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New York’s Capital Region is rich in history and culture. Our cities of Albany, Schenectady and Troy have been landmarks since before the birth of our country.

For many, Christmas and New Year's would be the most wonderful time of the year, if it didn’t involve that certain unbearable family member.

This year has been like the classic film “It’s a Wonderful Life” – especially the part that brought George Bailey to the bridge in despair.

This is the story of how a tiny evergreen branch reminded me that God lives, that he loves us, and that miracles are real.

It’s beginning to look a lot like New Year’s everywhere we go, from the “Auld Lang Syne” music loop at the local coffee shop to the discounted post-Christmas merchandise at Kohl’s.

It’s that time of the season when we tend to take stock of the year that’s passed and determine what we want to change in the year ahead. But why go year-to-year?

Twenty-two years ago, the “Contract with America” promised voters that, if elected to Congress, Republicans would advance legislation to shrink the size of government, balance the budget, and reform major entitlement programs.

There are occasionally presidents who transcend the norm. Obviously, Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, Reagan.

From the pages of the Salt Lake Tribune comes word of a distraught Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer.

On Thursday afternoon, President Obama announced new sanctions against Russia for its role in hacking the Democratic National Committee and allegedly interfering in the November presidential election.

With Iraqi Security Forces fighting ISIS inside of Mosul, it is now realistic to assume that ISIS could soon be driven out of Iraq.

The Cub Scouts are facing a transgender controversy after an eight-year-old born a girl who identifies as a boy was asked to leave a New Jersey pack.

The intelligence reports alleging a Russian cyber-attack on the Democratic National Committee have captured the public imagination like no other hack.

Earlier this week President Obama expressed confidence that a majority of the American people would have given him a third term had he ran for reelection. Not surprisingly, President-elect Donald Trump promptly disagreed.

Debbie Reynolds told me was that the first kiss she had ever received in her life came from Gene Kelly.

Debbie Reynolds was only 19 when "Singin' in the Rain" was shot. She said she was so scared and overwhelmed that she hid under a piano to try to calm herself.

In 2017, President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress will...

For nearly 70 years, the State of Israel has served as an example of democracy and stability in a region surrounded by chaos.

At a time when Jews the world over are celebrating Hanukkah and the miracle of lights, President Obama has attempted to turn out the light on the Jewish state.

The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah started the evening of December 24. Jewish people around the world will be kindling the menorah until December 31.