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Appeals court upholds New York voting rights law, reversing lower court

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A New York appeals court on Thursday reversed a ruling from a judge that struck down a state voting rights law designed to protect the political voice of minority groups. The ruling from the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court in New York City ...

Family of 6 killed in a house fire in upstate New York

MASSENA, N.Y. (AP) — Six family members, including three children, died after a fast-moving fire swept through a home in northern New York, according to officials. High winds fueled the fire that struck a single-family home at around 10 p.m. on Monday in Massena, a town near the St. Lawrence ...

President Donald Trump appeals his New York hush money conviction

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has appealed his hush money conviction, seeking to erase the verdict that made him the first person with a criminal record to win the office. Trump's lawyers filed a notice of appeal Wednesday, ...

Ex-fire chief in New York City pleads guilty in corruption scandal

NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York City Fire Department chief pleaded guilty Wednesday to a conspiracy charge, admitting that he and others agreed to accept $190,000 in bribes to speed up safety inspections for customers of a former city firefighter. Anthony Saccavino, who at the time of the ...

Freighter on the move after it was freed from ice on frozen Lake Erie

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie on ...

Freighter remains stuck in the ice on a frozen Lake Erie

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards on Saturday continued efforts to break up ice and free a freighter that has been trapped in a frozen Lake Erie for days, officials said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ...

New York bill would make ‘masked harassment’ a crime

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposal introduced in the New York Legislature on Thursday could make it a crime for people to wear face masks to harass or threaten someone. The bill would create the crime of "masked harassment" under the state's existing ...