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• Suspect Arrested in Stolen Car Chase That Hurt NY Cop

  25-01-2019 23:51 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A police officer was dragged for about a block and a gun was fired during a wild chase near the Bronx-Westchester border that sent a Bronx high school into lockdown, officials said.Photo Credit: News 4 NY
  
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• Albany man convicted on gun charges in Renssealer County

  25-01-2019 23:44 via timesunion.com
  TROY - An Albany man was convicted on three gun charges Friday after a two-day trial in Rensselaer County Court and now faces up to 15 years in prison.Avalon O. Watson, 24, of Colonie Street in Arbor Hill, was convicted of second degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm, both felonies, and fourth degree criminal possession of a weapon, a misdemeanor.
  
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• Baby Dies After Being Found Unresponsive at Day Care: Source

  25-01-2019 23:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  An infant boy died at the hospital after a day care worker noticed he wasn't breathing in his crib during a nap in Brooklyn, according to law enforcement sources.The four-month-old baby, identified as...
  
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• Siena men's basketball is rarely in a foul mood

  25-01-2019 23:35 via timesunion.com
  In their first year under head coach Jamion Christian, the Saints are committing 13.9 personal fouls per game, tied for the fourth-fewest in Division I.Only one Siena player has fouled out this season — senior forward Kevin Degnan against Hofstra on Nov. 28."We're really working on playing fundamentally sound,'' Christian said. "I think that's one of our biggest gaps right there. If you can play without the foul and keep your hands back and just play fundamentally sound, we can give o
  
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• Free tax filing assistance program launches again

  25-01-2019 22:56 via timesunion.com
  COLONIE -  The Cash Coalition of the Greater Capital Region is starting up its annual Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program, or VITA.
  
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• Syracuse U. Student From NYC Killed in NJ Highway Bus Crash

  25-01-2019 22:55 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  New Jersey State Police say one person has died and at least 21 other people were injured in a crash involving a bus and several cars on a Garden State highway.Photo Credit: News 4 NYThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Lego robot competition Saturday at SUNY Poly

  25-01-2019 22:31 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany is holding a FIRST Lego League Expo on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  
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• DJ indicted in Troy sex abuse case

  25-01-2019 22:22 via timesunion.com
  TROY – A Rensselaer County grand jury indicted a well-known hip-hop disc jockey on 14 counts of sexually abusing two children in a city residence, according to papers filed with county court Friday.Brian Angelo, known professionally as DJ Iroc, was indicted for incidents that allegedly occurred between June 1 and Aug. 31 2005, in November 2006 and from Jan. 1, 2007 to Dec. 31, 2008, according to the indictment.Angelo, 49, is a DJ on radio station JAMZ 96.3 FM. An April 2018 story in the Ti
  
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• UAlbany men's lacrosse out with something to prove

  25-01-2019 22:03 via timesunion.com
  Even with the losses, UAlbany is still expected to reign as America East Conference champion again. The Great Danes were picked first in the preseason coaches poll on Thursday for the seventh straight year.But this time it doesn't feel like a foregone conclusion. They were only picked by one point over Stony Brook, which got as many first-place votes (three) as the Great Danes did. Maryland-Baltimore County, which upset then-No. 1 UAlbany last year, got the other first-place vote and is chosen f
  
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• NJ Man Attempts to Turn Famous Ice Disk Into Peace Sign

  25-01-2019 21:27 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A New Jersey man may have failed Thursday to carve the world-famous Maine ice disk into a peace sign, but he did manage to amuse local law enforcement.Photo Credit: Tina Radel, City of Westbroook
  
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• Test Ride an E-Scooter Before Potential Pilot Program Begins

  25-01-2019 21:22 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A set of four bills was introduced to the city council’s Committee of Transportation Wednesday, and if passed, the city could see a e-scooter pilot program as soon as this summer. However, you don’t have to waitPhoto Credit: Chris Blake
  
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• Troy mayor calls on councilman to resign over racist recording

  25-01-2019 21:12 via timesunion.com
  TROY – Mayor Patrick Madden called on Councilman Mark McGrath to resign Friday after he was heard using racist language in a three-year-old voicemail obtained by the Times Union."If the councilman made these statements he should step down immediately. The residents of Troy deserve to be represented by someone who respects them, no matter their race, creed or color," Madden, a Democrat, in a statement.McGrath immediately responded saying, "He not going to me I ought to resign. I was duly el
  
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• NY Truck Driver Comes Forward as Lone $298M Powerball WInner

  25-01-2019 20:52 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Brooklyn-based truck driver who was sick and dragged himself out of bed to go to work on the day he bought a lottery ticket came forward as the sole winner of the near $300 milllion Powerball jackpot.Photo Credit: NY Lottery
  
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• Sheriff: Lake George man arrested on drug charges

  25-01-2019 20:33 via timesunion.com
  LAKE GEORGE - A town man was arrested Thursday on charges of selling of marijuana in and around Lake George, Warren County Sheriff's Office said.
  
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• Ballston Spa man slams vehicle into Saratoga Springs police cruiser

  25-01-2019 20:19 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS - A Ballston Spa man who was allegedly driving drunk crashed into a Saratoga Springs police cruiser early Thursday morning, police said.
  
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• These 10 NYC Michelin Restaurants Are Cheaper 'Til Feb. 8

  25-01-2019 19:58 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  More than 380 restaurants are participating in NYC Restaurant Week this winter, but only 10 of them are Michelin-starred.Photo Credit: Getty Images for NYCWFF
  
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• Legislation addressing gun violence scheduled for a vote

  25-01-2019 19:45 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The first major batch of gun control measures since the passage of the SAFE Act six years ago are scheduled for a vote in both house of the state Legislature next week.
  
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• Arrest Made in 1992 Case of Naked Woman Dead on NYC Rooftop

  25-01-2019 19:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A 56-year-old man was charged in connection with the 1992 murder of a woman whose naked body was found on a Brooklyn rooftop with gunshot wounds to her head, prosecutors said Friday.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Shutdown ends; local support continues for federal workers

  25-01-2019 19:33 via timesunion.com
  United Way of the Greater Capital Region and the Golub Corporation will donate $10,000 each to support federal employees - including 200 TSA and air traffic controller employees at the Albany International Airport.
  
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• Irish coach accused of sex abuse faces extradition hearing in Albany

  25-01-2019 18:52 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY -- An extradition hearing will be held for a Guilderland man who faces 394 criminal counts stemming from the sexual abuse of two children in Ireland, will be held Friday afternoon, authorities say.Raymond Donlon was arrested last week in Guilderland, on Jan. 16, by Homeland Security. He is accused of "protracted sexual abuse" of two children in Longford, Ireland, from 2004 to 2009, according to a federal complaint filed against him.
  
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• Family members scream in outrage after plea deal in 2018 Troy sex abuse case

  25-01-2019 18:45 via timesunion.com
  TROY --Family members of two young girls screamed and had to be restrained outside a Rensselaer County courtroom Friday morning after a 62-year-old city man was sentenced to five years probation in a sexual abuse case.William A. Cavanaugh Sr. declined to speak after listening to a member of the two girls' family detail how the children have suffered since they were victims of incidents that occurred between 2008 and 2014."It pains me to stand here and see the suffering of the family," Chief Assi
  
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• Family members outraged by plea deal in 2018 Troy sex abuse case

  25-01-2019 18:45 via timesunion.com
  TROY --Family members of two young girls screamed and had to be restrained outside a Rensselaer County courtroom Friday morning after a 62-year-old city man was sentenced to five years probation in a sexual abuse case.William A. Cavanaugh Sr. declined to speak after listening to a member of the two girls' family detail how the children have suffered since they were victims of incidents that occurred between 2008 and 2014."It pains me to stand here and see the suffering of the family," Chief Assi
  
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• Author, UAlbany grad named as PEN Award finalist

  25-01-2019 18:43 via timesunion.com
  UAlbany graduate Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah has been named a finalist in the 2019 PEN America Literary awards for "Friday Black," his debut collection of darkly satirical stories examining race and consumerism.
  
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• Total Travel Chaos as Sick Calls Force LaGuardia Ground Stop

  25-01-2019 18:02 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A brief ground stop was ordered Friday at LaGuardia Airport, which experienced a "ripple effect" because of a spike in staff sick calls at other hubs as tensions boil over the longest federal government shutdown...Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• End of state canal storage left vessels on Hudson River this winter

  25-01-2019 18:01 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Some of the vessels that broke free during an ice jam on the Hudson River overnight might not have been there if  wintertime storage had been available as usual along the Erie Canal in Waterford.The New York Power Authority, which in 2017 took control of the canal system, said Friday that is was not ending a longstanding practice that allowed vessels to be stored during the winter in dewatered sections of the canal.On Friday, three people in the marine industry familiar with
  
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• Hawaii Jet to NYC Diverted to SF After Flight Attendant Dies Onboard

  25-01-2019 17:35 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Hawaiian Airlines flight heading to New York was diverted to the San Francisco International Airport Thursday night following a medical emergency that led to the death of a flight attendant.Flight 50...Photo Credit: Ted S. Warren/APThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Fate of Albany Skyway up in air after council votes against $1.5M bond

  25-01-2019 17:35 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — A new "linear park" once touted as a way to connect Albany's waterfront to Clinton Square has hit a roadblock.Albany Common Council members on Thursday voted 10-1 against borrowing $1.5 million for the Albany Skyway project, a sum that was included in a slate of bond resolutions. (There were four abstentions.)The city has already secured state funding to cover the initial construction of the project, which will transform an underutilized Interstate 787 northbound exit ramp.
  
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• Council balks at $1.5M bond for Albany Skyway project

  25-01-2019 17:35 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Council members say city funds shouldn't be spent on a "linear park" when infrastructure is crumbling and neighborhoods continue to struggle.Many who initially supported the now nearly $16 million Albany Skyway project, expected to use an underutilized Interstate 787 exit ramp to connect Clinton Square to Albany's waterfront, are balking at $1.5 million bond that would pay for the preliminary and final design of enhanced amenities along the park.
  
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• These 10 NYC Michelin Restaurants Will Be Cheaper Til Feb. 8

  25-01-2019 17:24 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  More than 380 restaurants are participating in NYC Restaurant Week this winter, but only 10 of them are Michelin-starred.Photo Credit: Getty Images for NYCWFF
  
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• Apple slams ICE detention of Albany mission worker

  25-01-2019 17:02 via timesunion.com
  Federal immigration officials have taken an Albany resident from the Ivory Coast into custody, prompting outrage from Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple and the head of the Capital City Rescue Mission where he worked.
  
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• State will distribute water to Greenwich

  25-01-2019 16:57 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — The state will send 40,000 bottles of water to Greenwich, which has been under a boil-water notice since Thursday afternoon.A water main break in the Washington County village caused an interruption in service to about 5,000 water customers, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office. Though water has been restored, the boil-water notice remains in effect until further notice.
  
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• Schenectady warns Mohawk may flood Stockade

  25-01-2019 16:57 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY — City police are warning of possible Mohawk River flooding in the Stockade on Friday.Police said residents should prepare for flooding and be ready to evacuate if instructed.Anyone with an unlisted landline or cell phone number is encouraged to use the Schenectady County Emergency rapid notification call system for updated information.Register at schenectadycounty.com/rapidnotify.
  
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• Flood fears ebb in Schenectady

  25-01-2019 16:57 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY — For a few hours Friday, city officials and residents of the city's Stockade watched and hoped the rising Mohawk River would not send water pouring into the neighborhood.The river, swelled by Thursday's rain and the rapid melting of ice and snow upstream, rose through the morning and nearly hit flood stage. The extra water and swift moving ice chunks fueled fear the river would be blocked at a nearby train bridge or Freenman's BridgeBut by 2 p.m., the water river had fallen by
  
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• Listen Up: Rideshare Tantrum, No Sweethearts and Health Tips

  25-01-2019 15:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Find out more about the popular Valentine's Day candy that won't be on the shelves this season, the postponed MTA fare hike and health tips in this Jan.24 edition of Listen Up.
  
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• Rosie, Indian Ladder's Scottish Highlander cow, has died

  25-01-2019 14:36 via timesunion.com
  Sad news for visitors to Indian Ladder Farms: Rosie, its distinctive Scottish Highlander cow, has died.Indian Ladder, 342 Altamont Road, Voorheesville, is hosting a fundraiser and celebration of Rosie's life in its Cidery and Brewery Tasting Room from 2-4 p.m. Saturday. They invite all to stop by to share a memory or a photo.Indian Ladder and the Cidery and Brewer also set up a fundraiser in her memory through Heifer International. Donations will be accepted in person and online at https://fundr
  
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• Bathroom User Wanted in Bizarre NYC Church Mayhem

  25-01-2019 14:24 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Cops are looking for a man they say used a church bathroom, then started acting wildly, smashing a potted plant and a St. Jude statue before running off.Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Lone NYC Winner of $298M Powerball to Come Forward Friday

  25-01-2019 14:12 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The Brooklyn man whose numbers matched all five plus the Powerball drawn last month will be named and will be presented with a ceremonial prize check worth just shy of $300 million.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Overnight freeze leaves roads slick, schools delayed

  25-01-2019 12:57 via timesunion.com
  Schools in outlying parts of the Capital Region are delaying the start of classes while road crews drop salt on roads left slick when Thursday's rain and melted snow left roads covered in ice.The delays are scattered at spots in western Schenectady County, eastern Rensselaer County, Columbia County and Greene County.Schools in Washington County were also delayed.
  
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• Happening Today: Roger Stone, Wilbur Ross, Chris Brown

  25-01-2019 12:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Friday, Jan. 25.Photo Credit: Getty Images/File
  
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• Trump associate Roger Stone arrested, faces obstruction charge

  25-01-2019 12:45 via timesunion.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested Friday morning on several criminal charges stemming from the special counsel's Russia investigation.
  Stone is charged in a seven-count indictment with witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to the release by WikiLeaks of hacked emails during the 2016 presidential election. Some of those false statements were made to the House intelligence committee, according to th
  
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• Schenectady police investigate homicide

  25-01-2019 12:38 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead early Friday morning.The shooting happened at about 1 a.m. in the area of Becker and Linden streets.Few details were available about the incident but News Channel 13 reported that a man died.
  
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• Man, 38, killed in Schenectady shooting

  25-01-2019 12:38 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead early Friday morning.Roscoe Foster, 38, died at Ellis Hospital despite efforts to keep him alive.
  
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• Wall of ice, water sweeps boats down Hudson River

  25-01-2019 12:30 via timesunion.com
  TROY — A 10- to 15-foot wall of ice and water swept down the Hudson River early Friday morning, hitting a boatyard in Lansingburgh and sweeping out three tugboats, sending a cascade of vessels and barges down the river.Bridges to the south were closed during the morning rush hour while workers tried to corral the vessels.One of the vessels, the Captain JP III cruise ship, hit the Livingston Avenue train bridge in Albany, wedging up against the span Amtrak relies on to send trains across th
  
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• Bridges reopen, Capt. JP wedged after boats get loose in Troy

  25-01-2019 12:30 via timesunion.com
  TROY — The slow flow of boats and barges that were ripped from their moorings by ice and flood water Friday morning was moving down the Hudson River, causing a cascade of bridge closures along the way.One of the vessels, the Captain JP III cruise ship struck the Congress Street Bridge after coming loose shortly after 1 a.m. and was wedged against the Livingston Avenue train bridge in Albany by 9:15 a.m.A barge that was moving behind it slipped under that bridge and was headed south on the
  
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• Bridges closed after boats get loose in Troy

  25-01-2019 12:30 via timesunion.com
  TROY — A number of boats, including the Captain JP cruise ship, broke loose of their moorings overnight, sending them floating down the river and forcing police to close several bridges south of Congress Street, police said.
  
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• 2 Die in Mangled Wreck That Sent Vehicles Into NJ Home: Cops

  25-01-2019 12:27 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Two people are dead after a serious crash in New Jersey involving at least three cars, a house and two light poles, officials say.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Haunting mugshots capture Albany prison's history

  25-01-2019 12:14 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY – George F. Donahoe stares sternly out from his 1903 mugshot, wearing a suit, a white shirt and a bow tie. His hair is closely cropped.Donahoe, a 29-year-old pastry cook, had his picture taken at the Albany County Penitentiary after he was found guilty of "keeping a disorderly house," a brothel, and was sentenced to six months or a $250 fine.Donahoe's countenance is one of 13,000 to 15,000 Bertillon Card File mugshots that have survived more than a century, finding a home in the Alb
  
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• N.Y. Today: Making Sense of a $238 Million Apartment

  25-01-2019 12:05 via nytimes.com
  A history of record-setting home sales in New York City.
  
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• NY Elementary School Teacher Charged With Sex Abuse: Cops

  25-01-2019 10:51 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A teacher on Long Island is accused of having inappropriate contact with several students at an elementary school, police and school officials say.
  
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• The Green Book’s Black History

  25-01-2019 09:55 via nytimes.com
  Lessons from the Jim Crow-era travel guide for African-American elites.
  
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