Almost identical weather is expected today compared to Wednesday across the News10 viewing area - lots of sun and comfortable temperatures. A few more clouds will be present in our skies Friday - but its an otherwise repeat performance before a chance for rain Saturday. ... Read full Story
The Union football team will play their first game under head coach Jon Drach this Friday night at Utica. The Garnet Chargers are looking to follow up a season that took them all the way to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. ... Read full Story
When Week 0 kicks off in Section 2 on Friday, things will look different in Class AA. They’ll start right out of the gate with league play. That sets up one of the premier matchups to kick things off for our 1st & 10 Game of the Week: Shenendehowa at Shaker. ... Read full Story
A former Rensselaer County Board of Elections Commissioner who pleaded guilty to voter fraud has a new job for the city of Rensselaer. Tonight, while still awaiting his sentencing, some members of the common council want to drastically reduce his pay. ... Read full Story
TROY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- It's been two years since Zaccai James, a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Troy. His father, Glen James, is asking the public for help as police continue to investigate a handful of open-homicide cases, just like this one in the city. Glen said when he first got the call [...] ... Read full Story
Officials shared new details about the violent robbery that happened at Dick’s House of Sport in Latham one Saturday afternoon late last month. The police chief held a press conference that outlined the suspect’s connection to another crime. ... Read full Story
NEWS10's Zion Decoteau spoke to two employees from the Pizza Shack on Main Street in Cobleskill. They gave a harrowing account of what happened on Saturday night when Adam Cole was accused of stealing an ambulance and leading police on a chase that ended in a crash in Schenectady. ... Read full Story
More members of the LGBT+ community are seeking the help of Lower Adirondack Pride. The group announced the number of people they serve is on track to double this year. ... Read full Story
An Albany was sentenced to two consecutive terms of 15 years for weapon possession charges on Wednesday. The Albany County District Attorney's Office said James Ford, 52, was convicted of two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. ... Read full Story
With just weeks to go until the 2024 election, the Justice Department is accusing Russia of new efforts to try to influence the race. ... Read full Story
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame voted for the Board of Trustees member Charlotte Weber to be the interim board chair of the museum. The appointment comes after the passing of Chairman John Hendrickson on Monday, Aug. 19. ... Read full Story
“The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post, 11 June 2024
Did you know?
It seems reasonable to assume that the words vilify and villain come from the same source; after all, to vilify someone is—in some ways—to make them out to be a villain. Such is not the case, however. Although the origin stories of both vilify and villain involve Latin, their roots are quite different. Vilify came to English (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap” or “vile.” Someone who has been vilified, accordingly, has had their reputation tarnished or cheapened in such a way that they’re viewed as morally reprehensible. Villain on the other hand, comes from the Medieval Latin word villanus, meaning “villager,” and ultimately from the Latin noun villa, meaning “house.” The Middle English descendent of villanus developed the meaning of “a person of uncouth mind and manners” due to the vilifying influence of the aristocracy of the time, and the connotations worsened from there until villain came to refer to (among other things), a deliberate scoundrel.