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Longtime Bard College President Leon Botstein is named in thousands of emails in the Epstein files. The batch of documents released last week, which returns over 2,500 results for Leon Botstein’s name, shows Botstein communicated with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Epstein was a registered sex offender.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Partner with the Albany law firm of Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, Cianna Freeman-Tolbert, CEO of The Business Council of New York State Heather Mulligan, and Former Associate Editor of The Times-Union, Mike Spain.
The Met Opera airs Saturdays at 1 p.m. beginning Dec. 6 through May 30, 2026.
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Service groups collaborate to bring Indigenous people on both sides of border together for Midwinter
Native American Community Services in Western New York is one of several New York and Ontario-based service organizations collaborating for an educational, outreach and social event centered around the Haudenosaunee observance of Midwinter.
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The incumbent governor said the former New York City Council speaker is a fighter who would help her stand up to President Trump.
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Medicaid cuts fuel ECMC layoffs, NYS specialized disability schools seek more funding and autistic advocates raise concerns over new HHS autism committee appointees.
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The vote held February 3 decided who will fill the remainder of the term for the seat vacated by Sean Ryan upon his election as Buffalo mayor. Voters will go back to the polls in November to elect someone for a full term.
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A new study in "Nature Medicine" estimates 2 million people are incorrectly told they have TB each year — and clinicians miss diagnosing TB in 1 million people. Why so many misdiagnoses?
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Plus: ambiguous mascots, rodents with hard-to-spell names, and three boring photos of buildings.
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For many decades, Olympic Games included "demonstration sports." Some, like curling, became part of the permanent roster. But others, like skijoring, didn't stick around.
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A professional airplane enthusiast has been tracking the federally chartered deportation flights out of the Minneapolis airport as DHS sends immigration detainees to other states and, eventually, other countries.