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The lost: Capital Region lives ended by COVID-19 The pandemic has upended the nation, but its truest cost is felt by friends and families Times Union staff FacebookTwitterEmail 558. That's the minimum count of how many people, as of this writing, have succumbed to COVID-19 in the greater Capital Region. In less than 10 months. That is a wartime number — a casualty list perhaps more in keeping with the recounting of Civil War regimental losses than of anything understood in the modern era. Scientists who study the way the human brain processes big numbers say we’re not very good at it.  T...

to the u.s. after his name mistakenly popped up on a no fly list. he's back and sharing his story. tom fitzgerald spoke with him tonight. >> reporter: yahya wehelie is a muslim. he went to school here. he has never been in trouble with the law. he traveled to yemen to learn arabic and got a first hand lesson in frustration when his name popped up on the no fly list and he was halfway around the world trying to get home. back home, yahya wehelie can finally smile. >> i felt like a billion bricks are off my back. i'm home. >> reporter: two months after after a trip to yemen to learn ar...