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AP/NASAHolly Cohen, the Astronomy Programs Coordinator at the Buffalo Museum of Science, has spent the week teaching students on spring break about Artemis II.
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Cambodia is recognizing the life-saving contributions of a rat named Magawa with a statue. The late rat sniffed out landmines for a non-profit group, and in a short career helped find more than 100.
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India's satirists are turning Prime Minister Narendra Modi into a punch line — and the government is hitting back. -
NPR visits the last detention camp for ISIS wives and children in an increasingly precarious northeastern Syria.
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Human trafficking remains a hidden crisis impacting vulnerable communities across the country. In this episode of What’s Next?, Kelly Diane Galloway, founder of Project Mona’s House, shares her journey and the mission behind her organization.
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Rex Heuermann has pleaded guilty to killing eight women in the long-running Gilgo Beach case. While families see some closure, officials say the investigation is far from over. -
New York’s responsibility to provide mental health services could be changing if a proposed tweak is made to the state Constitution.
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The Harlem Democrat is sponsoring a bill that would strip racial details from the criminal charging system. -
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As the state negotiates an overdue budget, advocates seek funding for Daniel's Law, a fee-for-service payments under long term care plans, and protections for adult homes. -
Overtime spending by state agencies jumped nearly 23% compared to the prior year.
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With Tax Day around the corner, local carpenters are highlighting construction tax fraud, which is estimated to cost workers and taxpayers billions of dollars. -
President Donald Trump's administration this week acknowledged it made a significant error in figures it used to help justify a fraud probe into New York’s Medicaid program, a glaring mistake that undercuts a federal campaign to tackle waste, mostly in Democratic-led states. -
The Sabres announced an "extremely limited" remaining inventory of opening-round playoff tickets will go on sale Monday at 10 a.m.
Arts & Culture Beat
- Theater Talk: 2nd Gen's Broadway Bucket List "best ever," so much talent in Buffalo; see some at MusicalFare's JESUS CHRIST, SUPERSTAR at Shea's 710 through 4/19; BUA's LAUGHING TROLL CAFE opens next week with intriguing (and timely) plot. Many openings next week, see listings.
- Theater Talk: Excellent AN IRISH PLAY only up tonight and tomorrow features actors in top form. Don't miss it. (See listings.) Running into May, ON A FIRST NAME BASIS at Desiderio's Dinner Theatre also features a stellar cast.
- Theater Talk: 2023 Tony "Best Musical" KIMBERLY AKIMBO makes it to Shea's Buffalo putting the "fun" in dysfunctional; ON A FIRST NAME BASIS hilarious at Desiderio's Dinner Theatre; EXIT STRATEGY at Road Less Traveled closes Sunday.
- Anthony goes to NY, sees ABOUT TIME and TWO STRANGERS CARRY A CAKE ACROSS NEW YORK, which will undoubtedly come to Buffalo, while KIMBERLY AKIMBO does open at Shea's on Tuesday. THE BROTHERS SIZE (Ujima) extended, GOD OF CARNAGE (2nd Gen) closes Sunday, EXIT STRATEGY (RLTP) goes through 3/22, AN IRISH PLAY (ART of WNY) opens.
Disabilities Beat
- Disabilities Beat: New York mental health advocates urge 4% funding boost to address service gaps
- 'Dehumanizing': Ahead of NYS budget, WNY family denounces gaps in rural youth mental health
- 'Neglect is never benign': Disability community responds to Alam homicide ruling
- Disabilities Beat: Early intervention providers fear future after 32 years of funding losses