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July 25, 2020 at 6:04 am

Guide dogs helping blind runners stay fit despite pandemic VIEW

WEST SAND LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a...

June 30, 2020 at 1:19 pm

Cornell says in-person learning is best for public health

As colleges around the country grapple with how to reopen in the fall, Cornell University's president on Tuesday announced that it will welcome students back...

June 9, 2020 at 1:39 pm

New York nursing homes ask state to ease virus test mandate VIEW

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nursing homes asked New York regulators Tuesday to ease up on a twice-weekly coronavirus testing mandate for their employees, saying it's...

May 12, 2020 at 12:08 pm

‘A pretty scary thing’: Kid illness tied to virus worries NY VIEW

Amber Dean had recovered from a mild bout of the coronavirus and her family of five had just ended their home quarantine when her oldest...

April 29, 2020 at 9:08 am

Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone’s throw from Manhattan

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With the push of a red button, one of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant serving millions of...

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April 8, 2020 at 12:21 pm

EPA proposes buyout of homes contaminated by arsenic mine

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to buy several homes contaminated by arsenic from a 19th-century mine in upstate New York...

February 24, 2020 at 11:59 am

Costs, delays scuttle 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project, which had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to...

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February 6, 2020 at 2:24 pm

Court rules fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Daily fantasy contests like those operated by FanDuel and DraftKings face an uncertain future in New York after an appellate court...

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In this Nov. 5, 2019 photo, in St. Francis, Wis., Amy Carter looks at her Yorkshire terrier-Chihuahua mix Bentley, who has epilepsy. Carter, gives him CBD, which she says has reduced his seizures. The federal government has yet to establish standards for CBD that will help pet owners know whether it works and how much to give. But the lack of regulation has not stopped some from buying it, fueling a $400 million CBD market for pets that grew more than tenfold since last year and is expected to reach $1.7 billion by 2023, according to the cannabis research firm Brightfield Group. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger) RPCA100 RPCA100

January 7, 2020 at 6:27 am

Researchers: Some pet products touted as CBD don’t have any

Companies have unleashed hundreds of CBD pet health products accompanied by glowing customer testimonials claiming the cannabis derivative produced calmer, quieter and pain-free dogs and...

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January 1, 2020 at 10:03 pm

As Jewish enclaves spring up around NYC, so does intolerance

MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs, where they have...