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Laila AnnMarie Stevens for NPRThe Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus. -
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Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the pub in the northern part of the Thai capital. -
Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that carry parasitic worms. -
Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages, making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool political campaigns are using to connect. -
After getting hit with tariffs for the imported board games he sells, Jonathan Silva decided to see if he could produce a version of his Monopoly game in the United States. This is what he learned. -
Argentina was taken to the brink in its first two knockout games. In Saturday's quarterfinal against Switzerland, the Albiceleste survived again to advance to the semis, where they will face England.
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On this episode of What’s Next?, Dr. Marcus Watson, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Buffalo State University, discusses the history of Juneteenth, its significance in the American story, and why understanding this history remains important today.
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New York Public News Network reporters Jimmy Vielkind and Samuel King talk about the latest developments at the State Capitol in Albany. -
The federal program uses tax credits as an incentive to fund scholarships that could pay for school supplies, tutoring and private school tuition. -
New York’s attorney general filed a lawsuit Thursday against major chemical companies for knowingly manufacturing and marketing consumer products with toxic forever chemicals. -
Newly obtained documents show how a U.S. Supreme Court decision led prosecutors to not charge former Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown with wire fraud. -
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Residents and businesses near the state’s largest landfill contemplate moving as the landfill continues to operate more than five years past its closing date.
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Police say that what initially prompted an active-shooter warning Saturday was an exchange of gunfire between two people targeting each other. -
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Host cities are beginning to weigh the pros and cons of the FIFA World Cup.
Arts & Culture Beat
- Theater Talk: Shawfest in Niagara-on-the-Lake presents HEARTBREAK HOUSE which Shaw called his "fantasia in the Russian [Chekhov] manner on English themes.” Tim Carroll directs an all-star cast. Heading to Broadway? Anthony suggests reading the NYTimes and Playbill.com to keep in the know.
- Theater Talk: Shakespeare in Delaware Park's PERICLES makes for a fun 2 hour picnic outing, Shawfest is up and running and so is the Stratford Festival for some first rate theater right over the border.
- Theater Talk: PERICLES at SiDP off to a fun start; A FEW GOOD MEN and GIRL ON AN ALTAR, both excellent, close this weekend; YALLA BITCH continues a touring show; deadline to join Anthony at Shawfest for FUNNY GIRL is July 8; deadline to enter drawing to see Broadway's Josh Groban in Canandaigua is June 30 (see listings for details).
- Theater Talk: Anna Fernandez stars in HIS GIRL WATSON at the Alleyway, A FEW GOOD MEN (Road Less Traveled at Shea's 710) stays true to Sorkin's original script, the stunning GIRL ON AN ALTAR (Irish Classical) shows Clytemnestra as the wronged party, and THE BOOK OF MORMON opens a short run tonight at Shea's.
Disabilities Beat
- 'The fight continues and we're winning:' Buffalo raises Disability Pride Flag
- Disabilities Beat: Goodyear whistleblower honored, SNAP cuts, WNY Disability Pride Festival
- Local and state leaders praise affordable housing project's future impact for Niagara Falls
- Disabilities Beat: After DOJ Olmstead memo, New Yorkers are ‘vigilant’ despite assurances