MICHAEL HILL

June 6, 2019 at 6:05 am

Training rollover kills West Point cadet, injures many VIEW

WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — A vehicle loaded with West Point cadets on summer training overturned in rough, wooded terrain Thursday, killing one cadet and...

May 29, 2019 at 1:51 pm

Illinois advances legalized pot after home growing settled

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers working to legalize recreational marijuana hit a snag that other states have wrestled with: whether to allow people to...

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April 29, 2019 at 10:09 pm

Falun Gong US compound’s neighbors fret over expansion plans VIEW

DEERPARK, N.Y. (AP) — Falun Gong practitioners found a peaceful refuge in the forested hills of upstate New York after their group was banned in...

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April 10, 2019 at 10:00 pm

EPA won’t make GE restart Hudson dredging for now

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency declined for now to make General Electric restart dredging in the Hudson River, triggering a wave of...

In this Thursday, March 28, 2019 photo, Ismael Castellanos poses in Geneseo, N.Y., where he and other members of the immigrant community advocated for immigrants legally obtaining driver’s licenses at a Green Light, N.Y. meeting. A renewed push around the country to let immigrants, here illegally, get driverâ€™s licenses resonates on the farms and orchards around Rochester, N.Y. Twelve states allow residents to obtain driverâ€™s license without a Social Security number or proof of lawful status. Immigrants and their advocates are making a push in about a half-dozen more, seeing a friendlier political map in some states. (AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth) NYR207 NYR207

April 8, 2019 at 7:19 am

‘Necessity’: Those in US illegally push for license to drive VIEW

In New York and elsewhere, the idea of extending privileges to those without legal immigration status has been resisted. But a renewed push across the...