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NY cops hunt for brute who shoved bystander into street in caught-on-video attack
Police in Kingston released surveillance video footage of the unprovoked attack on Wednesday afternoon, and asking the public to help ID the brute.
NY school board meeting descends into chaos over 'LGBTQIA+' book as large group of fuming parents takes over
Outraged New York parents took over a school board meeting this week — demanding to know why their elementary school children were exposed to an “LGBTQIA+” book that included depictions...
Late-night snowmobile pile up on frozen upstate NY lake leaves one dead: 'A tragic accident'
One upstate New York man was killed when a late-night snowmobile ride by a group of friends slammed into a disabled snow craft on a frozen lake.
Ex-con charged with shooting Bronx dad over parking spot did time for 1997 upstate murder
Lavar Davis, 46, did 24 years in state prison on an upstate murder charge -- and is now facing a new murder rap in the Sunday morning death of a...
NY Dem running for Stefanik's House seat once blasted his constituents in comparison to migrants: 'They show up late. They drink too much'
"These [local workers] leave for court all the time because they are in custody battles and child-support battles. It's just awful. They show up late. They drink too much. There...
NY law firm CEO killed in upstate skiing mishap: 'An immense tragedy'
State police are investigating after upstate law firm founder Kevin Colwell was found "severely injured" at the Gore Mountain ski area and pronounced dead.
Upstate actually has great skiing this year and NYCers are shocked: 'The fresh powder is insane!'
For once, the jokes about icy, rocky East Coast skiing don't apply.
NY man fatally beaten by prison guards ruled a homicide in autopsy report: lawyers
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.
NY judge resigns after claiming all defendants are guilty in bid to skirt jury duty in another court
“It is astounding that the judge would claim an inability to be impartial, and to declare under oath that the accused must be guilty or they would not be in...
NY school bus driver stops to buy gun -- then totes it along with his busload of kids: cops
"Troopers received a complaint-in-progress that Ferry had just purchased a .22 caliber rifle and was observed driving away in a Naples school bus upon leaving the retail store," state police...
Accused Salman Rushdie attacker ambles into NY court as trial kicks off on attempted murder charges
Hati Matar, a 26-year-old from New Jersey who allegedly nearly killed Rushdie, wore a blue button-up shirt, black pants -- and handcuffs — as he entered the courtroom in tiny...
Upstate NY trial begins for radical accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie, who will testify against him
Hadi Mater, 26, is due to go on trial Tuesday for the 2022 stabbing of 'The Satanic Verses' author Salman Rushdie, who is expected to testify.
NY dog being hailed as hero for alerting sleepy owner to massive apartment fire
This dog barked up the right tree.
Young cashiers at NY grocery store allegedly reject man's $2 bills, believing they were counterfeit
A New York man claims that a local grocery chain refused to accept his $2 bills — with young cashiers believing the unusual, but legal, notes to be counterfeit, he...
Feds slam upstate NY sheriff for releasing violent Mexican migrant due to 'sanctuary city' policy
Jesus Romero-Hernandez, an illegal Mexican immigrant, is back behind bars after an upstate New York sheriff refused to hold him for federal immigration agents.
Migrant admits he strangled woman on her 21st birthday in upstate Airbnb before dumping body in woods
John Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis admitted in court that he strangled the fellow Ecuadorian in an upstate Airbnb and dumped her body in a shallow grave nearby.
New York schoolgirl, 11, breaks into tears as she's handcuffed by deputies who wrongly identified her as car thief
“Girl, you gonna tell me this ain’t you?” one deputy says to the handcuffed girl.
Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace reveals she has a new family in Upstate NY
Grace opens up about her new life in a new documentary, titled "The Curious Case of Natalia Grace: The Final Chapter."
Hochul's fracking foolishness locks $1T of NY energy underground
Hydraulic fracturing has transformed the United States into the Saudi Arabia of natural gas — but not in New York, where politicians like Gov. Hochul stubbornly refuse to tap the...
AG James' office recuses itself from probe into upstate inmate death by prison guards
New York Attorney Letitia James is recusing herself and her office from a probe into the death of an inmate by upstate prison guards,