rink in Troy.
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The new book “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum,” by Peabody and Emmy-Award winning journalist Antonia Hylton, tells the story of Crownsville Hospital one of the last segregated asylums with surviving records and a campus that still stands to this day in Anne Arundel County Maryland.
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Strange Universe With Bob BermanWhite dwarf stars happen to be some of the strangest stars in our galaxy. These nights they can appear during the next clear evening at nightfall orbiting our closest celestial neighbors: the Dog Star Sirius and Procyon, the main star of the Canis Minor constellation.
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Discussion of the climate crisis is always suffered from a problem of extraction, data points, and warnings of an overheated future struggle to break through the noise of everyday life. Deniers often portray climate solutions as inconvenient, expensive, and unnecessary. Many politicians cloistered by status and focused always on their next election do not yet see climate as a winning issue in the short run, so they don’t take any action at all. Jonathan Vigliotti's book explores this, “Before It’s Gone: Stories from the Frontlines of Climate Change and Small-Town America.”
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Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is running for another six-year term.
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The president of the Quincy, Massachusetts City Council is running for Senate. In today’s Congressional Corner, Republican Ian Cain speaks with WAMC’s Ian Pickus. This interview was recorded May 1.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Senior Fellow at Bard Center for Civic Engagement Jim Ketterer, Vice President for Editorial Development at the New York Press Association Judy Patrick, and political consultant and lobbyist Libby Post.
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A mix of sun and clouds today with just a passing shower possible. Highs in the lower 70s.
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WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Yancey Roy, Albany bureau chief for Newsday, about the last month of New York's legislative session.
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Mika Zibanejad had two goals and an assist, Artemi Panarin also scored and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in Game 1 of their second-round series.
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The world of theatre truly blossoms this May with an abundance of fascinating plays. Proctors opens a week run of “Six,” on Tuesday. It’s a rock musical about the wives of Henry VIII and is 90-minutes of energy with a history lesson for both teens and adults. It plays 8-performaces through Sunday, May 12.
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Meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the midday weather summary for May 5, 2024.