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• 'He made us better people:' John Gray pens tribute to rescue pup Keller

  09-08-2022 01:15 via timesunion.com
  
  Local television anchor and writer John Gray wrote a book about the blind and deaf Australian shepherd, Keller, that he and his wife adopted five years ago. He wrote a tribute to Keller Monday after the dog lost his battle to chronic seizures.
  
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• DEC crew works to clean up hundreds of dead fish in Coxsackie

  08-08-2022 23:15 via timesunion.com
  
  The Department of Environmental Conservation is investigating a spill of aluminum salts that occurred Sunday near a reservoir in Greene County, killing hundreds of fish.
  
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• Along a Subway Line’s 31 Miles, Nagging Crime Fears Test Riders’ Resolve

  08-08-2022 23:06 via nytimes.com
  
  Ridership is down, even though crime levels have stayed the same. Some New Yorkers who ply the longest subway route say the city feels unmoored.
  
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• GOP, farmers looking past overtime tax credit, focused on holding threshold

  08-08-2022 23:03 via timesunion.com
  
  Top state and federal Republican officials pushed back against a substantial subsidy for farm owners that is intended to cover overtime costs for their workers, asserting the answer is to avoid lowering the overtime threshold in the first place.
  
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• Ex-fiance of 'Law & Order' star claims she threatened to burn him alive, kill dog

  08-08-2022 23:00 via timesunion.com
  
  In a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Albany, “Law & Order: SVU” star Diane Neal’s ex-fiance portrats the actor as a rage-filled abuser who defamed him, threatened to set him on fire and murder his dog.
  
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• Schumer touts passage of bill as 'most significant' in decades

  08-08-2022 22:30 via timesunion.com
  
  U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer on Monday took a victory lap after the U.S. Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act that he characterized as "the most significant piece of legislation that Congress has passed in decades."
  
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• Second championship would mean "everything" to Albany Empire

  08-08-2022 22:13 via timesunion.com
  
  The Empire (9-4) play the Carolina Cobras (10-5) at 7 p.m. Saturday at MVP Arena for the chance to win a second straight NAL title.
  
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• ValleyCats catcher out of Quebec series because of vaccination status

  08-08-2022 22:00 via timesunion.com
  
  Elder, who played collegiately at St. Mary's (Calif.), said he would consider getting vaccinated in time for the postseason."Maybe," he said. "I'd probably have to re-think for the playoff games."
  
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• Gillibrand's office says Biden pick 'committed' to holding court in Utica

  08-08-2022 21:49 via timesunion.com
  
  A Clifton Park-based attorney nominated by President Joe Biden for a federal judgeship is “committed” to presiding over the bench in Utica, according to a top aide to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
  
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• Cafe con Mel adding Albany location this month

  08-08-2022 21:25 via timesunion.com
  
  Cafe con Mel, a coffee shop that opened in Cohoes in March 2021 at 133 Remsen St. in Cohoes, is readying its second location, at 227 Quail St., Albany, taking over a space previously occupied by the former Ground Up Cafe. An opening date of Aug. 17 is projected, according to Cafe Con Mel's Facebook page. It mentions a third location is under development as well, but it doesn't say where or give a timeline.
  
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• Fear of Crime Traces a New York Subway Line, Above Ground and Below

  08-08-2022 20:50 via nytimes.com
  
  Ridership is down, even though crime levels have stayed the same. New Yorkers who ply longest subway route say the city feels unmoored.
  
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• GlobalFoundries talks chips supply chain in wake of CHIPS Act passage

  08-08-2022 20:44 via timesunion.com
  
  GlobalFoundries hosted a summit in Washington, D.C. on Monday along with other industry suppliers and policymakers following the passage of the $52 billion CHIPS Act. 
  
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• Perrin Dake of Stewart's ownership family drowns on Friends Lake

  08-08-2022 19:50 via timesunion.com
  
  Perrin Dake, a member of the Dake family dynasty, drowned in Friend's Lake on Sunday.
  
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• Disability program closures forcing some parents to quit jobs

  08-08-2022 18:55 via timesunion.com
  
   A staffing crisis that is crippling the care programs that serve individuals with disabilities is forcing Saratoga County's largest non-profit human services agency to temporarily "pause" a day habilitation program in Clifton Park that will impact about two dozen families.
  
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• Man critically injured in Albany stabbing near Delaware Avenue

  08-08-2022 18:26 via timesunion.com
  
  Police said they charged a 49-year-old man with critically stabbing his roommate Sunday morning on Second Avenue.
  
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• Opening arguments at civil trial of Schenectady investigator accused in fatal shooting

  08-08-2022 18:24 via timesunion.com
  
  Jury selection was underway in U.S. District Court Monday where the widow of a man killed by a Schenectady police detective contends her husband, Joshua Scism, was a victim of police brutality.
  
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• Jury picks start at civil trial of Schenectady investigator accused in fatal shooting

  08-08-2022 18:24 via timesunion.com
  
  Jury selection is underway in U.S. District Court where the widow of a man killed by a Schenectady police detective contends her husband, Joshua Scism, was a victim of police brutality.
  
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• Jury picked at civil trial of Schenectady investigator accused in fatal shooting

  08-08-2022 18:24 via timesunion.com
  
  Jury selection is underway in U.S. District Court where the widow of a man killed by a Schenectady police detective contends her husband, Joshua Scism, was a victim of police brutality.
  
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• Police Arrest NYC Man for 1996 Murder of Jasmine Porter

  08-08-2022 17:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An arrest was made Monday in the 1996 killing of a 33-year-old woman in the Bronx, NYPD officials announced. Gregory Fleetwood, 66, also of the Bronx, was arrested on murder charges for the death of Jasmine Porter. The circumstances surrounding his arrest weren’t immediately clear, but officials said DNA was key to the investigation. According to police, Porter was found...
  
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• Cops Responding NJ Hospital Bomb Threat Find Weapons Cache of 39 Guns in Worker's Closet

  08-08-2022 17:29 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police responding to a bomb threat at a New Jersey hospital discovered a massive weapons cache hidden inside an employee's unlocked closet that contained more than three dozen firearms, according to police.
  
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• Cops Checking NJ Hospital Bomb Threat Find Weapons Cache of 39 Guns in Worker's Closet

  08-08-2022 17:29 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police responding to a bomb threat at a New Jersey hospital discovered a massive weapons cache hidden inside an employee's unlocked closet that contained more than three dozen firearms, according to police.
  
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• Troy man's body found in Mohawk River in Halfmoon

  08-08-2022 16:48 via timesunion.com
  
  Drowning victim Michael J. Baranowski found submerged in Mohawk River shallows near Terminal Road in Halfmoon.
  
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• Inflation Hits New York: $15 French Fries and $18 Sandwiches

  08-08-2022 15:56 via nytimes.com
  
  As food prices rise at the fastest rate in decades, it’s become more expensive to eat and drink in New York City.
  
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• Allyzibeth Lamont died as she prepared to blow the whistle on boss' financial trouble

  08-08-2022 15:39 via timesunion.com
  
  Allyzibeth Lamont's murder will be the subject of Monday night's episode of People Magazine Investigates.
  
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• Rapper Fetty Wap Arrested for FaceTime Gun Threat, Violating Pretrial Release

  08-08-2022 15:23 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Rapper Fetty Wap was released from custody on $500,000 bond Friday, the prosecutor's office said, after his arrest last week on federal drug charges in New York City.
  
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• 2022 ‘Pokey and Schleppie' Awards Name M102 Bus Slowest in NYC

  08-08-2022 15:15 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The Straphangers Campaign, an NYC-based public transit group who advocates on behalf of riders, has released their annual list of the slowest and most unreliable bus routes. This year’s winner of the dreaded “Pokey” award — given to the slowest ride in the city — was the M102 bus. Following the M102, the next slowest lines were the Bx19, B35,...
  
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• Getting There: Can traffic conditions around Sitterly Road bridge be improved?

  08-08-2022 14:00 via timesunion.com
  
  A reader asks - with the Sitterly Road bridge being replaced, can the surrounding traffic lights be timed better to avoid traffic back-ups?
  
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• Dead Man Found on Brooklyn Sidewalk

  08-08-2022 13:50 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on a Brooklyn sidewalk Monday, officials say. The man was discovered on the sidewalk by 19th Avenue and 86th Street around 7:30 a.m., officials said. It wasn’t clear who found him or how he may have ended up there, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The...
  
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• ‘Failed in Their Duty:' Gabby Petito Family to File $50M Wrongful Death Suit vs Police

  08-08-2022 13:21 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The family of Gabby Petito is filing a $50 million wrongful death suit against a Utah police department and more than a dozen of its members over an August 2021 traffic stop they allege could have saved the 22-year-old Long Island woman’s life had the officers involved been trained appropriately, according to a notice of claim the law firm representing...
  
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• Gabby Petito Family to File $50 Million Wrongful Death Suit Against Moab Police

  08-08-2022 13:21 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The family of Gabby Petito is filing a $50 million wrongful death suit against a Utah police department and more than a dozen of its members over an August 2021 traffic stop they allege could have saved the 22-year-old Long Island woman’s life had the officers involved been trained appropriately, according to a notice of claim the law firm representing...
  
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• Gabby Petito Family to File $50 Million Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Moab Police

  08-08-2022 13:21 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The family of Gabby Petito is filing a $50 million wrongful death suit against a Utah police department and more than a dozen of its members over an August 2021 traffic stop they allege could have saved the 22-year-old Long Island woman’s life had the officers involved been trained appropriately, according to a notice of claim the law firm representing...
  
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• This is when the heat should end in Albany

  08-08-2022 13:20 via timesunion.com
  
  Things should cool off by the end of the week, but the next two days are likely to feature a mix of high heat and humidity.
  
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• NYC Touts ‘Nation's Largest' Compost Program Debuting This Fall in Queens

  08-08-2022 12:55 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  There's no sign-up required!
  
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• Biden pick for New York federal judgeship in limbo

  08-08-2022 12:30 via timesunion.com
  
  Longtime U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd, whose anticipated ascension to “senior status” created a vacancy on the bench in the Northern District of New York,  now no longer wants to be a senior judge -- well, not if his successor will not be based in Utica, that is. 
  
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• Albany front-and-center in new thriller 'Resurrection'

  08-08-2022 12:30 via timesunion.com
  
  The psychological thriller "Resurrection," starring Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth, shot in and around Albany in August 2021, is finally available to rent on Video on Demand or stream on various platforms. Various are landmarks and locations are seen throughout the film, like West Capitol Park, the Empire State Plaza, the State Library, the Mohawk Hudson Hike Bike Trail and the South Troy Diner. 
  
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• Goose Gets Stuck in Long Island AC Unit for 2 Days in Failed Bid to Beat Heat

  08-08-2022 12:06 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  It wasn't clear if the goose was hurt in the two-day ordeal but it was seen moving around in a laundry basket after the rescue.
  
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• Ethics complaint filed against Tedisco opponent

  08-08-2022 12:00 via timesunion.com
  
  An ethics complaint has been filed against a Democratic county legislator seeking to unseat state Sen. Jim Tedisco  over paying the county auditor for campaign work.
  
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• Cooking Pan Attack Leaves 34-Year-Old Beaten, Walletless in Manhattan: Cops

  08-08-2022 11:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A 34-year-old man was apparently beaten with cooking pans, then robbed of his phone and wallet, by a group who violently descended on him as he argued with another person in Manhattan late last month, authorities say. According to police, the victim was near Ludlow and Rivington streets on the Lower East Side around 2:15 a.m. July 21 when a...
  
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• Paranoia Grips NYC Neighborhood After Tire Slasher Strikes Again

  08-08-2022 11:12 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A sneaky tire-slashing vandal moving under the cover of darkness left more than a trail of damage in one Queens neighborhood this weekend. Repeat slashings have left many on a series of Bayside blocks unsure how to protect their cars after dozens of driver woke up Sunday to find the tires on their cars slashed. NYPD officers were going door-to-door...
  
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• Yonkers City Worker Charged in Hit-Run Death of 16-Year-Old Scooter Rider

  08-08-2022 10:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The Yonkers man accused of killing a 16-year-old boy with his van and driving away faced a judge in Westchester County late last week, prosecutors said. A felony charge for leaving the scene of a fatal accident was filed against Stephen Dolan, 46, according to the county DA’s office. He’s accused of striking a 16-year-old on an electric scooter on...
  
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• Yonkers City Worker Charged in Death of 16-Year-Old Boy

  08-08-2022 10:09 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The Yonkers man accused of killing a 16-year-old boy with his van and driving away faced a judge in Westchester County late last week, prosecutors said. A felony charge for leaving the scene of a fatal accident was filed against Stephen Dolan, a 46-year-old man from Yonkers, according to the county DA’s office. The hit-and-run occurred on McLean Avenue just...
  
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• Boyfriend Missing in Waters Off Far Rockaway After Overnight Dip

  08-08-2022 09:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The search for a 25-year-old swimmer who disappeared in the waters off Far Rockaway after going for a dip overnight has turned into a recovery operation, authorities said Monday. The missing man’s uncle says he had been hanging out with his girlfriend on the shore and wanted to get wet so took off his shirt and jumped in the ocean....
  
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• Fear of Crime Transcends Data Along One New York Subway Line’s 31 Miles

  08-08-2022 09:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Ridership is down, even though crime levels have stayed the same. New Yorkers who ply longest subway route say the city feels unmoored.
  
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• Why the Rent Is So High

  08-08-2022 08:31 via nytimes.com
  
  New York City faces a housing crisis that’s making it harder for middle- and low-income people to live here.
  
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• Pop-Up Storms Threaten Through Thursday as NYC Sizzles: What to Know

  08-08-2022 07:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The merciless streak of smothering humidity and blazing heat that has gripped the tri-state area for what feels like forever sticks around another three days at least, and so does the chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Temperatures rebound to the low-to-mid-90s both Monday and Tuesday, though the humidity will make it feel like a sweat-dripping 100 degrees or worse for many...
  
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• Feels Like 108?? When to Expect Relief as Merciless Humidity, Storm Threat Drag On

  08-08-2022 07:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The merciless streak of smothering humidity and blazing heat that has gripped the tri-state area for what feels like forever sticks around another three days at least, and so does the chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Temperatures rebound to the low-to-mid-90s both Monday and Tuesday, though the humidity will make it feel like a sweat-dripping 100 degrees or worse for many...
  
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• Feels Like 106?? When to Expect Relief as Merciless Humidity, Storm Threat Drag On

  08-08-2022 07:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The merciless streak of smothering humidity and blazing heat that has gripped the tri-state area for what feels like forever sticks around another three days at least, and so does the chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Temperatures rebound to the low-to-mid-90s both Monday and Tuesday, though the humidity will make it feel like a sweat-dripping 100 degrees or worse for many...
  
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• Manhattan Good Samaritan Shot Trying to Break Up Upper West Side Robbery

  08-08-2022 06:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Good Samaritan trying to break up a robbery on the Upper West Side was shot early Monday morning, police said. The incident happened around 4:30 a.m. at a store near the corner of Broadway and 71st Street. Police said the location had recently been robbed, and so a 29-year-old man was hanging out with the store employee, a friend...
  
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• ValleyCats pitcher Adam Hofacket stops 'tipping' and improves fortunes

  08-08-2022 01:22 via timesunion.com
  
  The telltale sign was his glove. Hofacket said he had his glove open when he was throwing the splitter, but tight and closed when he was throwing his fastball.“It’s pretty nice when you’re hitting and you know (when) a fastball is coming and you know an off-speed is coming,” said Incaviglia, who played 12 years in the big leagues.
  
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• Spill leads to dead fish in Coxsackie

  08-08-2022 00:20 via timesunion.com
  
  The DEC is investigating an aluminum salts spill at the village of Catskill’s water treatment facility, which resulted in the sudden and unexpected death of fish in Potic Creek in nearby Coxsackie.
  
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