Brian Mann

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For hard-core Trump supporters latest indictment doesn't raise doubts

Wednesday, August 02, 2023

Republican primary voters in upstate New York are angry over the latest Trump indictment, but some say they're weary of his drama.

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Drugmaker Mallinckrodt aims to avoid paying an opioid settlement to victims

Thursday, July 27, 2023

The drugmaker Mallinckrodt is working to avoid payments to people who have struggled with addiction to opioids, as originally reported by the Wall Street Journal.

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Remembering Funny Cide, a gutsy longshot of a horse who nearly won the Triple Crown

Friday, July 21, 2023

Funny Cide was an unknown racehorse from New York state in 2003 when he came out of nowhere to win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. He died this week at the age of 23.

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Come along on a trail run in the wild tallgrass prairie of Kansas

Monday, July 17, 2023

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run, with rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds. We take a sunrise run in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.

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Trail running through the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas

Friday, July 14, 2023

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run — rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds moving along the creeks. We take a run in the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas.

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As climate change looms, New York bets big on winter sports tourism

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Officials in New York are on track to spend $1 billion taxpayer dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics doubt it will pay off.

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Critics have doubts about New York's huge winter sports tourism investment

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

The state is on track to spend a billion dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics ask why? (Story aired on ATC on July 10, 2023.)

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Critics have doubts about New York's huge winter sports tourism investment

Monday, July 10, 2023

Officials in New York are on track to spend $1 billion taxpayer dollars refurbishing 40-year-old Winter Olympic sports and tourism sites near Lake Placid. Critics doubt it will pay off.

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Trail running through the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas

Friday, July 07, 2023

The tallgrass prairie is an astonishing place to run — with rolling hills, bison herds, wildflowers and birds. We take a sunrise run in a tallgrass preserve in Kansas.

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Politicians want tougher police action against drug dealers — a move that cost lives

Thursday, July 06, 2023

New research suggests the war on drugs is hurting people with addiction, but lawmakers from both parties are demanding tougher crime policies to curb fentanyl overdoses.

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Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives

Wednesday, July 05, 2023

As fentanyl deaths surge, lawmakers want more drug busts and arrests. But new research found tough police tactics might increase overdoses and drug deaths in communities.

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Overdose deaths involving street xylazine surged years earlier than reported

Friday, June 30, 2023

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found U.S. deaths involving xylazine, known on the street as Tranq, had already risen 35-fold by 2021.

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Family members backed the $500,000 bond that freed Rep. Santos from jail

Thursday, June 22, 2023

For weeks New York's embattled Republican congressman fought to keep the backers of his bond secret. Turns out it was his dad and his aunt.

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The missing submersible raises troubling questions for the adventure tourism industry

Thursday, June 22, 2023

The search for the Titan in the North Atlantic continues. When adventure travel goes wrong, who pays the price, and who's forced to take big risks mounting a rescue?

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A deadly new street drug caught the U.S. off guard. Experts say it'll happen again

Saturday, June 17, 2023

A dangerous chemical called xylazine is being mixed into fentanyl across the U.S., but who's doing it and why is a mystery. The government still doesn't identify and track new drug threats.

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A dangerous horse tranquilizer is being laced into U.S. street drugs

Friday, June 16, 2023

Xylazine is the latest toxic street drug to spread across America. Experts say the country is flying blind without public health data.

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A dangerous chemical Xylazine is being added to U.S. street drugs, killing thousands

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Public health and law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are scrambling to blunt the impact of xylazine, a deadly new threat to Americans who use street drugs.

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Drugmaker Mallinckrodt may renege on $1.7 billion opioid settlement

Monday, June 12, 2023

Victims of prescription opioid addiction as well as communities slammed by the opioid crisis could wind up with nothing if Mallinckrodt files for a second bankruptcy.

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Who backed George Santos' $500,000 jail bond? He's still fighting to keep it secret

Friday, June 09, 2023

News organizations including NPR want a federal judge to reveal who paid Rep. George Santos' jail bond after he was charged with federal crimes.

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Scientists in the Adirondack Mountains monitor Canadian wildfire smoke

Thursday, June 08, 2023

Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to blanket much of the Northeast. Scientists at a mountain research station in New York have been watching the crisis unfold.

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