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Snoop Dogg is telling his side of the story regarding his controversial comments to Gayle King after she posed a headline-making question about Kobe Bryant during an interview.Earlier this month, the rapper directed an expletive-laden rant toward King after she brought up Bryant's 2003 rape case in an interview with Lisa Leslie shortly after Bryant died in a helicopter crash. Snoop Dogg has since apologized to King.Snoop sat down with Jada Pinkett Smith for an episode [...]

You can’t fix systemic poverty with a hug and a kitchen island.Also: Losing weight through extreme and unsafe methods can cause harm. Every parent is different. And wives probably belong with the spouses they originally married.American TV viewers learned these lessons in the early 2000s when a certain kind of morally odious reality TV show proliferated on network television, epitomized by "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "The Biggest Loser" and "Supernanny." [...]

Ever wanted to take a deep dive into one of the world's largest art collections? The Smithsonian Institution has a groundbreaking surprise in store for the public, and the possibilities are endless.Tuesday, the Smithsonian released nearly 3 million images from its vast catalog –spanning the hallowed institution's 19 museums, research centers, libraries and the National Zoo – onto an online repository freely available to the public. It's not just art: Artifacts from [...]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo just signed a bill that makes it a felony to throw the contents of a toilet bowl at a prison guard, whether or not there is urine or feces in the bowl. Previously, it had only been a felony if the inmate threw bodily wastes, blood or semen. The bill was sponsored […]

MILWAUKEE – In one of the worst shootings in Wisconsin history, five people were killed by a gunman during a rampage on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors on Wednesday afternoon.The gunman died by suicide, bringing the total of known dead so far to six. Initial accounts from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel indicated at least seven had died, but that number has since been clarified.The shooter was a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died from a fatal gunshot wound, [...]

The mid-Hudson had a banner year for film production in 2019, new data show. And Orange County leaders hope to keep encouraging local productions after recently taking over the Orange County Film Office.Direct spending in the area by film productions skyrocketed 58 percent to $46 million in 2019 from $29 million in 2018, while production days rose 20 percent to 441 days, in Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Sullivan and Ulster counties, according to the Hudson Valley [...]

Orange County Legislature Chairman Steve Brescia, a longtime Republican county legislator and Village of Montgomery mayor, plans to compete with state Sen. James Skoufis for the 39th Senate District seat this fall.Brescia started collecting petition signatures on Tuesday and will announce his candidacy at a campaign event in Crawford on Sunday.In a statement on Wednesday, Brescia touted the county’s recent tax record and economic progress and vowed to carry that [...]

Harold Card, of the Town of Wallkill, is the founder of the Town of Wallkill Historical Association and resides in the historic Horton House on Van Burenville Road.The house was originally small when built in the late 1700s and was later expanded by Vincent Clark in 1803. Clark moved from Long Island to the 163-acre farm next to the current Pine Hill Cemetery.Clark, who became a well-to-do farmer, opened one of the first licensed inns in the Town of Wallkill in 1824. A [...]

HURLEYVILLE – The Sullivan County Museum and Historical Society at 265 Main Street in Hurleyville, is pleased to once again present The Van Manakas Trio. The group will feature Van Manakas on guitar, Mike Bisio on Bass and Bob Meyer on drums. This free performance will be a very special reunion of the band who toured on the west coast in the 1990s.Jazz guitarist Van Manakas has performed on 5 continents and in all 50 states. He has produced numerous CDs – his first [...]

ALBANY — New York's governor says he believes President Donald Trump is punishing his home state for being too liberal.In the past few weeks, New York has come out on the losing end on a series of federal acts.The Army Corps of Engineers slashed funding for a study of a colossal offshore sea wall that could potentially protect New York City from major hurricanes after Trump tweeted it was "costly, foolish," and would also "look terrible.""Sorry, [...]