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ORCHARD PARK— In the face of a major public backlash and internal questions over the decision to award Matt Araiza the punting job, the Buffalo Bills ...

Heralded as the largest penalty for well-plugging violations, state officials announced a $2 million penalty for a Whitesville-based operator active i...

OLEAN — A lawyer representing the city’s police unions told city leaders Tuesday that “options for challenges” would be considered if a civilian revie...

BELMONT — The Allegany County District Attorney’s Office reported that Rachel Frank of Belmont was convicted in Belmont Village Court of fifth-degree ...

NEW YORK — Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie’s behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Publi...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s soft approach to confronting criminal groups is not working. In fact, it seems to be backfiring. Last ...

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GENESEE — An Allegany County man is facing several felony charges, including second-degree attempted murder. The New York State Police reported that t...

The National Football League might actually be showing signs of positive change after years of shoulder-shrugging and looking the other way when playe...

CHAUTAUQUA — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s leader in the 1980s, was stabbed in the neck and abdomen ...

Two Allegany County road closures were announced Thursday afternoon by the NY Alert emergency system after reported accidents. At 1:50 p.m., Route 305...

NEW YORK — Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he testified under oath Wednesday in the New York attorne...

COLONIE (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...

HARRISBURG — The developer of a major pipeline system that connects the Marcellus Shale gas field in western Pennsylvania to an export terminal near P...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — An assistant district attorney in Madison County, who is also running to be a criminal court judge, will resign as a prosecutor after...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s U.S. lawmakers are urging the State Department to recognize the plight of a Pittsburgh-area resident who has been se...

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ROCHESTER — The suspect in the killing of an upstate New York police officer in July was released from prison two months earlier, and could face a lif...