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NEW YORK (AP) — A former president of the State University of New York’s Polytechnic Institute and several construction company executives are set for trial Monday on corruption charges stemming from their alleged rigging of bids in an upstate development ...

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WASHINGTON – If Roger Stone and Michael Caputo told investigators what they said publicly, they could have real problems. The Washington Post’s Manuel Roig-Franzia and Rosalind S. Helderman broke a significant story Sunday that added to the list of undisclosed ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday the president might pardon his jailed, onetime campaign chairman and others ensnared in the Russia investigation once special counsel Robert Mueller’s work wraps up, if he believed they were treated ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A former top official in the New York Democratic Party is kicking off an independent run for governor. Stephanie Miner, who’s the ex-mayor of Syracuse, made her announcement in an interview with The New York Times ...

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Another defendant in the 5 LINX fraud case is considering a plea agreement offered by federal prosecutors. Jeb Tyler, a former 5 LINX vice president, is scheduled to be in U.S. District Court on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate David G. ...

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The FBI agent who was removed from the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign for sending anti-Trump texts intends to testify before the House Judiciary Committee and any other congressional committee that asks, his attorney said in ...

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Jill Cicero, the outgoing president of the Monroe County Bar Association, on Thursday announced a new effort to confront gender bias in the legal profession. During remarks at the MCBA’s annual dinner at the Hyatt Regency Rochester, Cicero said her ...

A Rochester man imprisoned more than five years for a drive-by shooting was freed Wednesday after a key witness refused to testify and state Supreme Court Judge Alex R. Renzi dismissed all charges. Phillip H. Owens, 32, was accused of ...

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WASHINGTON – A federal judge ordered Paul Manafort to jail Friday over charges he tampered with witnesses while out on bail – a major blow for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman as he awaits trial on federal conspiracy and ...

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BOSTON — In a federal court case deciding if Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants, both parties say the evidence is firmly on their side. Harvard and the group Students for Fair Admissions filed dueling reports from outside economists Friday, ...

A former kindergarten teach has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison on child pornography charges. Roland Yockel II, 31, of Hilton, was convicted of receipt of child pornography, also was sentenced to 15 years of supervised release by ...

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A man who was convicted of sexual abuse for fondling children’s feet in two libraries has been granted a new trial because the evidence used against him included a videotaped statement and grand jury testimony that should have been suppressed. ...