The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake at 6:15 a.m. centered on the northeastern edge of West Seneca, near the Lackawanna border.
State Assemblyman John Lemondes, who represents part of Cayuga County, reacts to Gov. Kathy Hochul's State of the State speech delivered Tuesday in Albany.
Ever-blue New York has twice as many registered Democrats as Republicans and has turned less friendly for Republicans over the past decade, thanks in part to upstate population loss and a decrease in New Yorkers identifying as Republicans. Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election decisiv…
ALBANY — New York state health officials issued a more urgent call Thursday for unvaccinated children and adults to get inoculated against polio, citing new evidence of possible “community spread” of the dangerous virus.
A state bill requiring that rock salt be purchased in only the United States has gotten the attention of highway superintendents around the state.
ROCHESTER — A man who accosted U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin on stage as the Republican campaigned for governor will remain in custody while a federal judge considers his lawyer's plea to release the Army veteran, who he said was in an alcoholic relapse.
A new bill has been introduced in the state Senate seeking to restore the death penalty in limited cases in New York state.
ROCHESTER — A man has been charged in the shooting death of a police officer in Rochester, authorities said Friday.
ALBANY — An independent auditor will review the New York state government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including efforts by the administration of the previous governor to downplay the number of deaths of nursing home residents.
Gov. Kathy Hochul does not expect students, teachers or staff to have to wear masks in New York classrooms this fall.
BILLINGS, Mont. — A man drove his pickup truck into a family as they walked in a tourist village bordering Glacier National Park and opened fire with a shotgun, killing one man and mortally wounding a toddler who was in her mother's arms before the mother's sister-in-law managed to kill the …
"It's beyond time for our positive impacts and contributions to this area to be recognized in a fair compact," said Seneca Nation President Matthew Pagels.
"I think it would be best for the party if we embrace the new generation of leadership," Rep. Chris Jacobs, an Orchard Park Republican, said in a wide-ranging interview that dealt largely with his career-ending decision to embrace gun control measures after the May 14 mass shooting at the Tops Markets store in Buffalo.
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump and two of his children got their questioning postponed Friday in a New York civil investigation into their business dealings, a delay that follows the death of Trump’s ex-wife Ivana.
ALBANY — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for governor, is unlikely to run on the Independence Party line after the state Board of Elections invalidated nearly 13,000 signatures that were included in his petitions.
Families who have lost a loved one in a crime are fighting to pass legislation that would ensure their victim impact statements will be recorded on video and that the parole board will be required to view them.
HORNELL — Three people have been arrested on hate crime charges for blanketing a small upstate New York city with white supremacist pamphlets, authorities said.
A federal lawsuit challenging part of New York’s new gun law was filed by Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino, one of multiple legal challenges expected against state handgun licensing rules approved after a recent Supreme Court ruling.
FORT LEE, N.J. — Attention drivers at the George Washington Bridge: Your cash is no good here.
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has tested positive for COVID-19 and reports experiencing very mild symptoms, his spokesman said Sunday night.
The investment of state and federal tax dollars is part of the transition on July 16 of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to the phone number 988
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SYRACUSE — The U.S. Army has identified the victim of a deadly weekend shooting in Syracuse as a 19-year-old soldier from Georgia who was assigned to New York's Fort Drum.
NEW YORK — A company that has performed hundreds of property appraisals for Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court for missing a deadline to turn over documents in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into the former president’s business practices.
NEW YORK — Frankfurter-munching phenom Joey “Jaws” Chestnut gobbled his way to a 15th win Monday at the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, powering down 63 hot dogs and buns at the annual exhibition of excess.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons.
The New York State Partnership Against Drowsy Driving on Thursday announced the winners of the 2022 "Stay Awake! Stay Alive!" Public Service Announcement Challenge. The PSA competition is focused on preventing drowsy driving impairment in a way that resonates with young and adult drivers ali…
CONKLIN — A missing golden retriever named Lilah, discovered deep inside a culvert pipe in upstate New York, could not be lured out by her owner with peanut butter dog treats or cheese.
NEW YORK — New York City can't let noncitizens vote for mayor and other city officials, a judge ruled Monday, siding with Republicans who challenged the measure as unconstitutional.
ALBANY — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she is bringing state lawmakers back on Thursday to consider gun safety legislation in response to the Supreme Court striking down key portions of the state's licensing law.