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Overall, more than 5,600 students took advantage of the program in its first academic year.
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It was part of Operation Clean Sweep targeting known gang members who deal drugs and firearms. -
The New York State Bar Association held a seminar on impacts and legal strategies of datacenters and regulating their development. Speakers discussed potential areas of harm and possible regulations. -
Legislators voted 10 to 7 Tuesday to reserve the option of taking legal action against the board of elections to get a term limits bill on the ballot. Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers proposed another measure that does not include a ballot referendum. -
In NYC, reported sightings of ICE activity more than doubled in July compared to June, advocates say. Such sightings quadrupled in parts of upstate New York during the same period. -
BTPM Disability Reporter Emyle Watkins and Acting Executive Director of the Justice Center Maria Lisi-Murray discuss the agency's new strategic plan. -
Governor Kathy Hochul was in Lake Placid on Monday to tour some of the Olympic facilities as New York State explores a bid to host the 2042 Winter Games.
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Alabama voters are again selecting candidates for four Congressional districts after the state changed the district map to favor Republicans. The redistricting is causing confusion among voters.
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Syria has a rich archaeological heritage full of ancient Roman and Byzantine sites and treasures. Damaged and stolen during a civil war, they now face an increased danger of looting.
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President Trump's immigration crackdown in Minnesota earlier this year is a key issue going into that state's competitive Democratic primary for an open U.S. Senate seat.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Wendy Sherman, a former U.S. diplomat who has been part of teams negotiating with Iran, about the status of latest negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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A whitewater rafting group brings people of different political persuasions together to talk and paddle.