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COLONIE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities in the Albany area are hoping modern DNA tracing techniques will help solve the murder of an 18-year-old woman more than 60 years ago. The body of Ruth Whitman was exhumed from a cemetery in ...

A man who practiced law in Buffalo without a actually being an attorney has been sentenced.

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A lawsuit accusing a private school for Jewish children and the school’s principal of defamation has been dismissed.

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NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday made it likely she’ll rule in weeks rather than months whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gets to decide the merits of racial discrimination claims made by Black coaches against the league and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A Black resident of Buffalo, New York, told investigators he anonymously tweeted out a fake threat to commit mass killings against Black people in his community, days after a real mass shooting, because he wanted to ...

The Daily Record and the Rochester Business Journal have announced the honorees for the 2022 Legal Excellence Awards.

A state Supreme Court justice in New York City has ordered state and New York City officials to increase the hourly rate paid to assigned counsel representing children and indigent adults in Family Court and criminal court. Justice Lisa A. ...

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The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over everything from bans on AR-15-style guns to age limits. The decision handed down in June already has led one ...

A 74-year-old retired schoolteacher from a New York City suburb was sentenced to 30 months in prison Wednesday for mailing dozens of violent threats to LGBTQ affiliated individuals, groups and businesses over several years. According to prosecutors, Robert Fehring threatened ...

We are excited to announce the next practice area in our Power List program with our Power 20 Trusts & Estates list.

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A federal appeals court has reversed a lower court and reinstated a lawsuit over the ownership of a valuable artwork.

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The suspect in the killing of an upstate New York police officer in July was released from prison two months earlier.