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May 18, 2019 at 9:11 am

China’s ban on scrap imports a boon to US recycling plants VIEW

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The halt on China's imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted U.S. recycling programs has also spurred investment in American...

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May 10, 2019 at 2:19 pm

Driver in deadly 1981 Brink’s heist freed from prison

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judith Clark, who entered prison as a left-wing revolutionary defiantly refusing to participate in her own murder trial, walked free on...

April 17, 2019 at 1:32 pm

Parole granted for driver in deadly 1981 Brink’s heist

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former left-wing revolutionary Judith Clark was granted parole Wednesday after serving more than 37 years behind bars for her role as...

April 3, 2019 at 9:03 am

Parole hearing set for driver in deadly armored truck heist

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Supporters of Judith Clark, a former radical activist who has served more than 36 years of a life sentence for her...

March 28, 2019 at 4:59 am

Schmear campaign: New Yorkers lambaste bread-sliced bagel

NEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers have strict rules when it comes to their iconic foods, and one of them, apparently, is you never slice...

March 26, 2019 at 10:52 am

County bans unvaccinated minors in public as measles spreads

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A county in New York City's northern suburbs declared a state of emergency Tuesday over a measles outbreak that has infected...

In this March 4, 2019, photo, Jamie Adams shows some intact beer bottles recovered from the shipwreck of the SS Oregon at his St. James Brewery in Holbrook, N.Y. Adams created an ale called Deep Ascent using the yeast from the bottles recovered from the Liverpool-to-New York luxury liner that sank off Fire Island in 1886. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) NYSW201 NYSW201

March 14, 2019 at 10:15 pm

Taste of history: Yeast from 1886 shipwreck makes new brew

"Just the concept that they could bring a beer bottle up from the bottom of the ocean ... then be able to extract the yeast...

March 12, 2019 at 10:47 pm

Oh, baby: April the Giraffe is about to give birth again

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Tail held aside? Check. Udders filled? Check. Swelling backside? Check. April the Giraffe shows every sign she'll soon deliver her calf,...

March 4, 2019 at 8:27 am

Higher education: Colleges add cannabis to the curriculum VIEW

Grace DeNoya is used to getting snickers when people learn she's majoring in marijuana. "My friends make good-natured jokes about getting a degree in weed,"...

February 20, 2019 at 10:18 pm

Ale from 1886 shipwreck yields new brew and conflict

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — News that an upstate New York brewer planned to recreate ale from a bottle salvaged from a 133-year-old shipwreck took the...