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Journalists strike for leadership change at biggest US newspaper chain

NEW YORK — Journalists at two dozen local newspapers across the U.S. walked off the job Monday to demand an end to painful cost-cutting measures and a change of leadership at Gannett, the country’s biggest newspaper chain. The strike involves hundreds of journalists at newspapers in at ...

Apple unveils $3,500 headset as it wades into VR world

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination. After ...

Americade rumbles Lake George in 40th anniversary year

LAKE GEORGE — For one week each year, for the past 40 years, the streets of Lake George are overtaken by bikers and motorcycle enthusiasts from all over the globe. “Nice place,” said Roger Gagnon enthusiastically through a thick French-Canadian accent, “with a lot of beautiful ...

Slow start to New York’s legal pot market leaves farmers holding the bag

ARGYLE — Seth Jacobs has about 100 bins packed with marijuana flower sitting in storage at his upstate New York farm. And that’s a problem. There aren’t enough places to sell it. The 700 pounds of pungent flower was harvested last year as part of New York’s first crop of legally ...

Independent bookstores become more numerous

NEW YORK — Near the end of 2021, Jessica Callahan was living in Columbus, Ohio, working as a social science researcher and wondering if there was a better way to support herself. Her friends Julie Ross and Austin Carter had similar thoughts and a similar solution: Open a bookstore. “I ...