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The Senate passed a measure to avert a shutdown on Friday. But with the House on recess, funding for broad stretches of the federal government has technically lapsed.
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Gilah MashaalA Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community. -
John Phillips/Getty Images/Getty Images EuropeActor Catherine O'Hara, famed for her comedic skill, died Friday at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness. She was 71.
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The South Carolina measles outbreak is now bigger than last year's Texas outbreak and is happening as the U.S. is poised to lose its measles elimination status. -
Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 23 Palestinians Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting. -
Drinking is illegal for Pakistan's Muslim majority, but Murree Brewery's beer has long been available to non-Muslims and foreigners there. Now it's being exported to the U.K., Japan and Portugal. Is the U.S. next? -
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Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Friday announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners detained for political reasons.
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The governor says the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown required her to act. -
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The governor’s budget plan would extend the state’s 75% tax on cigarettes to alternative nicotine products like the popular Zyn pouches. -
In January 2025 the Newburgh-Beacon Ferry stopped running when winter ice damaged the Beacon dock. Riders react a year later, and some prefer the free shuttle bus. -
The plans call for investments in Terrace Park and in lighting for the falls, similar to Niagara Falls. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul proposes another $535 million to keep National Guard in state prisons amid staffing shortage.
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A local charter school is being scrutinized for its financial practices after an audit by the New York State Comptroller’s Office found improper standards with approving and reporting spending. -
A transportation advocacy group has released a report which estimates motorists in the Buffalo-Niagara region pay an estimated $2,200 per year as the result of poor road and bridge conditions. -
A new program in Erie County will aim to increased income accessibility for families, with the goal of reducing child poverty by 50%. The pilot program comes thanks to $12.5 million in state funding.
Arts & Culture Beat
- Theater Talk: BTPM Broadway trip favorites? OPERATION MINCEMEAT and MAYBE HAPPY ENDING, locally it was SHREK (hopefully it will come back on a bigger stage?), MAMMA MIA! (2nd Gen) and PRESERVATION (First Look) continue, looking forward to A SKULL IN CONNEMARA at Irish. See listings.
- Theater Talk: BTPM Broadway trip a success, Shea's celebrates 100th anniversary, while Shea's 710 has MAMMA MIA! and Shea's Smith has SHREK: THE MUSICAL. Off Main Street RENT continues in Lockport, and two new plays opened: BLOOD ON LINOLEUM OR RETAIL HORROR (apt title) and PRESERVATION. (See listings)
- Theater Talk: Anthony reads Elizabeth Ashley's memoir, has some Broadway insights, and talks of openings, including a quick run-through of this very, very busy local opening weekend
- Theater Talk: Peter Shaffer's BLACK COMEDY at Desiderio's, funny!, great food, and the only show in town, then next week theaters explode with MAMMA MIA! , PRESERVATION, SHREK, LADY DAY, and Sean Ryan (the actor, not the mayor) stars in RENT. Click through for listings through February. And Anthony has a bittersweet story about a favorite Manhattan restaurant closing and a meal with Veanne Cox.
Disabilities Beat
- Disabilities Beat: Mixed reactions on Hochul’s budget proposals impacting disabled New Yorkers
- Disabilities Beat: Are gubernatorial candidates listening to the disability community?
- Disabilities Beat: Remembering advocate Natalie Barnhard-Castrogiovanni, 'a beacon of light'
- Disability advocate, Motion Project founder Natalie Barnhard-Castrogiovanni, dies