BAGHDAD – Hundreds of ISIS fighters had just been chased out of a northern Syrian city and were fleeing through the desert in long convoys, presenting an easy target to U.S. A-10 "warthogs."
But the orders to bomb the black-clad jihadists never came, and the terrorists melted into their...
Owego Sanmina plant shutting down, more than 300 employees to be laid off
An Owego factory will soon shut down after hundreds of employees were told they will lose their jobs.
Tioga County Director of Economic Development and Planning LeeAnn Tinney says that around 50 temporary employees at...
Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday morning defended New York's right to higher taxes, saying it allows the state to pay for things like social services and free college tuition to some.
Appearing on National Public Radio, Cuomo again attacked the Republican Congress for moving toward a tax reform bill he...
Federal authorities sought to take back guns from thousands of people the background check system should have blocked from buying weapons because they had criminal records, mental health issues or other problems that would disqualify them.
A USA TODAY review found that the FBI issued more than...
Left-wing Democratic Party activists are organizing a protest outside Gov. Cuomo’s 60th birthday fundraiser bash at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 14 — just across from the Trump Building –that will feature Bon Jovi and Bill Clinton.
“The occasion is Gov. 1%’s birthday, at Cipriani’s Restaurant...
It was just after 9 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 27 when one of Marcia Rabideau's managers beat on the door of the Sterling Heights Arby's and yelled, "I just was robbed!"
Rabideau said she could see the alleged armed robber running so she jumped into her Dodge Charger and gave chase, cornering him at...
he FBI was flooded Friday with more than 200,000 background check requests for gun purchases, setting a new single day record, the bureau reported Saturday.
In all, the FBI fielded 203,086 requests on Black Friday, up from the previous single-day highs of 185,713 last year and 185,345 in 2015...
Chobani, the second-largest yogurt maker in the United States, has picked Idaho, not upstate New York, as the site of its new $21 million research center.
The Greek yogurt giant founded by former University at Albany student Hamdi Ulukaya is headquartered in New Berlin, New York, about 100...
President Trump's budget director defended a tax reform plan to eliminate the deductibility of state and local taxes by saying it's not Washington's fault New York's taxes are so high.
Gov. Cuomo, state Democrats and even some Republicans have said high-tax states like New York would be...
Schenectady
General Electric Co. CEO John Flannery plans to cut $1 billion in costs out of its GE Power business, which is headquartered locally.
The news, which Flannery announced Monday morning during an investor meeting in New York City, is part of Flannery's plan to slash costs at GE and...
At $25 million and counting, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo sits atop the largest tower of campaign contributions of any Democratic politician in America, but this monument to his prodigious fund-raising strength also reveals one of his greatest vulnerabilities, especially if he harbors presidential...
After losing to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014, Rob Astorino suggested it wouldn't be his last bid for governor.
"We have planted a flag, and we will be back to reclaim it and advance it further," Astorino said in his concession speech.
But his potential plans were derailed Tuesday when he lost...
Gov. Cuomo’s fund-raising trip to California on Tuesday won’t quiet the buzz about him running for president in 2020.
After a breakfast in San Francisco with Silicon Valley titans such as Chris Larsen, Munjal Shah and Bitcoin backer Ben Lawsky, the former New York state financial services...
A Knox man was charged with multiple weapons offenses after police allegedly found multiple high-powered weapons, including grenades, a grenade launcher and an AR-15 style rifle at his home, the Albany County Sheriff’s office said.
On Sunday Albany County Sheriff’s officers received a call for...
Looks like FUAC gets to boast about how his SAFE Act just saved us all. Perfect timing!
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Guy with PTSD isn't feeling all there. His wife calls it in and the police are elated to find an...
Gov. Andrew Cuomo again called for gun control in the wake of Sunday’s mass shooting at a Texas church, saying the law he pushed in New York should be implemented around the country.
Law enforcement officials say Devin Patrick Kelley killed 26 people and wounded almost as many others during at...
Republican lawmakers need to stop offering “thoughts and prayers” to mass shooting victims and start doing something to curb gun violence, Gov. Cuomo said Monday.
Cuomo, during a conference call with reporters, accused GOP members in Congress of “political pandering to the NRA” by refusing to...
According to the latest survey from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, a D.C.-based nonprofit, one in two U.S. millennials say they would rather live in a socialist or communist country than a capitalist democracy.
What’s more, 22% of them have a favorable view of Karl Marx and a...
Ambassador Nikki Haley blasted the United Nations Wednesday in a defiant speech to the 193-member General Assembly before it adopted a resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic embargo on Cuba.
Haley called the long-standing debate “political theater.”
“Let’s be honest about what we...
White men need not apply.
That’s the message from a Democratic National Committee data services manager, currently on the hunt to filll multiple vacancies in the tech department.
The political organization, which routinely makes grand statements about inclusion, recently sent an email to its...
As the Trump administration attempts to crack down on sanctuary cities, New York is slapping more restrictions on its cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Under legislation the City Council passed 41-4 on Tuesday, city employees will be banned from spending any time on duty or...
A sociology professor has claimed that 'white nuclear families' with children are a form of white supremacy.
Jessie Daniels, a self-proclaimed 'internationally recognized expert on Internet manifestations of racism' at the City University of New York, made the controversial claim Wednesday on...
Gun ownership in New York City could soon come with a warning — it’s dangerous to your health.
The City Council Public Safety Committee voted 6-1 Monday to require the NYPD to hand out written warnings about the risks of gun ownership to new applicants for firearm permits.
“Just like the...
Heading into the congressional midterm elections and his own re-election year, Gov. Cuomo is turning to an ex-campaign aide to former President Obama to run the state Democratic party.
Geoff Berman, who in 2012 served as the Obama campaign’s deputy national training director and then deputy...
Heading into the congressional midterm elections and his own re-election year, Gov. Cuomo is turning to an ex-campaign aide to former President Obama to run the state Democratic party.
Geoff Berman, who in 2012 served as the Obama campaign’s deputy national training director and then deputy...
Leaders at the church that George Washington attended decided that a plaque honoring the first president of the United States must be removed.
Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia will take down a memorial marking the pew where Washington sat with his family, saying it is not acceptable to all...
UnSAFE Act at work.
A Queens businessman who was shot inside his office over an unpaid loan has died, police said Friday.
A gang of three killers dressed in suits burst into Garden Valley Distribution, a deli products wholesaler on 101st Ave. near 99th St. in Ozone Park, about 10:15 a.m...
rondequoit, N.Y. —
Spring Valley Drive is an idyllic stretch of land these neighbors have called home for decades. But now, they say their sanctuary is no more.
Three small pieces of land across from Lisa DeLouise's home were purchased by a hunter. Just last year, that same land was approved...
‘It’s been a bad 50 years” for the Upstate economy, Gov. Cuomo argued this week. “You’re not going to turn it around in a couple of years.” Still, he insists, he has “changed the overall trajectory” of the area’s economy. Yeah — downward.
As two New York Fed analysts reported this month...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo headed back to Puerto Rico on Thursday for the second time since the U.S. territory was walloped by Hurricane Maria.
Cuomo said he wants to assess the recovery and find out how the state can best help as Puerto Ricans struggle with power outages and shortages more...
An Iraq War combat veteran who served seven years in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division avoided prison time and received a conditional discharge Wednesday for his three felony violations of New York State's gun control law.
Simeon D. Mokhiber, 42, still plans to appeal his conviction.
A Niagara...
A New York financial regulator is investigating the National Rifle Association’s participation in insurance policies that cover legal costs for policyholders in self-defense shootings.
The investigation by the state’s Department of Financial Services is focused on whether the firearms-advocacy...
Rachel Champney said she likes competing in rimfire shooting competitions because "it's fun and she gets to meet new people all the time."
The 15-year-old Sherrill, N.Y. teen is also good - real good at what she does. Earlier this month, she won the ladies limited division at the National...
After accepting $5,000 in donations from the National Rifle Association between 2006 and 2012, the Democratic lawmaker from Buffalo announced on Facebook earlier this month that he now plans to donate that money to local and national organizations dedicated to fighting for what he called "common...
If Tom DiNapoli’s new report on state finances is any guide, Gov. Cuomo’s luck may be about to run out.
As the Empire Center’s E.J. McMahon notes, the state comptroller’s latest cash report cites tax receipts $387 million short of recent projections — and $2 billion below what Cuomo counted on...
The Buffalo Niagara job market laid an egg in September.
While job growth has slowed to a crawl for most of this year, hiring turned negative in September, with the region losing 3,500 jobs from September 2016 to September 2017, according to new data released Thursday by the state Labor...
t’s all about the ribbon-cutting. That seems to be Gov. Cuomo’s approach to Upstate’s economy — and he made sure he was front and center for Tuesday’s photo-op at a Plattsburgh plant opening.
Too bad Upstate’s job growth, which crept along at just half the nation’s rate for the first few years...
Research by of University of Illinois professor has revealed a surprising trend about mass murder in the United States.
Contrary to what you might think, mass murders are not on the rise, according to computer science professor Sheldon Jacobson.
Jacobson said there were 323 such killings – in...