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Bill targets school riflery teams, citing ‘gun culture’
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Jillian Zakrzeski’s skills with an air rifle earned her three New York state high school shooting championships, a berth in the Junior Olympics and even recruitment to a college...
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Army splits with West Point grad who touted communist revolt
A West Point cadet who tweeted pictures of himself at graduation with the message 'communism will win' is out of the Army with an other-than-honorable discharge
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Army Corps sets meetings to outline New York flood proposals
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A colossal barrier with gates that open for ships has been proposed to wall off New York Harbor from the Atlantic Ocean and protect the metropolitan region from flooding as climate...
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NRA sues New York officials over ‘blacklisting’ campaign
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The National Rifle Association is suffering grave financial harm that threatens its ability to pursue its advocacy mission because of a “blacklisting” campaign by Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
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John Lennon’s killer denied parole for 10th time
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — John Lennon’s killer has been denied parole for a 10th time and will remain behind bars for at least two more years. Mark David Chapman appeared before New York’s parole board on...
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Good boy! Service dog gets honorary diploma
Griffin, a graduate of the “paws4prisons,” a program where inmates train high-level assistance dogs, has earned a second “diploma.” The 4-year-old golden retriever received an honorary diploma from the...
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Police: Students made ‘horrifying’ mock shooting videos
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Three students face felony charges of making a terroristic threat for posting online two brief videos where they act out a school shooting in someone’s house. Civil rights experts...
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Secret Santas: Charity buys and erases past-due medical debt
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Philip Sasser had a familiar, sinking feeling when he saw the yellow envelope in his mailbox. He figured it was another past-due medical bill, but it turned out to be quite the...
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Secret Santas: Charity buys and erases past-due medical debt
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Philip Sasser had a familiar, sinking feeling when he saw the yellow envelope in his mailbox. He figured it was another past-due medical bill, but it turned out to be quite the...
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Feds to examine limo 3 months after wreck that killed 20
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Some federal employees furloughed under the government shutdown may be recalled to start examining a limousine that crashed in rural upstate New York three months ago, killing 20...
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3 months after deadly NY crash, NTSB has yet to inspect limo
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — More than three months after 20 people died in a stretch limousine crash in rural upstate New York, federal safety investigators have yet to get their hands on the most crucial...
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Federal investigators win access to limo in deadly crash
SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Federal investigators will finally be able to examine the stretch limousine in an October crash that killed 20 people, ending an increasingly testy impasse with local prosecutors...
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Middle school strip search claims prompt state investigation
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Allegations that four 12-year-old girls were strip-searched for drugs in an upstate New York middle school because they were hyper and giddy raised “serious concerns of racial and...
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Federal preliminary report on limo crash offers no cause yet
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board’s probe of a fatal limousine crash in upstate New York has not yet identified a cause, according to a preliminary report released Monday,...
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Ale from 1886 shipwreck yields new brew and conflict
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — News that an upstate New York brewer planned to recreate ale from a bottle salvaged from a 133-year-old shipwreck took the wind out of the sails of a scuba-diving Long Island brewer...
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Higher education: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum
Grace DeNoya is used to getting snickers when people learn she’s majoring in marijuana. “My friends make good-natured jokes about getting a degree in weed,” said DeNoya, one of the first students in a...
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Oh, baby: April the Giraffe is about to give birth again
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Tail held aside? Check. Udders filled? Check. Swelling backside? Check. April the Giraffe shows every sign she’ll soon deliver her calf, to the delight of an enthralled YouTube...
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Taste of history: Yeast from 1886 shipwreck makes new brew
"Just the concept that they could bring a beer bottle up from the bottom of the ocean ... then be able to extract the yeast from it, that kind of chemistry is fascinating," says beer enthusiast Peter...
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County bans unvaccinated minors in public as measles spreads
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A county in New York City’s northern suburbs declared a state of emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall, hoping a ban...
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Schmear campaign: New Yorkers lambaste bread-sliced bagel
NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers have strict rules when it comes to their iconic foods, and one of them, apparently, is you never slice a bagel like a tiny loaf of bread. A Midwestern native is getting an...
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