ALBANY — New York state will require physicians to complete an educational course before they can authorize medical marijuana for patients — a condition generally not applied to new drugs or seen in other states with existing medical pot programs. ...

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More and better training is needed to help the people who work to protect children and prevent child abuse. Testimony at a Senate hearing Wednesday revealed many police officers and social workers have little or no college-level training in how ...

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In light of a fatal bus crash in the Southern Tier on Sunday, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer renewed his push for legislation to strengthen bus safety and driver training, while continuing his pursuit of a public bus-safety rating system for potential riders to reduce the number of low-fare bus crashes and related fatalities.

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The New York State Police will conduct a live human crash test Saturday at the former Seneca Army Depot in Romulus. Crashing will be W.R. “Rusty” Haight of the Collision Safety Institute ...

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Less than three months after Congress passed a law to increase co-pilot training, the Federal Aviation Administration is considering industry recommendations that would scale that training back. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, who pushed ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in the case that will determine when a district attorney’s office can face liability under §1983 for failing to properly train its prosecutors.

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The U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance this week awarded the American Bar Association a grant to work on a National Indigent Defense Training and Technical Assistance Project, designed to result ...

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