Beth Adams

Dyslexia, a language processing disorder affecting anywhere from 5% to 20% of the population, can be seen as both a challenge and an opportunity to develop creative life skills.

On Wednesday, New York became the 10th state allowing adoptees unrestricted access to their original birth certificates, a change that adopted people are calling monumental in their decades-long fight for the right to their birth records.

"There are a whole host of things that limit teen sleep, from school start times, screen time, homework, socializing, even their work schedules."

Wegmans debuted the no-plastic policy at its Corning and Ithaca stores and called the pilot program successful.

They're delivering petitions to Albany this week, signed by more than 7,000 residents across the state who say they want New York to reduce vehicle emissions by 55 percent by 2035.

If the latest poll from Siena College is any indication, New Yorkers are feeling a bit better about their personal finances than they did a year ago.

"You pull on one thread with this, and the next thing you know, you're looking at all kinds of dots that are being connected across the country where the investigator is now being investigated. That's quite shocking."

Five more paperboys have come forward to say they were sexually abused by a supervisor when they worked for the Democrat and Chronicle in the 1980s.

"Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death and disease, and stopping kids from beginning this dangerous addiction will really help save lives."

"Getting an extra hour of sleep ... that is great, initially, but our body actually thinks we're an hour behind, and it leads us to think we're not getting enough sleep or getting too much sleep, and we feel jet-lagged."