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A state appellate court has reversed a weapon conviction because the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. Gerald Hunt was convicted in Erie County Court in April 2018 of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He was sentenced ...

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ALBANY — New York’s governor said Friday that he would allow children statewide to return to classrooms for the start of the new school year, citing the state’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement by Democratic Gov. Andrew ...

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered a sweeping but vague ban on dealings with the Chinese owners of popular social media apps TikTok and WeChat on security grounds, a move China’s government criticized as “political manipulation.” The ...

Three members of the Wilmot family have filed suit in state Supreme Court in Monroe County, asking that their right of first refusal on 145 acres in Mendon be enforced despite a tax foreclosure sale of the property. Thomas C. ...

Editor’s note: New York state Attorney General Letitia James is suing the National Rifle Association and four of its current and former officials. Brian Mittendorf, an Ohio State University accounting scholar who researches nonprofits, explains what the repercussions might be ...

A man convicted of promoting prison contraband will get a new trial because the judge improperly denied a challenge for cause of a prospective juror. The defendant, Jaquan Cobb, was convicted in Cayuga County Court in June 2017 of first-degree ...

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Ellison Heights Apartments, a higher-end living community in Penfield, has undergone a change of ownership. Joe Alloco, president of Brighton-based Alloco Real Estate Management, said he has bought the apartment community from Robert Morgan. The transaction, with a purchase price of ...

New York’s attorney general sued the National Rifle Association on Thursday, seeking to put the powerful gun advocacy organization out of business over allegations that high-ranking executives diverted millions of dollars for lavish personal trips, no-show contracts for associates and ...

NEW YORK — The day after Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, the American Civil Liberties Union posted a message to him on its website: “See you in court.” As president, Trump hasn’t personally squared off against the ACLU from ...

CLEVELAND — A  lengthy FBI agent affidavit  detailing an alleged $60 million corruption scheme led by one of Ohio’s most powerful elected officials provides painstaking detail about groups and individuals who played roles in spending mostly corporate cash. Only one ...

Empire Justice Center has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to overturn a new rule that frees thousands of financial institutions from reporting data that is key to uncovering housing discrimination. The National Community Reinvestment ...

Wayne County officials have settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former Wayne County Jail inmate who was forced to undergo medical procedures for a body cavity search. Syracuse Attorney Joshua M. Gillette, who represents the plaintiff, Chance Burke, and ...

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