Daily Digest: Rensselaer County District Attorney holds DWI memorial ceremony

Also: National Museum of Racing announces 2026 Hall of Fame inductees • ECHL: Adirondack Thunder ready to battle Maine as playoffs begin

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Friday, April 24, 2026

Happy Friday! Hope everyone is having a great week and is looking forward to having a great weekend. Before you head out or enjoy that morning cup of 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 Rensselaer County District Attorney holds DWI memorial ceremony TROY, N.Y. — Rensselaer County District Attorney Mary Pat Donnelly joined the families of those that have been impacted by drunk drivers for the Rensselaer County DWI Memorial Ceremony earlier this week.The memorial, first established i… Read more → National Museum of Racing announces 2026 Hall of Fame inductees SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Eleven new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In the Contemporary Category, racehorse Kona Gold (KY) and the late trainers Christophe Clement and John A. Shirreffs earned t… Read more → ECHL: Adirondack Thunder ready to battle Maine as playoffs begin GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – The last 72 games are over and done with. All that matters now is the next one – Number 73 – Game 1 of the Adirondack Thunder’s North Division semifinals against the Maine Mariners, as their quest for a franchise first K… Read more → Sweden’s secondhand clothing swaps offer a trendy way to cut environmental waste Last year, some 140,000 people took home more than 44,000 preowned items. Read more → ‘Two ways of calculating’: Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug prices Trump acknowledged boasting reductions of “500%, 600%” but called it a “different kind of calculation.” Read more → Ex-officer planned to kill Black people in mass shooting at a New Orleans festival, authorities say Former NC officer arrested for planning mass shooting at New Orleans Jazz Fest Read more → Emory professors take on their own university after arrests at 2024 Israel-Hamas war protest They say Emory broke its own policies by calling in local and state law enforcement. Read more → Trump administration vows crackdown on Chinese companies ‘exploiting’ AI models made in US The memo arrives at a time when China is challenging U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence. Read more → Capital One settlement: How to know if you’re eligible for payout Payments are expected to go out by July 21. Read more → Offshore wind farms take shape along Rhode Island’s coast, even as Trump wants to stop them Two of the five are fully operational and two are nearly done. Read more → Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts The industry is spending heavily on the costs of artificial intelligence. Read more → Asian elephant calf makes her public debut at DC’s National Zoo The hottest new celebrity in Washington, D.C., is Asian elephant calf Linh Mai. Read more → Trump unveils deal with Regeneron to lower drug prices as part of most-favored-nation initiative The deal involves Regeneron lowering the prices of its current and future drugs on Medicaid. Read more →

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