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When her family lost Elvis, their beloved black Labrador, in 2004, Dr. Wendy Hauser’s two young children repeatedly pleaded with her to help them make sense of their pet’s death. “Why?” her daughter, Elizabeth, who was 7 years old at the time, and her son, Andrew, 9, kept asking. “Two hours later, they’re still doing…

A transgender woman in New York has achieved a significant settlement with Broome County after experiencing violence, discrimination and the denial of medical care while in custody at Broome County Jail. Broome County will adopt new policies affirming the rights of transgender people in the jail after a woman said she was discriminated against while…

Visitors to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo have less than five months to say their farewells to the iconic giant pandas who’ve been at the zoo for nearly 23 years. The two adult giant pandas, Mei Xiang (female) and Tian Tian (male), and their cub Xiao Qi Ji (male) are returning to China by Dec. 7. An…

A hot air balloon pilot in Vermont was able to safely land earlier this week near a busy highway after the aircraft became stalled in mid-air, according to multiple news reports. Video shows motorists driving by the massive hot air balloon moments after it landed Wednesday night on Interstate-91 in the Upper Valley, an area…

Broome County will adopt new policies affirming the rights of transgender people in the Broome County jail after a woman said she was discriminated against while in custody at the jail. Makyyla Holland, a 25-year-old Black transgender woman, reached a settlement with the county Thursday after filing a lawsuit in 2022 saying she was the…

Over 40 “America’s Got Talent” acts are left to compete for a slot in the September finale after fan votes axed nine acts in the first live show. The two acts that captured America’s heart the most were Lavender Darcangelo and Adrian Stoica & Hurricane.  All remaining contestants will be broken into groups of 11…

A Broome County man will spend three months in federal prison for threatening a member of the U.S. Congress last year. Joseph F. Morelli, 51, of Endicott was also sentenced to three years of post-release supervision for making threatening phone calls from his Oak Hill Road home to a voicemail in the office of U.S.…

The New York State Thruway Authority has upped the pressure on delinquent drivers in recent months, raking in $4.5 million since restarting its registration suspension program last summer. That’s nearly $2 million more than the total tallied in May. And it comes from nearly 4,000 accounts referred to the state Department of Motor Vehicles for…