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Can a volcanic eruption 8,000 miles away affect us here in the Capital Region? Ross Lazear, a scientist with the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany has been following the undersea volcanic eruption off the coast of New Zealand, and he's come to some pretty interesting conclusions...

An Upstate New York woman - traveling with her young son - was stopped inside an airport on Monday after alarms triggered because of a child's toy she was attempting to sneak past TSA. I don't know about you, but every time I go through airport TSA, a massive wave of anxiety comes over me, and even though I have nothing to hide, I freak out a little at the notion of my stuff being X-Rayed... Read

Legendary coach and NFL broadcaster, John Madden, has passed away at the age of 85.

If you plan a road trip, make it a point to swing in to the Kirkwood rest stop on I 81!

At Least 3 Capital Region Schools Close Over Possible Tik Tok Scare School administrators throughout the Capital Region have spent the last few days sorting through details and evidence in regards to the national Tik Tok threat of school gun violence posted on the social media platform this week...

Parents of the Capital Region and beyond need to be aware of these TikTok challenges.

This is nuts.  It involves one of my very best childhood friends from Albany, a move he made a few years ago to Los Angeles, and a bone-chilling discovery on the property of his LA home that connects directly to the scene where Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered back in 1994. ...

It's taken a little while, but we all knew it was only a matter of time before everyone saw what Chrissy and I have been saying for well over a year now. The likeness between said superstar and Rexford's Ian Anderson is pretty uncanny.  Anderson, a Shen grad is a 23-year-old, All-Star-caliber pitcher for the Atlanta Braves, scheduled to pitch game 3 of the World Series tonight in the ATL. ... Read

New York Border To Canada Finally Cleared For Reopening

Here's where New York State ranks for income taxes.

It's been a year or two since I visited the 9/11 exhibit inside the New York State Museum.  The last time I went there and took in the somber yet mesmerizing artifacts of the most significant event in my adult life, I was with my son Brody who was 4-years-old at the time.  He...

A few years ago, I remember my girlfriend Samantha telling me she had lunch with an actress she met while working at a restaurant in Troy. Who would have ever thought that, three years later, that woman would turn out to be none other than Allison Mack. Mack is the Smallville actress who was charged on Friday with sex trafficking for her involvement in an organization that forced its members to ha