WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy has disbanded a dozen West Point cadet clubs centered on ethnicity, gender, race and sexuality in response to the Trump administration's push to eliminate diversity programs throughout government. The famed military academy in New York issued ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats in suburban New York are suing a Republican county executive over his creation of an armed unit of volunteer residents, saying it amounts to an "illegal, taxpayer-funded civilian militia." Nassau County Democratic lawmakers ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The death of a handcuffed man who was pummeled by New York prison guards was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report, lawyers for his family said Wednesday. The report issued by the county medical examiner's office last week concludes ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer Luge's most important weekend of the year got underway Thursday, with the world championships opening on the track in Whistler, Canada, that was used for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. It's a big deal. It's also a big reminder of what's next. For the ...
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A county in New York City's Long Island suburbs will be teaming up with federal authorities in President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican and Trump ally, announced ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty to federal charges Tuesday for firing a shotgun outside an upstate New York synagogue during the early months of the Israel-Hamas war. Mufid Fawaz Alkhader was arrested in December 2023 after firing two ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A woman accused of fatally poisoning her boss had her manslaughter conviction overturned Friday. A New York appeals court said improperly obtained evidence from her cell phone was used against her. Kaitlyn Conley has been serving a 23-year sentence in the 2015 death of ...
ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — A top U.S. Justice Department official said a county sheriff's office in upstate New York would be investigated "for potential prosecution" because it released a Mexican citizen from jail even though a judge had signed a warrant for the man's arrest. But Tompkins County ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Claressa Shields chose to fight in her hometown, a once-powerful city that has taken a series of hits, over opportunities to be the headliner on a boxing card in New York, Las Vegas or Detroit. The two-time Olympic gold medalist and ...
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 ...
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 ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month — but it came with a catch. LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of Auburn, wanted to give 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) of coho ...
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings is challenging the DNA evidence against him and seeking separate trials in the sprawling case. Rex Heuermann's lawyers argue DNA analysis ...
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 29, 2025-- After a three-week trial, a New York trial court has dismissed fraud and breach of contract claims brought by Goldman Sachs and Canadian investors, who sought $150M in damages plus millions more in interest against an affiliate of Dallas-based Energy ...
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, ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year. Thomas Mascia shot himself at ...
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press AUBURN, N.Y. (AP) — A New York food bank was offered a huge donation of fresh fish this month — but it came with a catch. LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of Auburn, wanted to give 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) of ...
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 ...
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year. Thomas Mascia shot himself at ...