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September 14, 2019 at 7:39 am

Women’s Hall of Fame inducts Sotomayor, Fonda, Allred VIEW

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred were among the inductees at the National Women's Hall of Fame on...

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September 12, 2019 at 8:10 am

Catholic diocese in upstate New York files for bankruptcy

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester in upstate New York filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday amid a wave of lawsuits over alleged sexual abuse of...

September 11, 2019 at 7:14 am

Smartphone, Matchbox cars among Toy Hall of Fame finalists

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The smartphone is being considered for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year in recognition of its impact...

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September 7, 2019 at 6:55 am

Syracuse welcomes Central Park 5 member to coveted campus

Through the eyes of a 14-year-old with a love of basketball and the trumpet in 1989, Syracuse University had everything Kevin Richardson would ever want...

September 1, 2019 at 5:52 am

Clock is ticking on NY deadline for student vaccinations

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — When New York lawmakers revoked a religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations, the change sent thousands of the state's parents scrambling...

August 27, 2019 at 7:45 am

College Board says it is replacing SAT ‘adversity score’

The company that administers the SAT college admissions test is replacing the so-called adversity score with a tool that will no longer reduce an applicant's...

August 26, 2019 at 8:19 am

After cancer treatment, Ginsburg in NY for honorary degree VIEW

AMHERST, N.Y. (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave University at Buffalo law students a memorable start to the new academic year Monday when she...

In this Sept. 6, 2016, photo, students at William Hackett Middle School pass through metal detectors on the first day of school in Albany, N.Y. Schools around the country have been setting up teams to assess threats posed by students who display signs of violence like the former student who compiled a â€œhit listâ€ years ago in high school and went on to kill nine people in a weekend shooting in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) NYHK201 NYHK201

August 5, 2019 at 10:28 pm

Putting together the puzzle: School teams assess threats

There were so many questions after 17-year-old Ely Serna brought a shotgun to his Ohio school and opened fire in 2017, wounding two. Along with...

July 23, 2019 at 11:06 am

Civil Rights panel: Disabled students of color punished more

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights urged the Trump administration on Tuesday to offer schools guidance on complying with federal nondiscrimination laws following a review...

July 6, 2019 at 7:05 am

Schools still struggling with how to teach about slavery

"They made me a slave today." Aneka Burton still remembers the way her then 10-year-old son, Nikko, who is black, recounted his experience to his...