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A statewide ban on 287-g agreements went into effect. It outlaws collaboration between local police and federal ICE officials. But some law enforcement agencies are challenging the ban in court.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul was responding to a Supreme Court decision that's cleared the way for the Trump administration to implement the president's mail-in voting executive order. -
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Last week's court-ordered resolution didn't generate any discussion at Tuesday's Ways and Means Committee meeting. It now goes to the full legislature for a vote Sept. 1. -
Rensselaer County Sheriff Kyle Bourgault and Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin had for months said they planned to ignore the new state law, even after the New York State Attorney General’s Office ordered them to comply in July. -
Nassau County, home of Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, was among the recipients. -
County Executive Anthony Picente has signed a local law designed to better regulate the products derived from the kratom plant, which have been tied to health problems including addiction.
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President Trump says his administration has entered a sweeping agreement with Venezuela that could give the U.S. access to vast amounts of the South American country's untapped oil reserves, at cost. -
His removal order was triggered by two convictions from over 15 years ago, when he struggled with untreated PTSD. New York's governor said Park earned a "second chance through rehabilitation." -
The deadly flooding that struck Nepal this week is not the first disaster that people in the region have endured. The country's unique geography makes it especially prone to natural disasters.
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A federal judge has ruled that the Pentagon violated Anthropic's first amendment rights when it tried to designate the AI company a supply chain risk earlier this year.
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Scientists collaborated with narwhals for a new study to understand human-caused climate change in the Arctic and rising sea levels around the world.
