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ALBANY — New York is poised to join a growing number of states that have legalized marijuana after state lawmakers reached a deal to allow sales of the drug for recreational use. The agreement reached Saturday would expand the state’s ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance say in lawsuit filed Monday that the state is discriminating against them by failing to ...

The Fourth Department has sent a drunk-driving case back to the lower court for the judge to reconsider rulings made on the suppression of some evidence. Defendant Nick J. Williams was charged with felony aggravated driving while intoxicated and two ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Wrapping up the most tumultuous Senate start in recent memory, new Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took stock of accomplishments including the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue while vowing action ahead on voting rights, hate crimes and mounting Democratic ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, arguing the cable news giant falsely claimed in an effort to boost faltering ratings that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election. ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice said county officials in central New York who failed to process thousands of registration applications and improperly rejected affidavit ballots violated the rights of voters in a congressional election won by ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A Syracuse woman has been charged in the death of a 93-year-old woman whose body was found decomposing inside an apartment complex last week. Victoria Afet, 23, pleaded not guilty Thursday to first-degree murder in the ...

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was named the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award on Friday for splitting with his party and becoming the only Republican to vote to convict former President Donald Trump ...

A state appeals court has sent a case back to the lower court because the trial judge did not allow the defense lawyer to argue to keep a woman on the jury. The defendant, Terrence J. Singleton, was convicted in ...

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Rochester’s Police Accountability Board (PAB) has announced that a law firm has been hired to assist with its investigation of the policies, practices, and procedures that may have led to a series of disturbing encounters with children and people in ...

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A donor who asked to remain anonymous has contributed $25,000 to Empire Justice Center to help homeowners and renters affected financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. A state eviction moratorium has ended and many landlords are now once able to move forward ...

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WASHINGTON — A possible expansion of gun rights is on the Supreme Court’s agenda, days after mass shootings in Colorado and Georgia. The justices are meeting in private Friday to discuss adding new cases to their docket for the fall. ...