Daily Digest: ‘What they think’: Watervliet, Green Island hold meeting to talk road design

Also: Big Time Rush takes SPAC stage for fifth time • Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate

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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone is having a great week. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of iced coffee or tea, check out some of the top stories on our website. Be safe and enjoy the day. — Ron Rosner, Senior Editor e-edition                            obituaries ‘What they think’: Watervliet, Green Island hold meeting to talk road design WATERVLIET & GREEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On Tuesday night, folks from Watervliet and Green Island can weigh in on designs for two corridors in the municipalities. Stretching across three counties, the… Read more → Big Time Rush takes SPAC stage for fifth time SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Big Time Rush returned to Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the fifth time, filling the venue with fans excited to hear "every song from every episode" as a part of its &… Read more → Former New York prison guard sentenced to 15 years for beating death of inmate UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A former corrections officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for his role in the death of a Black inmate whose beating by a group of guards at an upstate New Yor… Read more → VALLEYCATS: Tri-City wins season series over Capitales, begin three-game home series versus Jackals QUÉBEC CITY, CANADA – The Tri-City ValleyCats (41-28) defeated the Québec Capitales (48-24) 6-3 on Sunday at Stade Canac. Tri-City wins the season series 8-4, and now sits 5.5 games behind fi… Read more → Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars Starting in 2013, a mysterious sea star wasting disease sparked a mass die-off. Read more → Company advised by Trump sons said it hoped to benefit from fed money, then took it back When asked about the apparent conflict of interest, the document was revised. Read more → How reliable is the jobs data? Economists and Wall Street still trust it Economists and Wall Street investors have long considered the job figures reliable. Read more → Bondi moves forward on Justice Department investigation into origins of Trump-Russia probe Bondi has directed a prosecutor to begin presenting evidence to a grand jury. Read more → Brazil's Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro Last month, Bolsonaro was ordered to wear an electronic ankle monitor and given a curfew. Read more → Sean 'Diddy' Combs is denied release on bond to await sentencing A judge says Combs can't go home to await sentencing on his prostitution-related conviction. Read more → FACT FOCUS: Trump says he's cut drug prices by up to 1,500%. That's not possible Trump's grandiose claim is mathematically impossible. Read more → What is known about the search for a former US soldier suspected of killing 4 at a Montana bar The search has stretched into a fourth day with no capture. Read more → New Jersey says 3 chemical makers agree to 'forever chemical' settlement worth up to $2 billion DuPont and two other companies will settle environmental claims stemming from "forever chemicals." Read more → Colorado funeral home owner accused of sending fake ashes pleads guilty to fraud Carie Hallford faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. Read more →

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