ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A mid-level appeals court in New York has upheld a law that shifts many local elections to even-numbered years — a policy meant to align county and town elections with statewide and federal races but that has led to pushback from Republicans. Democrats argue that the ...
Lois Parshley, Grist undefined Seattle, WA (Grist) President Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue. President Donald Trump continued dismantling U.S. climate policy this week when he directed the ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday released images of a doomed New York City sightseeing helicopter as it broke apart in midair last month, killing six people. The series of still photographs taken from surveillance camera video shows the ...
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An Illinois man tried to kidnap a student from a school in Buffalo, New York, and fled after punching and shoving an employee who confronted him, prosecutors said Wednesday. Shane Cronin, 30, of Lombard, Illinois, was arrested a ...
By CAITLYN DAPROZA of Rochester Institute of Technology and PATRICK WHITTLE of The Associated Press undefined SKANEATELES, N.Y. (AP) — Farmer Jeremy Brown taps the nose of a young calf. "I love the ones with the pink noses," he says. This pink-nosed animal is just one of about 3,200 ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Columbia University and New York-Presbyterian Hospital have agreed to a $750 million settlement of hundreds of sexual abuse claims by patients of disgraced and imprisoned former gynecologist Robert Hadden, bringing total legal payouts in civil cases involving ...
CHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A town official in upstate New York has been arrested after state police say he shot and wounded a delivery driver who got lost and approached his house seeking directions. John Reilly, the highway superintendent in Chester, a town nearly 60 miles (96 kilometers) north ...
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday against President Donald Trump's attempt to stop the development of wind energy. Attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging an executive order Trump signed during ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A correctional officer pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday in connection with the killing of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating while handcuffed at an upstate New York prison was recorded by officers' body cameras. Christopher ...
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press SOMERS, N.Y. (AP) — Voters in U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler's suburban New York swing district heaped criticism on the Republican during a raucous town hall Sunday night, peppering him with questions around President Donald Trump's aggressive agenda before ...
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Seller, the Broadway producer behind such landmark hits as "Rent," "Avenue Q" and "Hamilton," didn't initially write a memoir for us. He wrote it for himself. "I really felt a personal existential need to write my story. I ...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2025-- Today, After-School All-Stars New York (ASASNY), a subsidiary of the national After-School All-Stars network, announces an event to commemorate 30 years of transforming the lives of local youth. The milestone event will be held at the iconic Edison ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump posted an artificial intelligence-generated image of himself dressed as pope as the mourning of Pope Francis continues and just days before the conclave to elect his successor is set to begin. ...
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs once presided like a prince over his White Parties in the Hamptons, attracting A-list celebrities, gossip columnists and photographers. But at a trial starting Monday, prosecutors will cast the ...
By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federal authority and President Donald Trump'senergy dominance agenda. The DOJ on Wednesday filed lawsuits against ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The New York Rangers have hired Mike Sullivan as coach, days after he and the Pittsburgh Penguins agreed to part ways. General manager Chris Drury announced the move Friday, bringing in the organization's top candidate who was out of work for less than a ...
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione's lawyers urged a judge Thursday to throw out his state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that the New York case and a parallel federal death penalty prosecution amount to double ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MASSAPEQUA, N.Y. (AP) — As a high school hockey player, Adam Drexler wore his Massapequa Chiefs jersey with pride. But as the Chickasaw Nation member grew up and learned about his Indigenous roots, he came to see the school's mascot — a stereotypical ...
NEW YORK (AP) — A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn't identify too closely with its human handlers. King vultures can neglect their chicks, so hand-feeding is necessary to ensure the ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An Iraqi man living in upstate New York has been charged with illegally voting in the 2020 election, according to U.S. prosecutors, who said Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency assisted in the investigation. Akeel Abdul Jamiel, 45, was living in South Glens ...