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This year will be “very likely” the hottest on record, with global temperatures breaking the previous record, set in 2015, scientists with the World Meteorological Organization announced on Monday.

President Barack Obama said Monday that he had urged President-elect Donald Trump to reach out to minority groups, women and others who were alienated by his campaign, during the president’s first news conference since Trump won the election in a stunning upset that has imperiled Obama’s legacy.

By Brett Samuels
Gazette Reporter

The Alt, the Capital Region’s new alternative weekly publication, hits newsstands for the first time on Tuesday.

Two people were sentenced to state prison during appearances in Saratoga County Court on Monday.

By Stephen Williams
Gazette Reporter

The man accused of being intoxicated when he caused a fatal July boat crash has been released from Warren County Jail after his bail was reduced by a state Supreme Court judge.

By Zachary Matson
Gazette Reporter

Students in third through eighth grades are stuck with the annual state tests they have for at least the next two years after state officials announced Monday they don’t plan to make any more changes until 2019.

Robert Daniels, 43, admitted Monday to providing the gun used to kill a Schenectady mother two years ago.

By Bill Buell
Gazette Reporter

A downtown Schenectady institution for nearly 70 years, Hermie’s Music Store is moving for the second time in five years.

Police have arrested a man they say fired a gun inside Crossgates Mall on Saturday, causing the shopping venue to be locked down.

“The Price is Right Live!” will return to the Palace Theatre in Albany at 7:30 p.m. on April 20.