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Chimney fire damages Whiteface Lodge and forces evacuation

Whiteface Lodge, a resort in Lake Placid, was evacuated Wednesday night after a fire was sparked in a chimney.

Tubing during a blizzard? These SUNY students get a snowy introduction to the outdoors

Outdoor education program connects SUNY Geneseo students with Adirondack recreation

Colombian man arraigned in Clinton County border crossing death

Jhader Augusto Uribe-Tobar faces smuggling charges connected to the drowning death of Ana Karen Vasquez-Flores in December 2023.

Hochul says New York is hiring laid-off federal workers

The new "You're Hired" initiative invites workers to New York State after the firing of thousands of federal workers.

Labor relations expert weighs in on NY prison strikes

Lynne Vincent from Syracuse University says corrections officers' ongoing wildcat strikes fit in with a national trend of workers who want to see change.

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The CFPB drops its lawsuit against Capital One, marking a major reversal

The consumer protection agency also dropped cases against four other companies including Rocket Homes.

DOGE work could 'cross extreme ethical and legal lines,' says former employee

On Tuesday, 21 DOGE employees resigned. NPR spoke to one of them who says she felt the new administration was causing "harm to the American people."

As Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency work to remake the federal government, some of the people tasked with executing his vision have serious concerns about what the changes will do.

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Katy Perry and Gayle King are heading to space as part of an all-female Blue Origin crew

The crew was selected by Bezos' fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the brief suborbital flight scheduled for this spring.

An abrupt departure as USAID workers return to clear their desks at DC headquarters.

The Trump administration has been dismantling the US Agency for International Development, and the headquarters have been closed for weeks. But, on Thursday, workers got to go back to their desks - to clean them out and leave.

Data show Tesla sales declined sharply in Europe

New data out this week shows a sharp decline in Tesla sales in Europe. The company is facing multiple headwinds — including consumer pushback to CEO Elon Musk's political pivot to the right.

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This week's North Country at Work feature is a collection of photos depicting an ice harvest in Carthage, circa 1947. The photos show men cutting ice with a kerosene-powered saw, poling ice with pikes, moving ice into the icehouse with a conveyor belt, and pulling blocks...

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