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ALBANY — New York may have to consider changes to its quarantine rules for out-of-state travelers now that three of its closest neighbors, Pennsylvani...

From a campaign stop for governor to needed men for war and peace, from a 50-year-old cold case to fighting for the local crime lab, here’s a look bac...

Movie theaters throughout much of Upstate New York — although not in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties — may reopen at 25% capacity under state guidan...

NEW YORK — Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a “streak of anti-Semitic d...

Keuka College sends students home due to coronavirus outbreak linked to party Keuka College is temporarily closing and sending students home after bei...

Applications for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment surged in New York and other states as workers exhausted their 26 weeks of traditional benefits, the ...

ALBANY — Local governments in areas with coronavirus clusters will lose state funding unless they enforce rules meant to slow the spread of the virus,...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Wednesday signed legislation designating Juneteenth as an official public holiday in New York state, while he also ap...

Amy Coney Barrett has accomplished many things in her career. Becoming an authority or a policy maker on healthcare isn’t one of them. At Notre Dame, ...

Both Cattaraugus and Allegany counties reported four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday. The Cattaraugus County Healthy Department’s active po...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo declares that rumors suggesting he would leave the state for a White House appointment are unfounded and being spread by “p...

Western New York saw its positivity rate in coronavirus testing fall somewhat on Sunday, down to 1.1% from 1.4% the two previous days. WNY, which had ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn said Saturday that church officials “are left with no choice” but to abid...

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Friday that COVID-19 rapid-result testing will be made available to every county in the state. The New York State Depa...

The colors of fall have flamed on trees and shrubs across the region as the chemistry in their leaves makes the annual autumnal shift. Spring through ...

ALBANY — New York state received reports of 145,811 COVID-19 diagnostic test results on Wednesday — a record high, according to the governor’s office....

A new study estimates that 325,000 children in New York — with more than 1,400 of them in Cattaraugus and Allegany counties — are newly pushed into po...

ALBANY — Joseph Bruno, who rose from poverty to become one of New York’s most powerful politicians as the Republican leader of the state Senate for mo...