NEW YORK (TNS) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s appeal of a 6 1/2-year corruption sentence.
From crafting a cliché to a local drive for a global aid project, from one of the more odd thoughts for downtown revitalization to an unfortunately-named product bringing Olean into the spotlight, here’s a look back on the week that was 100, 75, 50 and 25 years ago on this edition of Turning…
Cattaraugus County health officials reported one new death due to coronavirus over the weekend, while there were 38 total new cases of COVID-19 infection.
ALBANY (TNS) — The first round of the state’s efforts to reduce the spread of an invasive insect that is killing hemlocks along Lake George is complete, but the Department of Environmental Conservation said it is planning consecutive annual treatments after spotting more areas with infestations.
The Cattaraugus County Health Department on Saturday reported one death due to COVID-19, while there were 23 new cases of infection.
BRADFORD, Pa. — A tool developed by two members of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford community to help students navigate online classes has been made available to all Pitt students and faculty members through the university’s Center for Teaching and Learning.
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ST. BONAVENTURE -- Earlier this month, Anthony Roberts went home to address a family matter.
Some observations from the Chiefs 38-24 win over the Bills in Sunday night’s American Football Conference Championship Game at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It took the Kansas City Chiefs five frustrating decades to make their second Super Bowl appearance.
Notes from the Chiefs’ 38-24 win over the Bills in Sunday night’s American Football Conference Championship Game at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium:
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom Brady has a new team, in a new town. The destination is the same: another Super Bowl
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CARY, N.C. (AP) — Major League Baseball and the U.S. Baseball Federation will hold a showcase for prospects ahead of the amateur draft, which has been pushed back to July 11-13 and will hold i…
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With more female referees now in the NBA than ever before, it was only a matter of time before two women would be scheduled to work the same game.
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CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson linebacker Mike Jones Jr. has entered the NCAA transfer portal, becoming the first player to be leaving the Tigers' top 15 defense that was projected to have all 1…
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CUBA — Police departments in Allegany County are seeking public comment on plans to implement reforms mandated by the state.
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GREECE (AP) — The father of two children who were forcibly taken from their western New York foster home and later found in Alabama has been arrested in the kidnapping, police announced.
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SMETHPORT, Pa. — A Shinglehouse man accused of exposing a teen to a communicable disease during a sexual assault has pleaded guilty.
OLEAN — Shawn Branch, group leader for Cutco Cutlery Corporation, celebrated 25 years of service on Jan. 22.
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ALBANY (TNS) — Property taxes are due, but Deborah Pusatere doesn't have the cash to cover the small apartment buildings she manages.
OLEAN — Alana Buchanan, a registered nurse in dialysis, received the fourth-quarter Nightingale Award at Olean General Hospital.
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Assemblyman Joseph Giglio and his fellow Republicans are pushing a $35 million legislative package to benefit New York farmers hurt by COVID-19 over the past year.
ALFRED — A three-year project at Alfred University and the state College of Ceramics aims at tackling the problem of glass in landfills.
President Joe Biden presents two essential values to the nation: unity and truth. Whether Americans accept them is, of course, another matter.
Inaugural addresses are meant to be aspirational, so President Joe Biden might as well have doubled down on his call for unity in his address.
Soon after an inaugural speech in which he talked about the need for the nation to unify in order to meet interlocking crises, Joe Biden got to work getting dozens of things done — issuing what his team says are 15 executive actions, as compared to two such actions from his four precedessors…
Change can be hard. We’ve had to embrace, or at least adapt to, a lot this past year. Being in the clutches of pandemic circumstances brought requirements far beyond anything we might have previously imagined. Some come through laws, others necessity.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Hikers are being told by the agency that oversees the Appalachian Trail to postpone plans to cover the nearly 2,200-mile (3,540 kilometer) distance this year due to COVID-19.
NEW YORK (TNS) — The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s appeal of a 6 1/2-year corruption sentence.
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PIERREPONT, N.Y. (AP) — A man and woman in their 60s were killed in a house fire in the Adirondacks, New York state police said Monday.
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ALBANY (TNS) — Property taxes are due, but Deborah Pusatere doesn't have the cash to cover the small apartment buildings she manages.
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PERINTON, N.Y. (AP) — An unidentified man died and his two-year-old child was injured in a snowmobile crash in New York, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
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The lawyer for two brothers who are accusing a nationally known activist Chicago priest of abuse decades ago says the men just want truth. (Jan. 25)
Here’s what’s happening Monday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday refused to discuss the circumstances surrounding the abrupt departure of Michigan's health director during the coronavirus pandemic, not saying if she had asked for his resignation.
ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte intends to offer his resignation on Tuesday, his office said Monday, a move likely to be a gamble that the embattled leader will get a fresh mandate from the president to forge a more viable coalition.
(The Center Square) – In response to the Biden administration suspending new oil and gas leases on federal land for 60 days, oil and gas companies in the South and Southwest warned that doing so would impact hundreds of thousands of jobs and destroy the economy of some states.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's foreign ministers on Monday condemned the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the detention of thousands during protests backing the most well-known critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin but stopped short of weighing new sanctions …
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch politicians on Monday condemned rioters who clashed with police in about 10 towns and cities across the Netherlands on the second night of a coronavirus curfew and authorities feared more unrest overnight.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The world must take decisive action to build resilience to the devastating effects of climate change, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry told a global virtual summit Monday, pledging that President Joe Biden's new administration would play its role.
