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BERLIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- While Capital Region school districts faced tough decisions while developing their school budgets, most districts passed their budget votes. Superintendent of Berlin Central School District Ken Rizzo says 98% of districts across the state that stayed within the tax cap passed their school budgets in May, but his district is in [...]

The UNESCO World Heritage Site, which features 40,000 near-perfect hexagonal columns, formed roughly 60 million years ago during a period of intense volcanic activity

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A public sculpture in Burlington is turning heads and sparking conversation. "Anthology" by Lydia Kern is made up of hundreds of preserved flowers placed in resin mid-bloom.

Curbless bathrooms, advanced filtration systems, mobility assistance and red-light therapy are the new “it” amenities among uber-rich homeowners and buyers.

Samantha Saldivar, a Portland-area author, is using sports romance novels to tell stories that explore themes of identity, family, faith, and coming out, while also highlighting joy and love, in order to help readers of all backgrounds better understand experiences different from their own.

The City Council's zoning committee approved nearly 300 housing units for Avondale and McKinley Park, as well as a hotel conversion and new homes in East Garfield Park.

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The underdog New York college basketball team has grabbed a player from St. John’s. Fordham has landed former top-100 recruit Kelvin Odih via the transfer portal, according to multiple reports, after just one year with the Red Storm. It is the first time since Fordham has grabbed a four-star recruit since 2008, when the Rams...

Life on Earth has evolved under an uninterrupted rhythm of day and night. While light provides the energy that powers countless molecular processes, periods of darkness often allow biological systems to reorganize, recover and transform that energy into functional outcomes. Inspired by this natural balance, an international team led by Javier Montenegro at the Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS) of the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela has demonstrated that the same principle can govern the behavior of simple synthetic molecular systems.