Feds: 2 NY men tried to make X-ray weapon
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Federal authorities on Wednesday accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel....
Father, son acquitted in NY of sex trafficking
NEW YORK (AP) -- A father and son who acknowledged they were pimps were acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking charges after several prostitutes testified they were treated well....
Cuomo, legislative leaders announce casino deal
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders say they have a deal to authorize four upstate New York casinos that would drive jobs and tourism to the long economically distressed area....
NY Assembly not voting on legalizing MMA
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Efforts to legalize professional mixed martial arts in New York have foundered again with the state Assembly's Democratic leaders refusing to allow a vote on the measure....
8 hurt, some seriously, when car jumps curb in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) -- A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said....
Car mows down roadside dinosaurs on Long Island
SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) -- A Long Island man denies a police claim that he was intoxicated when his car smashed into about a dozen roadside dinosaurs....
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to his employer and family....
NY GOPer buying home of US rep. he called chicken
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) -- A Republican county official who once called a central New York congressman a "chicken" for skipping a televised debate is buying the Democratic lawmaker's suburban Syracuse home....
Ex-Marine to be reunited with bomb dog in RI
SCITUATE, R.I. (AP) -- Rhode Island state police will hold a ceremony this week that will reunite a retired Marine injured in an explosion in Afghanistan with the bomb-detecting dog he used to command....
Search for Hoffa mystery endures for decades
Jimmy Hoffa's disappearance almost 40 years ago has been the stuff of urban legend, prompting numerous theories about what happened to the former Teamsters leader....
