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Hemp growers in New York face the uncertainty of growing a crop that becomes illegal to sell because it unintentionally contains a higher amount of the psychoactive chemical THC than is allowable by state regulations. Now a Cornell University study ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate is so far cleaving neatly along party lines in advance of Wednesday’s virtually certain votes to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges, with just two or three undecided members even considering breaking with their ...

NEW YORK — A key accuser at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial returned Tuesday to the witness stand, a day after she became so upset while being questioned by the former movie mogul’s lawyers that the judge suspended her cross examination. ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor told a jury at the opening of an espionage trial Tuesday that an angry CIA employee got his vengeance by committing the agency’s biggest leak of classified information ever, but a defense lawyer said ...

A man whose convictions were twice reversed before having the charges dropped has lost a wrongful conviction lawsuit against New York state. After the indictment against Rayland L. Hicks was dismissed, he filed a civil suit accusing the state of ...

A state appellate court has put in question two parts of a decision on the Whole Foods plaza litigation, ruling Friday partly in favor of a group opposing the size of the development on Monroe Avenue in Brighton. The decision ...

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial heads toward a historic conclusion this week, with senators all-but-certain to acquit him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after narrowly rejecting Democratic demands to summon witnesses. There’s still ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A woman who repeatedly told the national NAACP that her supervisor in the North Carolina conference had sexually harassed her is suing the national group and her former boss Jazmyne Childs is seeking at least $15 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana cleans its execution chamber at the state penitentiary daily, but it’s been more than a decade since a condemned prisoner has laid on the chamber’s black-padded gurney to die. Sixty-eight people sit on Louisiana’s death ...

A federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss part of a federal lawsuit over injuries a woman suffered while on a jet boat ride on the Niagara River. But a motion to dismiss another claim in the case was ...

A still-strong economy, positive employment numbers and continuing low mortgage rates give M&T Bank regional economist Gary Keith reasons to be optimistic about the housing industry in 2020. But the likelihood of even more state-mandated regulations has home builders concerned. ...

A Mohawk woman has admitted to distributing untaxed cigarettes. Crystal King, 32, of the Akwesasne Mohawk Indian Reservation, pleaded guilty before Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Marian W. Payson, to distribution of contraband cigarettes. King is facing a maximum penalty ...

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