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Seth Jacobs talks about his 500 pounds of marijuana he grew on his Slack Hollow farm in Argyle, N.Y., Friday, May 12, 2023. Jacobs is one of hundreds of small farmers growing New York's first legal adult marijuana crop and is having trouble moving product because there's only a dozen licensed dispensaries statewide to sell to.
Slow start to New York's legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag
Now, another growing season is underway and farmers still sitting on much of last year's harvest are in a financial bind. more
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A person removes snow from the front of his driveway a few days after a winter storm rolled through western New York Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022, in Buffalo, N.Y. A new report finds several shortcomings in Buffalo's response to a historic December blizzard in which 31 city residents died. The report was released Friday, June 2, 2023, by the New York University Wagner School for Public Service.
REPORT: Buffalo's snow-removal equipment, communications fell short during deadly blizzard
Buffalo's snow-removal fleet was no match for the historic Christmas week blizzard that left 31 people dead in the city. more
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People walk among the headstones as they visit Section 60 at Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023, in Arlington, Va.
Biden marks Memorial Day nearly 2 years after ending America's longest war, lauds troops' sacrifice
President Joe Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country as he marked Memorial Day with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. more
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This colorized electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows mpox particles, red, found within an infected cell, blue, cultured in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. A study released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, May 25, 2023, suggests dozens of U.S. cities are at risk for mpox outbreaks this summer. Health officials say they are working to prevent the scale of infections that surprised the nation the previous summer.
Mpox is down, but US cities could be at risk for summertime outbreaks
The mpox health emergency has ended, but U.S. health officials are aiming to prevent a repeat of last year’s outbreaks. more
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A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for "Flags-In" at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day.
From the Civil War to today's mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction
Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of discounts. more
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Dylan Mayes, left, reads from a book about Willie Mays during a reading circle in class on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. In a year that is a high-stakes experiment on making up for missed learning, a strategy of assessing individual students’ knowledge and tailoring instruction to them is among the most widely adopted in American elementary schools.
The pandemic widened gaps in reading. Can one teacher 'do something about that'?
The desks, once spread apart to fight COVID-19, are back together. Masks cover just a couple of faces. But the pandemic maintains an unmistakable presence. more
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Monty Hobbs , right, and his dog Mattox sit next to another pet dog on the patio at the Olive Lounge in Takoma Park, Md. , on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Just in time for the summer dining season, the U.S. government has given its blessing to restaurants that want to allow pet dogs in their outdoor spaces.
More dogs could show up in outdoor dining spaces
Just in time for the summer dining season, the U.S. government has given its blessing to restaurants that want to allow pet dogs in their outdoor spaces. more
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NerdWallet: 3 steps to downsize in a hurry
Ideally, you’d spend months or even years carefully purging excess belongings — but life may have other plans. Maybe you or someone you love has a health crisis and needs to move into assisted living. more
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Supplies for drug users are seen at an overdose prevention center, OnPoint NYC, in New York, Feb. 18, 2022. For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other narcotics and be revived if they take too much. The grant is expected to provide more than $5 million over four years to New York University and Brown University to study overdose prevention centers in New York City and Providence, R.I.
US backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention
For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other illegal drugs and be revived if they take too much. more
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A person uses a smartphone in Chicago, Sept. 16, 2017. Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done.
Congress eyes new rules for tech: What's under consideration
Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, particularly social media platforms. But there is very little consensus on how it should be done. more
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, gather with other members of the British Royal Family to greet supporters from the balcony at Buckingham Palace following her coronation, which took place in Westminster Abbey. London, June. 2, 1953. The Associated Press will muster a small army to cover King Charles III's coronation this weekend. For his mother's crowning 70 years ago, the wire service also enlisted the help of an air force. In 1953, it took eight minutes to transmit a single black-and-white photograph, provided the weather conditions and phone lines cooperated. So among the methods AP employed to deliver photos from London to its American newspaper clients was an arrangement to put them on Royal Air Force bombers.
AP Was There: Covering the previous coronation in Britain
The Associated Press will deploy a small army of journalists to cover the coronation of Britain’s King Charles III. But for his mother’s crowning the news cooperative enlisted the help of an air force. more
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Bye-bye blue flame? NY to require gas-free new buildings
New York state is banning natural gas stoves and furnaces in most new buildings, a policy that’s part of a national movement aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. more
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A sign points visitors toward the financial services department at a hospital, Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. More than a half million of the poorest Americans would be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid. The bill is unlikely to become law, though, with Democrats strongly opposing the idea.
What GOP's plan for Medicaid work requirements would mean
More than a half million of the poorest Americans could be left without health insurance under legislation passed by House Republicans that would require people to work in exchange for health care coverage through Medicaid. more
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A pedestrian is silhouetted against a high rise at 160 Water Street in Manhattan's financial district, as the building is undergoing a conversion to residential apartments, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in New York.
Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing
On the 31st floor of what was once a towering office building in downtown Manhattan, construction workers lay down steel bracing for what will soon anchor a host of residential amenities: a catering station, lounge, fire pit and gas grills. more
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China Nash, 8, left, and Star Shields, 7, read together during a daily after-school literacy program in Atlanta on Thursday, April 6. The after-school program is open to students in kindergarten through fifth grade through the Atlanta based Pure Hope Project.
‘Too much to learn’: Schools race to catch up kids’ reading
Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his mustard-yellow polo shirt buttoned to the top. more
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Georgene White stands for a portrait with a photo of her mother, Teri Sheridan, in Belvidere, N.J., Thursday, April 20, 2023. At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey's law that allows medically assisted suicide - but she was bedbound, too sick to travel. So on Nov. 17, 2022, surrounded by three of her children, Sheridan drank a lethal dose of drugs prescribed by a doctor she had never met in person, only online. She died within minutes.
Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown
Online prescribing rules for controlled drugs were relaxed three years ago under emergency waivers to ensure critical medications remained available during the COVID-19 pandemic. more
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An autistic boy holds the hand of his adoptive father as they prepare to leave for a family outing from their home in Springfield, Mass., on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2015. Traditionally, autism was diagnosed only in kids with severe language and social impairments and unusual repetitious behaviors. But the definition gradually expanded, and autism is now shorthand for a group of milder, related conditions, too.
Study: Milder autism far outpacing ‘profound’ diagnoses
As autism diagnoses become increasingly common, health officials have wondered how many U.S. kids have relatively mild symptoms and how many have more serious symptoms. more
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Emma, 18, sits for a portrait in Georgia on March 23. The aspiring artist, with attention deficit disorder and occasional depression, says worries about academics and college are a huge source of stress. “Lately in myself and my friends, I realize how exhausted everyone is with the pressures of the world and the social issues and where they’re going to go in the future,” Emma added. ”All of these things pile up and crash down.”
Why are teen girls in crisis? It’s not just social media
Anxiety over academics. Post-lockdown malaise. Social media angst. more
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Rowan D. Wilson
Hochul announces new nominee to lead state’s highest court
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has nominated Rowan D. Wilson as chief judge of the state’s highest court, her second candidate for the job. more
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A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, May 18, 2020. Moderna shares slipped Tuesday, April 11, 2023, after the COVID-19 vaccine developer said its potential flu vaccine needs more study in a late-stage clinical trial.
Moderna says potential flu vaccine needs more study
Moderna shares slipped Tuesday morning after the COVID-19 vaccine developer said its potential flu vaccine needs more study in a late-stage clinical trial. more
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