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A New York appeals court has ordered a defendant to be resentenced because the judge improperly used a previous conviction to determine the penalty.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge refused Wednesday to throw out new political maps setting the boundaries of state Assembly districts, saying even though they were drafted improperly, opponents had waited too long to join the lawsuit challenging ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was hospitalized, his health failing, when he gave his son Hugo Jr. an order: Burn the papers. Worried that the publication of certain of his private notes could harm the court or ...

A western New York state man imprisoned for the past 59 years for strangling and raping a teenage girl has been granted parole.

A Webster town justice has dismissed several charges, including drunk driving, because the arresting officer did not have probable cause to stop the defendant’s vehicle.

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Rapid home sales have become the norm in this prolonged period of low inventory and high buyer demand.

It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year. For abortion-seekers like her, such journeys, along with pills sent through the ...

An appeals court in New York dismissed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against Amazon over its coronavirus safety protocols and a former employee who led the successful union organizing effort on Staten Island. Besides potentially exposing workers to ...

In a split decision, a New York appeals court has affirmed a rape conviction.

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Washington loves a whodunit. And the latest one comes with the stunning plot twist of a leak from the famously buttoned-up Supreme Court. The publication last week of a draft opinion that said Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision ...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s silver tea set is going to a family with a 5-year-old daughter who once was Ginsburg for Halloween. A medal Ginsburg was awarded when inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame is going to a ...

BUFFALO — New Era Cap CEO Christopher Koch was arraigned on a felony charge Monday after allegedly driving his vehicle toward a man during an argument, forcing him to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. Koch, 61, ...