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• Thousands Protest George Floyd’s Death In N.Y.C.

  31-05-2020 04:39 via nytimes.com
  
  In a third day of demonstrations, protesters blocked traffic and marched from Brooklyn into Manhattan.
  
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• Sheehan orders curfew as protesters, police clash in Albany

  31-05-2020 02:38 via timesunion.com
  
  ALBANY — Protesters and police are in a standoff behind South Station on Morton Avenue, a development that comes hours after peaceful protests in the city over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by police in Minneapolis.Police massed in the parking lot behind the station after protesters threw rocks at a police SUV. A reporter for the Daily Gazette of Schenectady captured footage of the vandalism.After about an hour, police pushed into the crowd and it was reported tha
  
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• Protesters, police clash at Albany police station

  31-05-2020 02:38 via timesunion.com
  
  ALBANY — Protesters and police are in a standoff behind South Station on Morton Avenue, a development that comes hours after peaceful protests in the city over the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, by police in Minneapolis.Police massed in the parking lot behind the station after protesters threw rocks at a police SUV. A reporter for the Daily Gazette of Schenectady captured footage of the vandalism.After about an hour, police pushed into the crowd and it was reported tha
  
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• Was short staffing to blame for Capital Region nursing home outbreaks?

  31-05-2020 00:55 via timesunion.com
  
  A Times Union review of 10 nursing homes with the largest or deadliest coronavirus outbreaks in the Capital Region found many have struggled to maintain adequate staffing and infection control over the years. While much attention has been paid in recent weeks to a state directive that may have helped fuel the coronavirus crisis in New York’s nursing homes, advocates contend that longstanding issues at these facilities — namely, chronic short staffing and infection control lapses &mda
  
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• Thousands Protest in N.Y.C., Reaching All 5 Boroughs and Trump Tower

  31-05-2020 00:33 via nytimes.com
  
  In a third day of demonstrations over George Floyd’s death, protesters blocked traffic, set fire to police vehicles and scuffled with officers across the city.
  
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• Protests Over George Floyd Death Reach Trump Tower and Across N.Y.C.

  31-05-2020 00:33 via nytimes.com
  
  In a third day of demonstrations, protesters also blocked the West Side Highway and scuffled with the police in Brooklyn.
  
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• Tiz the Law tops renamed Triple Crown rankings

  31-05-2020 00:15 via timesunion.com
  
  Tiz the Law is still the leader, but the name of the poll has changed.When we started this back in February, we called this the Derby Dozen. It was our list of the top 12 horses headed to the Kentucky Derby.And then it all changed. The Kentucky Derby was rescheduled to Sept. 5 because of the coronavirus pandemic and, last week, the New York Racing Association announced that the Belmont Stakes would be run on June 20. The $1 million Belmont, for the first time, now starts the Triple Crown with th
  
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• Coronavirus may make cashless more common. Who does that leave out?

  31-05-2020 00:00 via timesunion.com
  
  As retail businesses in the Capital Region and across New York prepare for the second phase of the state's economic reopening, business owners will be looking for more ways to reduce the number of hand-to-hand transactions taking place in their stores. One step they may take is enacting no-cash policies at the register.
  
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• In wake of George Floyd killing, hundreds rally for justice in Albany

  30-05-2020 21:07 via timesunion.com
  
  ALBANY -- Hundreds, likely thousands, filled the city's Townsend Park and crowds spilled into the streets Saturday calling for justice in the wake of the killing of Geroge Floyd, an unarmed black man, by police in Minneapolis.The emotional but orderly crowd expressed frustration with police in general, but the protest remained peaceful.
  
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• After children die, questions of standards and biases

  30-05-2020 20:56 via timesunion.com
  
  Four years ago, 2-year-old Kyra Franchetti was found dead inside a smoldering home in Virginia with two bullet holes in her back.The toddler had been shot by her father, Roy Rumsey, who then torched the house and killed himself.Two months earlier, Rumsey had been in Nassau County Family Court, where he made what turned out to be a final appearance in a 19-month struggle over Kyra’s custody. Her mother, Jacqueline Franchetti, had made allegations that her ex-boyfriend was suicidal and had b
  
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• As Minneapolis Burns, Mayor Takes Heat for the Response

  30-05-2020 18:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Several nights of violent protest in Minneapolis have prompted questions about whether city leaders have bungled their response
  
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• NYC Protests Continue Saturday After 2 Nights of Violent Clashes With Police

  30-05-2020 17:57 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Thousands of protestors are taking to New York City’s streets for a third day Saturday to demonstrate against police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who pleaded for his life as a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck earlier this week for nearly 9 minutes. Protests were planned in all...
  
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• Churchill: Lockdowns and George Floyd's killing bring an unraveling

  30-05-2020 17:16 via timesunion.com
  
  History teaches us that mass unemployment, particularly of the young, often leads to civil unrest and violence.The coronavirus gave us mass unemployment like nothing we've seen, in this country, since the Great Depression. And now, following the killing of an unarmed black man by a police officer in Minneapolis, we have civil unrest, with violence not only in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, but in Denver, Atlanta and in cities all around the country.
  
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• By-mail ballots create hassle for schools

  30-05-2020 16:30 via timesunion.com
  
  COLONIE – The coronavirus pandemic has transformed the annual statewide school budget vote with its light voter turnout into an unprecedented chaotic situation on June 9 where school districts are each following their own unexplored path to mailing and paying for thousands of absentee ballots.The Capital Region’s school districts are split between those who are mailing ballots to every registered voter and those who are compiling absentee voter lists from their poll books that tally
  
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• Cuomo Focuses on Quelling Virus Hot Spots in N.Y.C. Before Reopening

  30-05-2020 14:40 via nytimes.com
  
  As New York City looks to enter Phase 1 of reopening on June 8, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said officials were preparing hospitals for a potential uptick in coronavirus cases.
  
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• Cuomo Focused on Controlling 10 Virus Hot Spots in N.Y.C.: Live Updates

  30-05-2020 14:40 via nytimes.com
  
  As New York City looks to begin reopening on June 8, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said officials were preparing hospitals for a potential uptick in coronavirus cases.
  
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• US Cities Fear Protests May Fuel New Wave of Virus Outbreaks

  30-05-2020 14:34 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Government leaders in the U.S. are warning that the massive protests following the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis could fuel a new surge in cases of the coronavirus
  
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• AP FACT CHECK: Trump Vs. Twitter on Truth and Consequences

  30-05-2020 13:42 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  President Donald Trump and Twitter are tangling over truth and consequences
  
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• A Year Later, Motive of Virginia Mass Shooting Still Unclear

  30-05-2020 13:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Last year's rampage at a Virginia Beach city government building was the latest in a string of high-profile mass shootings
  
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• Jason Gough's forecast: Heat and humidity begin to let up

  30-05-2020 13:01 via timesunion.com
  
  After quite the summer day yesterday, the weather is turning as we speak. Yesterday's upper 80s with dewpoints in the 60s to 70 degrees. The radar signature that triggered the tornado warning was most impressive for this area, and National Weather Service meteorologists will be conducting a survey from Saratoga, near Corinth, through Warren and into Washington counties.This week will be much less "exciting", in that it will be markedly cooler and less humid. Frost is even a possibility into the
  
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• China Says US Action on Hong Kong ‘doomed to Fail’

  30-05-2020 08:08 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The mouthpiece of China's ruling Communist Party says U.S. moves to end some trading privileges extended to Hong Kong grossly interfere in China's internal affairs and are doomed to fail
  
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• Cities Brace for Increasing Unrest, Call in National Guard

  30-05-2020 06:50 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Protesters set police cars ablaze, smashed businesses’ windows and skirmished with baton-wielding officers in streets from Atlanta to Los Angeles, as anger over George Floyd’s death spread across the country
  
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• Protests Flare in Brooklyn Over Floyd Death as de Blasio Appeals for Calm

  30-05-2020 06:41 via nytimes.com
  
  Demonstrators stormed the perimeter of Barclays Center, hurling bottles and debris at police officers, who responded with tear gas and mace.
  
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• Storms sweep through region, knocking out power

  30-05-2020 03:23 via timesunion.com
  
  Bands of thunderstorms swept through the Capital Region Friday evening, with particularly powerful storms experienced in northern Saratoga County and southern Warren County, according to Times Union meteorologist Jason Gough.About 15,000 households in that area are without power, National Grid reports. Smaller numbers of households are without power in Schenectady and Clifton Park.Gough described the thunderstorms that hit northern Saratoga and southern Warren counties as "particularly nasty," a
  
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• Rensselaer County food drive on Saturday

  30-05-2020 02:02 via timesunion.com
  
  TROY -- Rensselaer County will hold a food drive from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at Hudson Valley Community College to support community-based food pantries throughout the county.
  
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• Spring resignation dominates Schenectady BOE elections

  30-05-2020 01:57 via timesunion.com
  
  SCHENECTADY — While the three incumbents seeking re-election continue to remain mum about the circumstances surrounding ex-school superintendent Larry Spring's abrupt departure in March, the two newcomers running against them blasted the board members for agreeing to a non-disparagement clause that has kept the circumstances of Spring's departure veiled in secrecy.“I think they violate the basic democratic principles of accountability," said Samuel Rose, a lifelong Schenectady reside
  
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• Albany police chief condemns 'shocking' killing of George Floyd

  30-05-2020 01:49 via timesunion.com
  
  Police Chief Eric Hawkins called the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer a "shocking" tragedy that will make policing more difficult for police departments nationally.
  
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• Oklahoma Training track to open next week

  30-05-2020 01:12 via timesunion.com
  
  After nearly two months, the horses will return to Saratoga.The Oklahoma Training Track is scheduled to open next week.Under normal circumstances, the Oklahoma, located across the street from Saratoga Race Course, would be in operation in mid-April. The coronavirus pandemic has kept the gates shut.The locks come off on Tuesday when horsemen will be permitted to be in the barn area. Training will officially begin on Thursday.
  
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• New York City, Battered by Outbreak, Finally Moves Toward Reopening

  30-05-2020 00:40 via nytimes.com
  
  As many as 400,000 people could return to work starting June 8, the possible first stage of the city’s recovery after two months of isolation and economic woes.
  
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• Lawmakers pass property tax relief option, allowing installment or late payments

  29-05-2020 23:23 via timesunion.com
  
  Lawmakers this week passed a measure that, if signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would let school districts, counties and other entities that levy property taxes allow installment payments, or up to a 120-day grace period.
  
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• NJ Daycares Can Reopen in June; Organized Sports, Youth Day Camps to Resume

  29-05-2020 22:59 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Gov. Phil Murphy announced he is allowing child-care services, organized sports practices and youth day camps to resume in New Jersey to resume over the next several weeks. Murphy announced during his daily coronavirus briefing Friday that child care centers can reopen June 15, while non-contact organized outdoor sports can resume a week later. Youth and day camps can resume...
  
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• She Accused a Coach of Abuse. Then More Than 30 Gymnasts Backed Her Up

  29-05-2020 22:29 via nytimes.com
  
  A gymnastics coach in New York City was suspended after Sara Allan, who trained at a gym there, wrote about her experience on Facebook. She received an outpouring of similar complaints from other gymnasts.
  
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• Hatchet Hardware to open store in Palatine Bridge

  29-05-2020 22:27 via timesunion.com
  
  PALATINE BRIDGE — Hatchet Hardware, which entered the Capital Region with the opening of its first hardware store on Hoosick Road in Brunswick in 2014, announced Friday it has opened its fourth area store, in Palatine Bridge, formerly the Dutchtown Ace Hardware outlet at 6133 NY-5.Angelo, Giovanni, and Erika Grasso operate the stores, as well as two others, the former Pfeil Hardware at Third and State streets in downtown Troy, and the former Philips Hardware in Waterford.
  
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• Overdose deaths stagger Washington County

  29-05-2020 22:22 via timesunion.com
  
  GREENWICH – In one 12-hour period last week, Flynn’s Funeral Home was called to attend to four deaths – all overdoses from what manager Jason Eaton said was a lethal combination of fentanyl laced cocaine.“The whole drug crisis, it’s just so bad,” Eaton said. "We are in a small town. When something like this happens, the community comes together and supports each other. But it’s hard because right now we can’t have services because of the coronaviru
  
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• Boat Strikes Surfacing Whale at the Jersey Shore

  29-05-2020 22:04 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  There was a startling and highly unusual collision on the Jersey Shore Friday afternoon — a boat striking a surfacing whale. A cabin cruiser was going down the Navesink River at the Highlands Bridge and ran right over a surfacing humpback whale, according to eyewitnesses on the scene. There were gasps from onlookers who had gathered for hours to watch...
  
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• Former NYPA employee sues for second time, alleges disability discrimination

  29-05-2020 21:58 via timesunion.com
  
  In an unusual move, a former New York Power Authority employee who had earlier sued alleging racial discrimination and lost has gone back to court.
  
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• Trump, Twitter and the First Amendment

  29-05-2020 21:57 via nytimes.com
  
  Readers discuss the president’s attempted crackdown on Twitter. Also: Cate Blanchett and feminism; remembering Larry Kramer; leaving the city in the pandemic; Groucho on college football.
  
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• San Diego cops take Brunswick man to face murder charges

  29-05-2020 21:45 via timesunion.com
  
  TROY – San Diego detectives picked up a Brunswick man at the Rensselaer County Jail Friday to take him back to California to face a murder charge in the 1975 killing of a Navy dental technician.Dennis Lepage, 62, was taken from the jail at 10 a.m. and driven to Albany International Airport in Colonie, law enforcement sources said.  At the airport, Lepage and his law enforcement escort boarded a commercial flight on the first leg of the trip to San Diego.
  
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• Thunderstorm warning issued for parts of Albany, Rensselaer counties

  29-05-2020 21:42 via timesunion.com
  
  A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for an area that includes Albany, Cohoes, Troy and several suburban towns in Rensselaer County.The warning is in effect until 4:30 p.m. A warning means weather radar or storm spotters predict that thunderstorms packing powerful wind and hail could hit at any time.
  
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• Historic Bousquet ski area is sold

  29-05-2020 21:38 via timesunion.com
  
  The venerable Bousquet ski area, which was built on a former mink farm in the 1930s, has been sold to a local investment group and will be working with two nearby areas, Berkshire East and Catamount, in a season pass collaboration.
  
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• Golfers want Capital Hills to open for golf

  29-05-2020 21:26 via timesunion.com
  
  Capital Hills has gone to the dogs, but area golfers are impatient about getting their space back.The city-owned, 18-hole track off New Scotland Avenue in Albany is the only Capital Region golf course not operating. Joggers and walkers, many accompanied by canines, have access to the grounds, but the city insists opening to the golfers is a money-losing scenario.So the golfers are fighting back. An online petition urging "the City of Albany Common Council and Mayor Kathy Sheehan to open Capital
  
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• I-Team: Brazilian Wax in a Pandemic? Manhattan Salon ‘Booked Solid’ Despite Lockdown

  29-05-2020 21:00 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Despite the governor’s executive order closing personal hygiene businesses in New York, a Midtown Manhattan salon was offering manicures, pedicures, and Brazilian waxing this week. An email from Beleza Beauty Spa told potential clients “We have a few spots available on Thursday (May 28) for Waxing. Book Now!” When the I-Team called to see about specific appointment slots, a salon worker...
  
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• Charges Recommended Against 3 Officers Involved in Violent N.Y. Arrest

  29-05-2020 20:26 via nytimes.com
  
  The departmental charges would be in connection with a May 2 incident in the East Village during which an officer sat on a man’s neck.
  
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• Rivers Casino cancels concert series, July 4 fete

  29-05-2020 20:12 via timesunion.com
  
  SCHENECTADY — Rivers Casino & Resort has canceled its Harbor Jam summer concert series and its Fourth of July festivities, the casino announced Friday.
  
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• Saratoga Hospital neighbors file suit against city

  29-05-2020 19:52 via timesunion.com
  
  SARATOGA SPRINGS – Neighbors surrounding a controversial Saratoga Hospital project have filed suit against the city on Tuesday, claiming the city’s change in zoning to allow for a large medical office building in a residential neighborhood that “will greatly impact the use and enjoyment of the petitioners-plaintiffs’ property.”The suit, filed by attorney Claudia Braymer for five neighbors, notes the change will “bring increased traffic and parking near their h
  
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• GE engineer stole chip tech from GE lab at SUNY Poly

  29-05-2020 19:45 via timesunion.com
  
  AlbanyThe former General Electric research engineer who pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing trade secrets admitted he stole the technology while working at GE's lab at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany.Yang Sui, 42, of Niskayuna, is facing up to 10 years in federal prison under a plea deal in which he admitted to stealing dozens of files from GE's computer servers while working at GE's lab at SUNY Poly, which was part of the New York Power Electronics Manufacturing Consortium, a $500 milli
  
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• NYPD Officers Facing Discipline Following Slapping Incident in East Village

  29-05-2020 19:19 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Several NYPD officers involved in a violent East Village arrest earlier this month will face disciplinary charges, the department said on Friday. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea had already said he was not happy with how the arrests were handled, sparking an internal investigation that left one officer on modified duty. The May 2 incident was captured on camera and caught...
  
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  29-05-2020 18:57 via lx.com
  
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• Medicare chief: Cuomo's nursing home order did not follow federal guidelines

  29-05-2020 18:18 via timesunion.com
  
  The federal government's top official overseeing nursing homes said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nursing home order prompting the admittance of coronavirus patients from hospitals did not follow her agency's guidance.Cuomo has insisted that his original order regarding nursing homes was aligned with the Trump administration's policy, but Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said Wednesday that's not the case."Under no circumstances should a hospital discharge a pa
  
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• Amtrak considers assigned seating as pandemic dictates social distancing

  29-05-2020 18:03 via timesunion.com
  
  RENSSELAER — Assigned seating could soon come to more Amtrak trains. The feature, long standard on airplanes and already offered in first class on Acela  and business class on Northeast Regional trains, is seen as one way to implement social distancing in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.It also might enable contact tracing of people who might have been exposed should a passenger later be diagnosed with Covid 19."We are working on options to expand assigned seating and reserved trave
  
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