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As opposition to plans for a data center in Albany grows, local and state officials are looking to pass regulations.
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The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Stuart Rice Honorary Chair at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) and Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University Fran Berman, public policy and communications expert Theresa Bourgeois, and Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Robert Pondiscio.
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A New York City Bird Alliance study predicts that black-crowned night herons may disappear from New York City Harbor by 2037.
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An amendment would give state lawmakers power to draw new House maps for 2028.
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Cornell researchers discover why cemeteries are havens for ground-nesting bees.
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The legislation would let apartment dwellers rely on solar energy to partly power their homes
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Pope Leo's Black family roots inspired journalist Susan Saulny to research her Creole great-uncle who moved to Chicago, became white and didn't return. She describes her journey to reunite her family.
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The site compares undocumented immigrants to extraterrestrials, refers to people as "it," and says "they do not belong here."
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Nearly 83, Barry Manilow is recovering from cancer, preparing for a series of concerts, and releasing his first album of new songs in nearly 15 years, What a Time.
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The Allen Institute in Seattle says scientists have now learned enough about how the brain works to start fixing it when it breaks.