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• Albany man among 3 charged in home invasion

  08-03-2019 23:51 via timesunion.com
  An Albany man was among the three people charged in a Jefferson County home invasion involving a firearm early Friday morning, State Police said.
  
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• Amtrak report card highlights delays caused by freight railroads

  08-03-2019 22:42 via timesunion.com
  The latest Amtrak report card on how badly its trains were delayed by the freight railroads shows some improvements. But the overall average grade for all host railroads — Amtrak only owns a small portion of the tracks over which it operates — remains a C, which means "many passengers are very late."
  
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• UAlbany lacrosse looks for identity against Maryland

  08-03-2019 22:28 via timesunion.com
  Maybe a visit from a powerhouse program will help bring back UAlbany's identity. The Great Danes (1-3) play host to No. 7 Maryland (5-1), the 2017 national champion, at 1 p.m. Saturday at Casey Stadium."You certainly have to play,'' said UAlbany head coach Scott Marr, a former Maryland assistant. "This (Maryland) is as good a team in the last how many years, I couldn't tell you, 50, 100 years? So if you're not ready to play against a team like this, then you certainly aren't going to be ready to
  
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• Saratoga Hospital CEO appeals to neighbors on medical office project

  08-03-2019 22:11 via timesunion.com
  Saratoga Hospital President and CEO Angelo Calbone is appealing directly to residents as the hospital considers reviving a controversial medical office development next to its main campus.
  
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• Saratoga convention, tourism officials tackle short-term rental issues

  08-03-2019 21:55 via timesunion.com
  SARATOGA SPRINGS -- On any given day, the home-sharing market has hundreds of vacancies to shelter parties of travelers large and small.This week in Saratoga Springs, Airbnb can offer a family of four a choice of 188 private homes that boast a walking distance to downtown or views of Saratoga Lake at a cost as low as $627 seven days. While a good deal for the renter and an income-generator for the 830 Air BNB hosts in Saratoga County, it's not such a good deal for the city and county coffers tha
  
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• Johnstown man charged with possession

  08-03-2019 21:54 via timesunion.com
  A Johnstown man was arrested Thursday on a charge of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute.According to a press release from the northern district of the U.S. Department of Justice, law enforcement executing a search warrant found Victor M. Diaz, 29, “in possession of approximately 1,500 small bags of heroin and/or fentanyl.”
  
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• New York's North Country cryptomining boom goes bust

  08-03-2019 21:25 via timesunion.com
  PLATTSBURGH — A year ago, this North Country college town on the shore of Lake Champlain found itself in the middle of an unexpected tech boom. Due to the region's abundance of low-cost hydroelectric power, Bitcoin "miners" were opening up shop as part of a race to cash in on the cryptocurrency craze.But because such miners use electricity-hungry networks of computer servers to generate the digital lucre, longtime residents were seeing their energy costs skyrocket.Angry and a bit worried a
  
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• Siena basketball can prove doubters wrong again in MAAC Tournament

  08-03-2019 20:56 via timesunion.com
  Rider was picked first, Siena last in the preseason coaches' poll. Yet here they meet in a game that could be considered a toss-up after the fifth-seeded Saints (16-15) and No. 4 Broncs (16-14) tied for second in the MAAC regular-season standings."Yeah, that's cool,'' Siena senior forward Evan Fisher said. "It's really exciting. Rider's just such a talented team, they bring back so many guys from last year. It'll be a lot of fun."They played once during the regular season with Siena knocking off
  
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• Mixed reactions to Signoracci keeping county job

  08-03-2019 20:25 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY - The Albany County comptroller's plans to keep former county Legislator Ralph Signoracci on the payroll despite him pleading guilty to felony wire fraud has received mixed reactions from elected officials – ranging from shock to indifference.County Comptroller Michael Conners hired Signoracci as director of municipal affairs earlier this year while the Cohoes resident faced allegations that he conspired with Cohoes Mayor Shawn Morse to siphon thousands of dollars in political donat
  
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• Sage Colleges board approves plan to go co-ed

  08-03-2019 20:12 via timesunion.com
  The Sage Colleges Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a plan to make their flagship school co-ed as part of a larger reorganization.
  The newly named Russell Sage College will be rolled out in the fall of 2020.
  
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• Possible Hepatitis A Exposure at LI Convenience Store

  08-03-2019 20:05 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Nassau County officials are warning of a potential Hepatitis A exposure at a convenience store in North Merrick.Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• Elusive Cryptoqueen Charged in NY With $3.4 Billion Scheme

  08-03-2019 19:57 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Three people, including a woman known as the “Cryptoqueen,” are facing charges over an alleged multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme involving the sale of a fraudulent cryptocurrency known as “OneCoin,” authorities...Photo Credit: Pexels/CC
  
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• School officials: Hudson Valley Community College student accused of threatening gun violence

  08-03-2019 19:56 via timesunion.com
  TROY - A Hudson Valley Community College student has been suspended after allegedly making statements on Snapchat threatening to harm students and campus police through gun violence, officials said on Friday.Corey Hoyt, 19 of Castleton, was arrested for a crime of terrorism, a felony, and aggravated harassment, a misdemeanor, Troy police said.In addition to the criminal charges, Hoyt is suspended from classes, not allowed on the HVCC campus, was charged with violations of the student code of con
  
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• Man Arrested in Case of NJ Kidnap Victim Girl Found in Trunk

  08-03-2019 19:44 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A 24-year-old New Jersey man has been arrested on carjacking, kidnapping and other charges in connection with the abduction of a victim who was found tied up in a car trunk in Essex County Thursday after a girl...Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Schenectady cafe holds grand opening

  08-03-2019 19:43 via timesunion.com
  SchenectadySchenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy, Schenectady Metroplex Authority Chairman Ray Gillen and Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corporation Director Jim Salengo helped kick off the Friday opening of a new eatery on State Street.The officials were part of a grand opening and ribbon cutting Liza's of Schenectady, a healthy lifestyle cafe at 508 State St. that offers breakfast and lunch, coffee and tea, smoothies and acai bowls. The opening is the latest in a series of redevelopment
  
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• Man with gun in Bethlehem Walmart parking lot in custody, police say

  08-03-2019 19:34 via timesunion.com
  BETHLEHEM - A man is in custody after pointing a gun at another person's chest in a Walmart parking lot Friday morning, police said.Police said it was a domestic incident.The man, who has not yet been identified by police, was taken into custody by State Police in Rensselaer County around 1:30 p.m.
  
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• Man with gun in Bethlehem Walmart parking arrested, police say

  08-03-2019 19:34 via timesunion.com
  BETHLEHEM - A 37-year-old man was arrested after pointing a gun at another person's chest in a Walmart parking lot Friday morning, police said.Joshua Weiss, of Sand Lake, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon, menacing andreckless endangerment, police said.
  
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• Oh, Snow! Next Complex Winter Storm Heads Our Way Sunday

  08-03-2019 19:30 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Storm Team 4 is tracking yet another complicated storm system that is expected to deliver some wintry weather to the tri-state this weekend, the latest in a series of early March storms.Photo Credit: Getty ImagesThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Schenectady chamber lauds businesses

  08-03-2019 19:24 via timesunion.com
  GlenviewSix businesses and groups will be honored in May with Good News awards by The Chamber of Schenectady County.Receiving awards will be Appolo Heating, Eyes Wide Open NENY; Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County; Home Instead Senior Care Schenectady; Roosters NY; and The Schenectady Ale Trail. The awards luncheon is scheduled May 9 at River Stone Manor.Other Schenectady businesses will be honored for anniversaries, including The Daily Gazette (125 years) and Mohawk Honda (100 years).
  
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• Prisoner shackled in childbirth could get $150K settlement

  08-03-2019 18:30 via timesunion.com
  Albany County is weighing settlement of a lawsuit filed by a former inmate who says she was forced to give birth while illegally shackled at a local hospital.The county Legislature on Monday will consider paying $150,000 to Rensselaer County resident Dawn Mann, who was restrained while giving birth at St. Peter's Hospital in 2014. The allegations were made in a complaint Mann filed about two years after in state Supreme Court.
  
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• Freebies, No-Show Jobs and Bribes: Ex-Long Island Official Convicted of Graft

  08-03-2019 17:54 via nytimes.com
  The jury found Edward P. Mangano guilty of most of the charges against him, including bribery and wire fraud.
  
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• Former Nassau County Leader Found Guilty of Corruption Charges

  08-03-2019 17:54 via nytimes.com
  The jury found him guilty of most of the charges against him, including bribery and wire fraud. His wife was found guilty of three charges, including obstruction of justice.
  
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• NY lawmakers propose bill giving teens right to vaccinate without parental consent

  08-03-2019 17:23 via timesunion.com
  New York lawmakers are planning to introduce a bill that would allow teenagers as young as 14 to get vaccinated without their parents' consent.
  
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• Legal review finds no problem with override veto on Schenectady judgeship

  08-03-2019 17:20 via timesunion.com
  SCHENECTADY – No deadline restricts when the City Council can vote to override a mayoral veto, an outside law firm wrote in an opinion prompted by Mayor Gary McCarthy's assertion lawmakers waited to long to reverse his effort to cut a city judgeship.City leaders may override a mayor's veto "within any reasonable time" after being formally notified of the action by the city clerk and are not bound by a specific deadline, Michael Whiteman of Whiteman, Osterman & Hanna in Albany wrote.The
  
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• Siena basketball's Jalen Pickett wins MAAC Rookie of the Year

  08-03-2019 17:12 via timesunion.com
  Pickett was named the unanimous Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's basketball Rookie of the Year, voted by the coaches, at the league awards show held at the Renaissance Albany Hotel.The announcement seemed like a formality after Pickett won Rookie of the Week a league-record 11 times. Fairfield freshman guard Neftali Alvarez was next with three weekly honors.Pickett won eight of the nine Rookie of the Weeks given out during MAAC play.He was also named first-team all-conference on Monday,
  
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• MAAC Tournament: Friday's results

  08-03-2019 17:12 via timesunion.com
  The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's and women's basketball championships continue at Times Union Center on Friday with the first round of quarterfinals.
  
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• MAAC Tournament: First round schedule

  08-03-2019 17:12 via timesunion.com
  The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference men's and women's basketball championships continue at Times Union Center on Friday with the first round of quarterfinals.
  
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• Subway Riders Told 'Bathroom Break' Cause of Rush-Hour Delay

  08-03-2019 17:07 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6We've all seen more than a few reasons for subway delays in the city -- signal problems, unauthorized people on the tracks, unruly passengers among them -- but on Friday morning, the MTA shared a surprising one:...Photo Credit: Valeria GonzalezThis story uses functionality that may not work in our app. Click here to open the story in your web browser.
  
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• Joe Torre, Alan Lightman to speak at Skidmore commencement

  08-03-2019 16:54 via timesunion.com
  New York Yankees great Joe Torre and Alan Lightman, physicist and author, will be the commencement speakers a Skidmore College's May 18 graduation ceremony.The two men will also receive honorary degrees at the ceremony at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
  
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• Senate probes upstate code enforcement issues

  08-03-2019 16:49 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — The city's code enforcement department is cooperating with the state Senate's inquiry into whether new state laws and resources are needed to address housing issues outside of New York City.This is the second of three probes launched so far this year by Sen. James Skoufis, an Orange County Democrat who took over the chamber's oversight and investigations committee in January.He previously revealed the committee's review ofmiddlemen in the pharmacy business, though the subject of t
  
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• NY Man Found Guilty of Slaying Pregnant Girlfriend

  08-03-2019 16:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A Staten Island man could spend the rest of his life behind bars after he was found guilty of murdering his pregnant girlfriend in 2017, prosecutors said.Photo Credit: Getty Images
  
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• Joe Bonamassa bringing summer tour to SPAC

  08-03-2019 16:25 via timesunion.com
  Renown blues-rock artist Joe Bonamassa will bring his summer tour to the Saratoga Performing Arts center on July 27, according to a Friday news release by LiveNation.Bonamassa, who has central New York roots, will start the tour in Nashville on July 22, and end it at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in August.He will also stop at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts in Bethel, NY for the 50th anniversary of the original Woodstock Festival, according to the release.Tickets for the tour dates announced
  
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• Capital Region counselors condemn child detention camps

  08-03-2019 16:19 via timesunion.com
  Two dozen mental health professionals from around the Capital Region are calling on the state's congressional leaders to support legislation that would close federal detention camps housing immigrant children.
  
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• Legendary NY Mob Boss Carmine Persico Dies in Prison

  08-03-2019 16:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Legendary New York mob boss Carmine Persico, who was convicted in the 1980s of being the ruthless leader of the Colombo crime family, has died in prison at age 85.Photo Credit: AP Images
  
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• WATCH: Man Has Wild Door-Kicking Tantrum in NYC Hallway

  08-03-2019 16:04 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Cops have arrested a man who, for unknown reason, flipped out in a Bronx apartment building hallway last month, violently kicking a ninth-floor door more than a dozen times and causing damage, authorities say.
  
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• Subway Door Blocker Attacks Conductor When Told to Move

  08-03-2019 15:46 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A subway conductor was attacked by a man who was told to stop blocking the doors while stopped at a Harlem station, officials say.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• New Clue Emerges in Case of NYC Woman Raped as She Slept

  08-03-2019 15:19 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A new clue that may help authorities catch a man they say raped a sleeping woman in Queens last month has emerged.Photo Credit: NYPD
  
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• Driver: Taco Bell Workers in Viral Mob Beating Video Attacked Me, Too

  08-03-2019 15:17 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Days after a video surfaced showing a couple being attacked outside a Center City Taco Bell, a delivery driver is speaking out, claiming he was also attacked by the same workers at the restaurant.Photo Credit: NBC10
  
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• Girl Finds Man Tied Up in NJ Car Trunk: Witness, Cops

  08-03-2019 15:11 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A girl walking her dog in New Jersey Thursday morning heard screams coming from the trunk of a car and alerted her mom -- then cops found a man tied up inside, according to authorities and witnesses.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• Missing Rotterdam woman found safe, report says

  08-03-2019 15:10 via timesunion.com
  ROTTERDAM - Rayne Kaylene Morrison has been found, according to a report from CBS6.The television station says the 19-year-old from Rotterdam was found safe in Schenectady.Morrison had been missing since Feb. 27.
  
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• Charlotte Russe to close all locations

  08-03-2019 14:33 via timesunion.com
  WATERTOWN — The bankrupt women's clothing retailer Charlotte Russe will close all of its stores, its liquidation agent told the Watertown Daily Times.The company has stores in Wilton Mall and Crossgates Mall. The Wilton store was part of a
  94-store closure announced last month.
  
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• 2 Young Girls Found Cord-Whipped, Bitten in NY Home: Cops

  08-03-2019 14:13 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A 34-year-old Long Island woman has been arrested on child endangerment and assault charges after authorities say they found two young children in her care with bite marks -- and injuries consistent with...Photo Credit: Handout
  
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• Big Rig Catches Fire, Spills Fuel on I-80, Delays Building

  08-03-2019 13:01 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A tractor-trailer that caught fire leaked fuel all over Interstate 80 in New Jersey, causing massive delays on the busy highway.Photo Credit: Chopper 4
  
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• Part of Elk Street closed for water main break

  08-03-2019 12:58 via timesunion.com
  ALBANY — Elk Street from Hawk to South Swan street is closed to all traffic Friday morning while city crews repair a water main break.Plan ahead and seek alternate routes.
  
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• Happening Today: Manafort, Vaccine Misinformation, Smollett

  08-03-2019 12:39 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6Here's what to know for Friday, March 8.
  
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• One more icy morning in the Albany area

  08-03-2019 12:34 via timesunion.com
  One more frigid morning and then the region will enjoy a modest increase in temperature.It was 6 degrees at Albany International Airport Friday morning but forecasters expect the daytime temperature will rise above the freezing point.The temperature will drop into the teens overnight but then climb into the 40s on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
  
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• Icy morning Friday, light snow during weekend

  08-03-2019 12:34 via timesunion.com
  A modest amount of snow is expected to fall on the region between Saturday night and Sunday morning.The snow is expected to start at around midnight and could drop between 1 and 3 inches of snow before the flakes turn into rain later Sunday.As for Friday, the region faces one more frigid morning and days of slight increases in temperatures.
  
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• Subway Conductor Punched by Man Holding Doors, Fights Back

  08-03-2019 11:56 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A subway conductor was attacked by a man he told to stop blocking the doors while stopped at a station, officials say.Photo Credit: News 4
  
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• New Clue in Sleeping Woman's Rape in Queens Emerges

  08-03-2019 11:49 via nbcnewyork.com
  
  lol6A new clue that may help authorities catch a man they say raped a sleeping woman in Queens last month has emerged.Photo Credit: NYPD
  
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• Statues of Women Are (Finally) Coming to New York City

  08-03-2019 11:38 via nytimes.com
  Friday: Each borough will soon have at least one piece honoring a pioneering woman.
  
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