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Five New Yorkers have lost their challenge to a state law that requires applicants for handgun licenses to show a special need for self-protection. The plaintiffs had cited a 2010 Supreme Court decision involving a Chicago handgun ban.

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has lifted stays that blocked New York’s effort to collect taxes on cigarette sales by Indian-owned businesses to non-Indians. In a ruling Monday, the court ruled against Indian tribes ...

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After a non-jury trial, Monroe County Judge John DeMarco acquitted Daren Venable on Thursday of both murder and lesser manslaughter charges in the Jan. 15 slaying of fellow University of Rochester student Jeffrey Bordeaux Jr.

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The Obama administration says a $773 million trust has been established to clean up dozens of former General Motors sites in 14 states left shuttered by the auto giant’s bankruptcy.

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