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Crowd angered by lockdowns calls for China’s Xi to step down

SHANGHAI — Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China’s powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist ...

Inflation hovers over shoppers seeking deals on Black Friday

NEW YORK — Cautious shoppers hunted for the best deals at stores and online as retailers offered new Black Friday discounts to entice consumers eager to start buying holiday gifts but weighed down by inflation. Due to elevated prices for food, rent, gasoline and other essentials, many ...

Jones wins race to rep 115th Assembly District

PLATTSBURGH — Incumbent Assemblyman D. Billy Jones received a nice 48th birthday present Tuesday in the form of a solid win in the 115th Assembly District race. Jones, a Democrat from Chateaugay Lake, outpaced Republican Stephen Chilton III of Ellenburg by an unofficial count of 25,945 ...

Stec re-elected to state Senate seat

State Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury, on Tuesday won re-election to the Senate in the 45th District race, garnering a total of 66,000 votes to his opponent Jean Lapper’s 42,376 votes. He delivered a victory speech for his unofficial win at The Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls at about 11 p.m. ...

Cesspool or civility? Elon Musk’s Twitter at a crossroads

In the chaos that has enveloped Twitter the platform — and Twitter the company — since Elon Musk took over, it has become clear this isn’t changing anytime soon. In fact, it’s likely to get much worse before it gets better — if it gets better at all. Musk, with his band of tech ...