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February 21, 2019 at 7:10 am

Syracuse coach Boeheim strikes, kills pedestrian on highway VIEW

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to...

January 11, 2019 at 10:21 am

Episcopal Church allows same-sex marriage in NY diocese

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Episcopal Church on Friday cleared the way for same-sex marriages in an upstate New York diocese where they had been...

December 4, 2018 at 12:09 pm

Woman who says she was taped in hotel shower sues for $100M

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A woman who claims hidden-camera footage of her in a hotel shower was posted on a dozen pornographic web sites by...

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December 3, 2018 at 10:16 pm

Should you need to pass a social media check to get a gun?

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Should hateful tweets keep you from getting a gun? That's a question many have asked after suspects in several horrific mass...

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November 15, 2018 at 7:53 am

John Lennon’s killer says he feels more shame every year

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The man who killed John Lennon told a parole board he feels "more and more shame" every year for gunning down...

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November 12, 2018 at 7:39 pm

Amid drug crisis, spiritual first responders hit the streets WATCH

Sidewalk prayers near shoot-up spots. Sunday sermons in the back of a bar. Pleas to struggling souls to surrender to God. Funerals for members of...

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November 12, 2018 at 6:14 am

Episcopal bishop says he is banning gay unions on his turf

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An Episcopal bishop in upstate New York says the church has been "hijacked by the 'Gay Rights Agenda'" in a directive...

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Former Iraqi refugee Nadeen Yousef creates hand crafts to sell at the West Side Bazaar, where refugees sell clothes, crafts and food, on Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, in Buffalo, N.Y. Thousands of refugees have settled in Buffalo in recent years even as others have left the city. Some locals worry that the Trump administration’s policies reducing the numbers of new arrivals will harm the city’s economy. (AP Photo/ Michael Hill)

November 1, 2018 at 5:52 pm

Trump refugee cuts slow resurgence of cities like Buffalo

More than 12,000 refugees arrived in the Buffalo area in 10 years, helping stymie decades of population loss. But as the Trump administration throttles the...

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This image shows a portion of an archived webpage from the social media website Gab, with a Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 posting by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers. HIAS, mentioned in the posting, is a Maryland-based nonprofit group that helps refugees around the world find safety and freedom. (AP Photo) NYPS501 NYPS501

October 30, 2018 at 3:14 am

Synagogue shooter was obsessed with Jewish refugee agency

"We were the perfect target for this murderer, because we're Jewish and we help refugees. So he gets to check off the two hate boxes,"...

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October 13, 2018 at 11:05 pm

Calls for new regulation mount as limo crash victims mourned VIEW

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash — four sisters...

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