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No new cases of COVID-19 infection were reported over the weekend in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties, while for the second straight day the number o...

I am the older sister of a 45 year-old man with intellectual disabilities and autism. He’s well-known and much beloved in the community because he’s j...

T hinking about taking some personal time off this summer? It might look and feel a bit different this year in the midst of the novel coronavirus pand...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has portrayed New York’s coronavirus reopening as the lone success story amid dire reports of COVID-19 surges in 22 o...

ALBANY (TNS ) — New York officials heralded the state’s ban on plastic bags that took effect March 1, and many stores said they are complying. But the...

The sociologist W Barrington Moore once asked why people do not revolt in the midst of the gravest injustices. Why do they conform to the abrogation o...

OLEAN — No new COVID-19 positive tests of Cattaraugus County residents were reported on Tuesday. The number of residents who have tested positive for ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has prompted unprecedented changes to the ways people go about their daily lives. Donning face masks, engaging in conta...

ALBANY (TNS) — A majority of New Yorkers agree that taking a cautious approach to reopening the economy is the right move as the coronavirus pandemic ...

OLEAN — Closed schools and businesses. Bans on hand shaking. Unscrupulous residents hoping to make a quick buck. “Oh, it’s just the flu.” No, that’s n...

SYRACUSE (TNS) — Two major state fairs have been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, casting further doubt on the 2020 New York State Fair. The ...

NEW YORK (TNS) — There will be no in-person summer school in New York this year, but it is still too early to make a decision about whether buildings ...

Protests, anti-science editorials, viral conspiracy theories, cartoons and serial tweeting will not change the “will” of the COVID-19 virus. We face a...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — To hear public health experts describe it, defeating the coronavirus is a massive but straightforward problem, difficult but not im...

ALBANY (TNS) — If there was anything reassuring about the ghastly sickness that’s ravaging families, destroying our economy and causing so much suffer...

ALBANY (AP) — The roll call room for municipal police officers in the Rochester suburb of Greece now resembles a surgical ward. “There are masks, glov...

The arrival of COVID-19 has provided a nuclear-level stress test to the American health care system, and our grade isn’t pretty: at least 73,000 dead,...

NEW YORK — With New York “coming down the mountain” of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, there has been increased talk about a po...