The governor says the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown required her to act.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes another $535 million to keep National Guard in state prisons amid staffing shortage.
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New York State Police will be able to take up to 20 days off for trauma after a deadly-violence incident. Passed by the legislature, it's codified in Governor Kathy Hochul's budget proposal.
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The release of the 2026 Native American $1 coin by The United States Mint is in recognition of the heroism of Polly Cooper during the Revolutionary War.
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For the first time under head coach Adrian Autry, Syracuse men's basketball has dropped four straight, after falling to NC State 88-68. Sydney Chan breaks down SU's skid, Quadir Copeland's big night vs. his former team, and Autry's frustration postgame.
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In many upstate cities like Syracuse, Binghamton, and Rochester, the number of children living in poverty is upwards of 40%.
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The storm buried CNY in snow, but was deadly down south, coating entire states with ice and cutting power to as many as a million people.
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Dorothy Brown, a Georgetown University law professor, lays out a case for reparations in her new book Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past.
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Who are the Bnei Menashe, an ethnic group from India that has been immigrating to Israel? Judy Maltz of Ha'aretz has covered the community for more than a decade.
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Madison Beer talks about her new album 'Locket', and growing up in the public eye since age 13.
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A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now.
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The actor was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, opposite Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford in the hit 1970s sitcom. Wilson died Friday from complications related to cancer, his publicist said.