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• Family, police seek missing Rotterdam teen

  05-03-2019 23:52 via timesunion.com
  ROTTERDAM — Police and family are searching for 19-year-old Rayne Kaylene Morrison, who has been missing since Feb. 27.
  
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• Mom Slashes Girl Who Tased Daughter in Fight: NYPD

  05-03-2019 23:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A fight between two teen girls outside an East Harlem school ends with one girl tased and her mother allegedly slashing her young attacker, police say.Photo Credit: News 4 New York
  
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• Call for Answers Over City CBD Crackdown

  05-03-2019 23:45 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  There is new information on the City's crackdown on CBD products. Gus Rosendale reports.
  
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• NYPD Parking Uproar Outside Columbia Complex

  05-03-2019 23:42 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  NYPD tow trucks were seen moving cars over the weekend outside Columbia University's athletic complex. Ida Siegal reports.
  
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• Bobcat Unit Falls Through NJ Bridge, Smashes Van on Highway

  05-03-2019 23:40 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A Bobcat unit clearing snow off a foot bridge in New Jersey somehow plunged through the span onto the highway below, smashing into a van, according to authorities and photos from the scene.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Gas Line Ruptured in Williamsburg

  05-03-2019 23:36 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A gas line ruptured and caught fire near the Williamsburg Bridge Tuesday afternoon. Michael George reports.
  
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• Why People Are Tossing Their Shoes for Viral #VansChallenge

  05-03-2019 23:02 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  What goes up must come down -- and land upright, apparently, if it's a Vans shoe.Photo Credit: @leentje27 / @timmay047 / @_.ahleeyah._
  
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• Certain Birth Control Pills Recalled Over 'Packaging Error'

  05-03-2019 22:41 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Women who are taking drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol birth control are being asked to check for a "packaging error" after a manufacturer issued a recall on Monday.The Apotex Corp.Photo Credit: Apotex Corp. via FDA
  
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• Four incumbent N.Y. Board of Regents members reelected

  05-03-2019 22:33 via timesunion.com
  All four incumbent members of the state Board of Regents whose terms were expiring were re-elected Tuesday by members of the Legislature.
  
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• S. Glens Falls woman arrested on welfare charges

  05-03-2019 22:30 via timesunion.com
  FORT EDWARD - A South Glens Falls woman was arrested for allegedly filing false informationto obtain social services benefits that she is not entitled to, Washington County Sheriff's Office said.Britney L. Shaffer, 30, of Harrison Avenue was charged with filing a false instrument, a felony, on Feb. 1, after she allegedly filed false information on July 5, 2018 to receive SNAP benefits, deputies said.
  
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• Albany police probe armed robbery at Pine Hills market

  05-03-2019 22:13 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - City police are investigating an apparent armed robbery at a convenience store at the corner of Hudson Avenue and Ontario Street in the Pine Hills neighborhood.Albany police spokesman Steve Smith said shortly after 2 p.m. Tuesday a man wearing a red-colored jacket and his face covered brandished what "appeared to be a handgun" and demanded cash at the Pine Hills Market, located at 504 Hudson Ave.
  
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• Hospitals, providers urge N.Y. lawmakers to restore Cuomo health care cuts

  05-03-2019 21:42 via timesunion.com
  Healthcare workers, leaders and advocates swarmed the state Capitol Tuesday to urge lawmakers to restore $550 million in funds that were slashed from the governor's original budget proposal to help plug a larger-than-expected state deficit.
  
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• Historic South End church to be converted into apartments

  05-03-2019 21:02 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The former St. John's Catholic Church has been in limbo for years ever since a nonprofit's plans to turn the stone structure into its headquarters didn't materialize, but local developer Patrick Chiou is purchasing the property from the county for $10,000 to turn it into 20 affordable studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments.Chiou's plans for revitalizing the South End church was one of several announcements Tuesday that emphasized an interest in improving a community that has suffered
  
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• Dad Finds Wife, Daughters and Dogs Blacked Out in NY Home

  05-03-2019 20:59 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Two teenage girls and their mother were pulled unconscious from a Rockland County home Tuesday in a suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities say.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• 'Extreme Wind Gust' Causes Cruise Nightmare Off NE Coast

  05-03-2019 20:57 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Several people on a Norwegian Escape cruise ship headed to Florida were injured Sunday by "a sudden, extreme gust of wind," the company said.Photo Credit: AJ BlackThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Trump Organization’s Insurance Policies Under Scrutiny in New York

  05-03-2019 20:56 via nytimes.com
  Aon, one of the world’s largest insurance brokerages, was served a subpoena late Monday, the first step in an investigation of policies involving President Trump’s family business.
  
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• Saratoga County software firm expands with state help

  05-03-2019 20:23 via timesunion.com
  Clifton ParkA Saratoga County software company founded two decades ago is moving into new corporate headquarters in Clifton Park, and is aiming to expand with the help of state tax credits.Kitware is investing about $10 million to lease and upgrade its new 43,000 square-foot offices on Route 9, which will includes lab space for employees, and more than 7,000 square feet of open areas for software training courses, hackathons and company events.The company was founded in 1998 around an ''open sou
  
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• 9 New York City Shows to Catch This Spring

  05-03-2019 20:04 via nytimes.com
  Highlights from The New York Times Culture Calendar, your monthly cure for FOMO.
  
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• Troy official wants property back in land scandal case

  05-03-2019 19:58 via timesunion.com
  TROY – City Council President Carmella Mantello has asked Mayor Patrick Madden to have the city pursue regaining ownership of a 1.85-acre parcel in Lansingburgh that is at the heart of a state attorney general's case against a former city engineer and a current city code enforcer.Former City Engineer Andrew Donovan bought 226 Cemetery Road in 2015 from the city for $3,500 then put it up for sale for $65,000 after the city released a hold on the property, known as a reverter clause, when Ma
  
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• 1-Year-Old NYC Twin Died of 'Fatal Child Abuse Syndrome'

  05-03-2019 19:53 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The death of a 1-year-old girl who appeared to have been horribly beaten when she was found unconscious in her Queens home last October along with her twin brother, who was also badly hurt, has officially...
  
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• Port Authority Installs New Breastfeeding Pods at Airports

  05-03-2019 19:41 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Mothers will have private state-of-the-art places to breastfeed if they find themselves at four local tri-state airports.Photo Credit: Port Authority
  
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• New York’s Mayor Doesn’t Run New York’s Subways. Should He?

  05-03-2019 19:34 via nytimes.com
  Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker, has a new proposal to allow the city to take control of the subway.
  
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• New York City’s Subway Isn’t Run by the Mayor. Should It Be?

  05-03-2019 19:34 via nytimes.com
  Corey Johnson, the City Council speaker, has a new proposal to allow the city to take control of the subway.
  
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• Farmworker fair labor act too costly for farmers, Farm Bureau says

  05-03-2019 19:32 via timesunion.com
  The bill pushes to grant collective bargaining rights for workers, as well unemployment benefits, workers' compensation and mandated overtime pay.
  
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• DJ indicted again on child sex abuse charges

  05-03-2019 19:30 via timesunion.com
  A local DJ previously indicted on child sex abuse charges in Rensselaer County was arrested Tuesday on new charges after an Albany County grand jury indicted him.Brian O. Angelo, 49, who performs as DJ IRoc, was charged with predatory sexual assault against a child, Colonie police said.
  
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• Latham-based wifi provider moving 40 employees to Troy

  05-03-2019 19:27 via timesunion.com
  Latham-based Deep Blue Communications, a provider of wifi to large hotels and venues, is expanding its offices to Troy. Deep Blue will move 40 employees into space formerly occupied by software company Apprenda in the Hedley Park Place on Troy's riverfront.
  
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• 'Nightmare': 3 Accused of Torturing 9-Year-Old NY Student

  05-03-2019 19:16 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A former bus driver and two aides face charges for allegedly tormenting and physically abusing a 9-year-old Long Island boy with autism as they took him back and forth to school, authorities say.Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  
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• Broad City's Ilana Glazer to lobby in Albany with Planned Parenthood

  05-03-2019 19:16 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - Broad City co-star Ilana Glazer is coming to Albany on Tuesday to support Planned Parenthood Empire State Act's legislative agenda.The appearance is set to be the highlight of the group's advocacy effort, which will bring more than 1,000 reproductive health advocates and supporters to the Capitol. The legislative priorities include publicly-funded reproductive health care, maternal mortality prevention and comprehensive sex education.
  
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• Siena men's basketball searches for best in MAAC Tournament

  05-03-2019 19:07 via timesunion.com
  Are the Saints (16-15 overall, 11-7 MAAC) ready to deliver their best when it's win-or-go-home time with a league championship at stake? Christian, entering his first MAAC Tournament, said he believes so."I love how our team's growing,'' Christian said. "We've still got our best basketball ahead of us, which I think is really scary. We haven't made shots at the level that we're capable of, but we've defended at times better than anyone could have anticipated .. I think we have an opportunity to
  
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• Southern Vermont College to close

  05-03-2019 19:06 via timesunion.com
  Marking the second such announcement in less than three months, officials at Southern Vermont College this week said they would close their doors at the end of the current school year.
  
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• Family Slams Plea Deal in NYC Hit-Run That Killed Beloved DJ

  05-03-2019 18:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The man accused of a hit-and-run crash that killed a popular Spanish radio DJ in Brooklyn more than two years ago accepted a plea deal Tuesday, the same day his criminal trial was set to get underway.
  
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• Kinimo Ngoran to be released from ICE detention after six-week saga

  05-03-2019 18:35 via timesunion.com
  Kinimo Ngoran is coming home.The Capital City Rescue Mission chef will be released from immigration detention near Buffalo after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) submitted a court filing with a federal court in Rochester at noon Tuesday, Ngoran's lawyers said.ICE issued Ngoran a temporary stay of removal, stopping his deportation, until a decision is made on Ngoran's application to get a green card through his American citizen wife, Lisa Pepper-Ngoran. The process could take years.
  
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• Exclusive: Kinimo Ngoran released from ICE detention after six-week saga

  05-03-2019 18:35 via timesunion.com
  Kinimo Ngoran is coming home.The Capital Rescue Mission chef will be released from immigration detention near Buffalo after Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a response with a federal court in Rochester at noon Tuesday, Ngoran's lawyers confirmed.
  
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• FreshDirect Extends Same Day Delivery Throughout Manhattan

  05-03-2019 18:33 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The online fresh food grocer Fresh Direct announced Tuesday it is rolling out same day delivery service in Manhattan later this month.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Local investment firms to merge

  05-03-2019 18:26 via timesunion.com
  AlbanyTwo longtime Capital Region investment firms are merging into a combined firm with some $1.8 billion of assets under management.Hugh Johnson Advisors, whose origins date to 1994, and Bender Lane Advisory, a 2002 firm that specializes in investing for the ultra-wealthy, will combine to create a new Albany-based firm, JNB Advisors LLC.Hugh Johnson will become chairman and chief investment officer of JNB, and Dan Nolan, of Hugh Johnson Advisors (HJA), and Dan Rutnik, head of Bender Lane Advis
  
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• Man Takes Plea Deal in NYC Hit-Run That Killed DJ Jinx Paul

  05-03-2019 18:25 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The man accused of a hit-and-run crash that killed a popular Spanish radio DJ in Brooklyn more than two years ago accepted a plea deal Tuesday, the same day his criminal trial was set to get underway.
  
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• Bus Driver, Aides Accused of Tormenting 9-Year-Old NY Boy

  05-03-2019 17:55 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  A former bus driver and two aides face charges for allegedly tormenting and physically abusing a 9-year-old Long Island boy with autism as they took him back and forth to school, authorities say.Photo Credit: Shutterstock
  
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• Are Tortillas a Weapon Against Cancer? Researchers Say Yes

  05-03-2019 17:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Mexican researchers found that tortillas could actually help in the prevention of human papillomavirus infections and cervical cancer, Telemundo report.Photo Credit: AP
  
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• New York professors' union is target of class action lawsuit

  05-03-2019 17:05 via timesunion.com
  New York's major teachers' unions are defending against a class action lawsuit in which college professors who were not union members are demanding retroactive dues-like payments in the wake of last June's U.S. Supreme Court Janus decision.
  
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• Grondahl: On finishing 'War and Peace'

  05-03-2019 15:21 via timesunion.com
  Three times I began "War and Peace."Each time, Leo Tolstoy's literary classic, all 2.3 pounds and 1,408 pages of it, defeated me.It shames me, an English major with a bachelor's and master's degree in literature, to admit that I did not have the stamina or commitment to finish the Russian novelist's masterpiece – widely considered one of the greatest novels ever written.As I approached 60, it loomed as a glaring omission in my reading repertoire. It was a challenge unmet, a marathon abando
  
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• Death of Brutalized 1-Year-Old NYC Twin Ruled a Homicide

  05-03-2019 15:13 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The death of a 1-year-old girl who appeared to have been horribly beaten when she was found unconscious in her Queens home last October along with her twin brother, who was also badly hurt, has officially...
  
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• Silent Stranger Punches 8-Year-Old Boy Riding NYC Subway

  05-03-2019 13:36 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police say a man randomly punched a young child with autism riding the subway in Manhattan.Photo Credit: News 4 / NYPD
  
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• Hillary Clinton: 'I'm not running'

  05-03-2019 13:32 via timesunion.com
  Hillary Clinton tells a downstate television station that she is not running for president in 2020."I'm not running, but I'm going to keep on working and speaking and standing up for what I believe," the Democrat told News 12 in Westchester County.
  
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• Water woes cancel class at SCCC

  05-03-2019 12:39 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY - A water-line break forced the closure of Schenectady County Community College Tuesday.All classes are canceled and all locations are closed at the two-year school while repairs are made.In addition to the cancellation of classes, the YWCA's on-campus daycare program is also canceled Tuesday.
  
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• Happening Today: Trump Probe, AIDS Transplant, Luke Perry

  05-03-2019 12:38 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Here's what to know for Tuesday, March 5.Photo Credit: Getty Images/File
  
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• Trial for Man Accused in Hit-Run That Killed DJ Jinx Begins

  05-03-2019 12:29 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  The trial for a man accused of a hit-and-run that killed a popular Spanish radio DJ in Brooklyn more than two years ago will get underway.
  
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• Chilly days are ahead in Albany area

  05-03-2019 12:28 via timesunion.com
  The region is in the firm grip of winter Tuesday with early morning temperature struggling to get into the teens.At 6:30 a.m., the mercury stood at 12 degrees. Forecasters expect the temperature will approach 30 degrees during the day and then drop to nearly single digits Tuesday night.There is a chance of snow flurries Tuesday night.Relief from the freezing temperatures might not arrive for several more days. Forecasters say the mercury could cross into the mid-30s on Friday.
  
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• N.Y. Today: Why Did the Mayor Call a Snow Day?

  05-03-2019 11:44 via nytimes.com
  Tuesday: The decision to cancel school involves a complicated calculation of politics and logistics.
  
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• Man Punches Child With Autism in Unprovoked Attack: Sources

  05-03-2019 10:47 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  Police say a man randomly punched a young child with autism riding the subway in Manhattan.Photo Credit: News 4 / NYPD
  
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• Airport-Like Vending Machines to Replace Subway Newsstands

  05-03-2019 09:52 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  High-tech vending machines like the ones you may see at airports could soon be replacing subway newsstands.Photo Credit: MTA
  
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