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ALBANY — New York's attorney general appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to investigate the death of a man who was beaten by guards at a state pri...

OLEAN — An Olean man faces multiple felony charges, including for rape, the Olean Police Department reported. Jon S. Vancleaf, 44, of 644 S. Union St....

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of lighting a woman on fire on a New York City subway and fanning the flames as she burned to death made his first app...

The last of the three defendants charged in the 2020 murder of Joshua Ramos in Potter County has been sentenced to at least 22 years in state prison. ...

ELLICOTTVILLE — The Ellicottville Police Department reported Wednesday that three men face multiple charges following an investigation of an incident ...

WASHINGTON(TNS) — PresidentJoe Bidenannounced Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death-row inmates to life in prison w...

New York State Police and local law enforcement agencies participating in the national enforcement initiative on impaired driving this holiday season....

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BUFFALO — A Russian woman who was arrested after she stowed away on a flight from New York City to Paris last month has been arrested again in Buffalo...

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ALLEGANY — Anargha Ganguly, 20, of Olean, was charged at 1:13 p.m. Thursday with petit larceny, a class A misdemeanor. Ganguly was processed and issue...

Violence in state prisons has reached another record high, and there are no signs this growing crisis will slow down anytime soon. Inmate-on-inmate as...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Portville woman was among 39 Americans receiving pardons from President Joe Biden, who is also commuting the sentences of roughly ...

NEW YORK — Police arrested a suspect Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald's employee in Pe...

NEW YORK — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing view...

BELMONT — A Belmont man was arrested Thursday on several counts of rape and sexual abuse carrying felony charges. Lorenzo J. Brown, 62, was charged at...

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