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Over a month after announcing the Amherst, Massachusetts, school would close following fall semester, Hampshire's leadership now says the college "does not have enough" funding for the final stretch it had planned.
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Office of the Governor
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, Joseph Palamountain Jr. Chair in Government at Skidmore College Beau Breslin, and Professor of Government at Dutchess Community College and since 2023, she has been President of the World Affairs Council of the Mid-Hudson Valley Karin Riedl.
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New York Public News Network
It’s a familiar scene in the Capitol. Lawmakers collecting backpay after passing a late budget.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul's office
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Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders also have committed to additional funding for Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Yonkers, Albany and Mt. Vernon in future years. -
The good news: The budget is passed. The bad news: It was due two months ago. -
Many home security cameras picked up the image of an object falling to earth, disappearing in a flash… and some say they heard a loud boom.
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The Anthropic IPO, and those of other AI-related firms like OpenAI, could be among the biggest in U.S. history.
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"At what point does it make sense to ditch a gas car for an EV?" NPR listener Guadalupe Higuera of Phoenix asked this question and worked with Climate Desk reporter Jeff Brady to answer it. -
The EEOC is seeking to overturn rules created decades ago to tackle discrimination in employment. The Trump administration says those rules have led to more discrimination —against white people. -
Baby calves rely on it to build up their immune systems and gut. And now marketers are promoting it for humans. Here's what scientists say.
