From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.

High-ranking members allegedly abused law enforcement credentials to obtain special access.

BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A federal judge also dismissed the criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.

The move comes days after the Times Union revealed abrupt cancellations in at least seven counties, sparking bipartisan criticism and demands for answers.

Surprisingly emotional about saying goodbye to the penny? Will I have to explain the meaning of "penny for your thoughts" to my grandkids some day? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/b...

BREAKING: Full November SNAP benefits to be issued by Trump administration despite shutdown. @statesnewsroom.com story:

Antonio Brown, the controversial former NFL star and former owner of the now-defunct Albany Empire arena football team, has been arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from a May shooting following a celebrity boxing event in Miami.

Federal judge in Rhode Island is ordering the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November, saying the USDA lost the discretion to pay partial benefits when it failed to get those funds to recipients fast enough. "USDA arbitrarily and capriciously created this problem." Story TK

"Since the start of the year, at least 134 unhoused people have died. Only two lived long enough to reach the state’s average life expectancy — a sobering reminder of how fragile life can be without stable housing." www.ctinsider.com/projects/new...

NEW: Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and a state assemblymember, will become New York City’s next mayor, The Associated Press reports. He will be the city’s first Muslim mayor and, at age 34, ties the record for the youngest person to hold the office. https://to.pbs.org/4ovh28q

I've seen enough: The city of Albany — chartered in 1686, the capital of New York since 1797 — has elected its first Black mayor, Dorcey Applyrs. Photo by the Times Union's Lori Van Buren.

SCOOP: NY schools physically restrained students and put them in "timeout", often in small padded rooms, at least 20,000 last school year according to new data the state collected for the first time. We got the data by school district so you can search yours www.timesunion.com/news/article...

See the return on investment for a college education at New York colleges and universities compared to schools across the U.S. with this cool searchable database by @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/projects/202...

Reuters: NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES WILL ASK COURT TO DISMISS INDICTMENT AGAINST HER ON GROUNDS THAT U.S. ATTORNEY HALLIGAN WAS UNLAWFULLY APPOINTED-COURT FILING

Of course, a song praising Stewart's has to have one the most upstate NY origin stories: www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

@newyorkstateag.bsky.social is encouraging people to submit photos and videos of ICE in New York to her office, after the raid on Canal Street yesterday. "We are committed to reviewing these reports and assessing any violations of law," AG Letitia James said. ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

"News deserts are widening. Newspaper closures continue unabated. Independent publishers are calling it quits at an alarming rate. Yet local digital-only news sites are multiplying. Many are even thriving." localnewsinitiative.northwest...

A man pardoned by President Trump after taking part in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack was charged last week with a new crime: threatening to assassinate Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, at an event in New York City.

News: in NY, a judge annulled the appointment of the 92-year-old Schoharie County Democratic elections commissioner, who was appointed over the objections of his own party. The county is now appealing the decision to try to keep him on the job. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

We heard immigrants held at Border Patrol stations across northern NY often cannot be located or reached by their attorneys, with CBP refusing to confirm their custody. More on these “legal black holes” in @timesunion.com

NEWS: Immigration authorities are increasingly detaining migrants including kids in temporary holding rooms at ICE and Border Patrol offices around NY for 3 days or more. These spots have no beds, showers, hot meals and were never meant for overnight detentions www.timesunion.com/news/article...

The Trump admin has started firing federal workers 10 days into the shutdown, according OMB Director Russ Vought — who called the firings "substantial." At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

FBI reassigns nearly one-quarter of its agents to help ICE locate and arrest people

Today, CT Insider published an investigation I worked on for months with my colleagues @brigurciullo.bsky.social and @blockhartreporter.bsky.social. It’s a complicated story, so I wanted to break down what we found and why it’s important. 🧵 www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to revoke temporary legal status for up to 600,000 Venezuelan immigrants.

EXCLUSIVE: The number of people charged with breaking federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a @reuters.com review of court dockets found. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

ICE has arrested over 4,600 immigrants in New York this year through July, the majority of which had no criminal history. Most of those arrested are working age men, but the data also shows some children have been arrested as young as age 3. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

"Kibamba is hopeful he will eventually be granted the right to remain in the U.S., where he’d like to learn English and return to his profession as an electrical engineer. If deported to Congo, he believes he will be killed." www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Amazing details in @justkristi.bsky.social's narrative of how CBS6 found itself eliciting a double murder confession in a studio interview. Noted: Greg Floyd's questioning offered "a master class in knowing when to push a subject and when to stay quiet."

Important story by my colleague @mariamsilva.bsky.social: the federal government has stopped paying for new citizen naturalization ceremonies www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

Over 1600 arrests at Federal Plaza Immigration Court in NYC. At least 500 in Erie County. More than 100 in Monroe, Albany and Saratoga counties, respectively. @timesunion.com mapped where ICE is arresting immigrants in New York in 2025 www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Where ICE arrested thousands of immigrants in New York this year. @timesunion.com mapped the arrests so you can see the enforcement action by county, court house and jail www.timesunion.com/news/article...

ABC announced that it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death. nyti.ms/46vgZl3

A mother is suing Albany Medical Center after the death of her 1-month-old baby in April. Shamaya Jackson, 35, said her daughter, Milani Finch, was deemed healthy at her one-month pediatrician visit, but days later she was dead. www.timesunion.com/news/article...

Babe, wake up: The new Ulster County "I voted" sticker (IYKYK) just dropped ... and it's a good one. Shoutout to sixth-grader Ryker Darmanin for the winning design. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

“Of course, we’re struggling. But rural community hospitals always struggle.” Good piece looking at the impact of Trump's big bill on Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, N.Y. barnraisingmedia.com/what-medicai...

BREAKING: AG Letitia James' office will intervene in a lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that seeks to compel a New York court to enforce Texas’ abortion ban against a Hudson Valley doctor. @phillippantuso.bsky.social reports.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he will not end his reelection campaign.

PBS cuts 15% of jobs in wake of federal funding cut My story for NPR www.npr.org/2025/09/04/n...

In Saratoga Springs, an official was convicted for violating the Freedom of Information Law and charged $660. These aren't criminal charges, but still very rare to see officials penalized over FOIL violations like this www.timesunion.com/news/article...

EXCLUSIVE: A New Jersey man is suing an upstate New York town and one of its cops over serious injuries he suffered when the officer slammed him to the pavement during an arrest, knocking him unconscious. The @timesunion.com obtained video. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...

It's a love story, and baby, she said yes. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged, the couple announced on Instagram.

In case you missed this one: we found homeless people in Auburn NY were paid to fill out paperwork saying they were donating $250 to the campaign of Republican Caleb Slater, when in fact they made no donations. The state Public Campaign Finance Board is investigating.

Trump says he is looking to send in the National Guard to Chicago or New York.

Paula Griffith, one of the oldest people in the U.S., celebrated her 111th birthday at The Wesley Community in Saratoga Springs last month.

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

INVESTIGATION: an NY Senate candidate reported contributions of $250 from several homeless people who told the newspaper that they never donated money to his campaign and that they were paid to submit contribution forms for the campaign. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...