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The Broome County jail suspended in-person visitation in March 2020. (Jillian Forstadt/WSKG)

Amid ongoing legal battle, Broome County jail continues to restrict in-person visits

"People have been without personal contact from a loved one for over two years now."

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced funding to rennovate parts of the Greater Binghamton Airport Wednesday. (Vaughn Golden/WSKG)

Upstate airports, including BGM, receive state funds for renovations

$30 million to be used for terminal, other upgrades

A Vestal High School student uses chalk to write an affirming message during a suicide awareness event. (Megan Zerez/WSKG)

As new school year begins, some counselors are concerned about students’ mental health

"We had kids that came to ninth grade who hadn't been in school for two years. So they didn't develop the social skills that they needed."

The hidden world of an opera prompter

One of the world's greatest living composers, John Adams, has a new opera, and the prompter keeps 'Anthony and Cleopatra' from flying off the rails.

FILE - Musician R. Kelly, center, leaves the Daley Center after a hearing in his child support case on May 8, 2019, in Chicago. Closing arguments are scheduled Monday, Sept. 12, 2022 for R. Kelly and two co-defendants in the R&B singer’s trial on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex, with jury deliberations to follow. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

R. Kelly is convicted of child pornography

A federal jury convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - APRIL 18: Runnings make their way down Boylston street to the finish line during the 126th Boston Marathon on April 18, 2022 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Omar Rawlings/Getty Images)

Runners can identify as nonbinary in next year's Boston and London marathons

In an effort to make the races more inclusive, organizers for the 2023 Boston Marathon and the 2023 TCS London Marathon say qualifying runners can enter as male, female or nonbinary.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 13: Workers service the tracks at the Metra/BNSF railroad yard outside of downtown on September 13, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Metra, the largest rail service carrying commuters from the suburbs to downtown Chicago, said that it would be forced to suspend service on many of its lines if freight rail workers go on strike. In addition to the Metra disruptions in Chicago, Amtrak announced that it will temporarily cancel three of its long-distance, nationwide routes that run out of Chicago and rely on freight lines, citing a potential strike by the workers. Beginning Tuesday, the Southwest Chief from Chicago to Los Angeles, the California Zephyr from Chicago to San Francisco and the Empire Builder from Chicago to Seattle will be suspended. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

How an attendance policy has led the U.S. to the brink of a nationwide rail strike

Freight rail workers are threatening to strike Friday if a contract is not reached. The unions are demanding protections for workers who take unscheduled time off for medical needs.

FILE - Then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Amtrak Johnstown Train Station, Sept. 30, 2020, in Johnstown, Pa. President Joe Biden believes that unions built the middle class. He also knows a rail worker strike could damage the economy ahead of midterm elections. That leaves him in the awkward position of espousing the virtues of unionization even as members of his administration work to keep talks going in Washington between the railroads and unionized workers aimed at averting a shutdown. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Biden says tentative railway labor deal has been reached, averting a strike

President Joe Biden said Thursday a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a potentially devastating strike before the pivotal midterm elections.

FILE - Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., March 14, 2019. Musk's legal team is demanding to hear from a whistleblowing former Twitter executive who could help bolster Musk's case for backing out of a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company. Twitter's former security chief Peiter Zatko received a subpoena on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, from Musk's team, according to Zatko's lawyer and court records. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Twitter shareholders have approved the $44 billion sale to Elon Musk

Musk has been attempting to back out of the deal, citing concerns about bots on the platform and the security of its user data.

Fred Franzia is the brain behind Charles Shawbrand wine, also affectionately known as TwoBuck Chuck, which is sold only at Trader Joe s stores and is still selling like hotcakes. Franzia walks in his vineyard in Lodi, Calif. (Photo by Stephen Osman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Fred Franzia, creator of 'Two Buck Chuck' and champion of affordable wine, has died

The California winemaker firmly believed that no bottle of wine should cost more than $10. He created a business that struck bargain wine gold with Charles Shaw — also known as "Two Buck Chuck."

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