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Democrats in New York will face new challenges from Republicans and be drawn into interparty battles under new redistricting maps released late Friday.

A 32-year-old woman who was the youngest of the 10 Black people killed at a Buffalo supermarket was remembered at her funeral for her love of family and friends and “smile that could light up a room.” Mourners said their final goodbyes to Roberta Drury on Saturday at the Assumption Church in Syracuse, not far from where she grew up...

The first funeral for one of the victims in the Buffalo mass shooting was held. Erica Byfield reports. today.

Former President Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general.

A private service was scheduled Friday morning for Heyward Patterson, who was a beloved deacon at a church not far from Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo’s Black community.

The New York Attorney General said her office is launching investigations into the social media companies that the suspect used to share the mass shooting in Buffalo. Chris Jose reports.

Gregory C. Foster II, a correction officer at the Attica Correctional Facility in Attica located about an hour away from Buffalo, was suspended without pay.

Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed proposed measures to combat the rise of domestic terrorism and violent extremism, as direct response to racist shooting attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store that killed 10 on Saturday. “The horrific and despicable act of terror committed by a white supremacist this past weekend in Buffalo showed that we as a country are facing an...

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic translated into a labor trend known as the “Great Resignation.” Workers, many who are stressed, overworked or in need of change, have quit from their jobs to the tune of millions quitting each month. However, the rate at which people walk away from their jobs isn’t the same across the whole country. With...

A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon alleging discrimination against pregnant and disabled workers by denying them “reasonable accommodations” and forcing them to take unpaid leave.

A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying them “reasonable accommodations” and forcing them to take unpaid leave, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Amazon has more than 39,000 workers across New York in nearly two dozen worksites, which employ in-house consultants who evaluate…

The price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline jumped 6 to 7 cents overnight in New York and New Jersey, propelling both states (yet again) to new records. As of Wednesday morning, gas is averaging $4.868 a gallon in New York, up 6.3 cents versus Tuesday, according to AAA. In New Jersey, the price of $4.728 is up 7.4…

Lynda Baquero reports on money saving hacks from the gas station to the grocery store.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden offered their condolences to the families of those killed and injured in a racism-fueled mass shooting on Sunday. “In America, evil will not win, I promise you. Hate will not prevail and white supremacy will not have the last word.”

Less than a year before he was accused of opening fire and killing 10 people in a racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store, 18-year-old Payton Gendron was investigated for making a threatening statement at his high school. New York has a “red flag” law designed to keep firearms away from people who could harm themselves or others, but...

The latest developments from the mass shooting in Buffalo this past weekend plus the reaction of a community that was included in the gunman’s racist manifesto. Jonathan Dienst and Ted Greenberg report.

The body of a 17-year-old girl from New York who disappeared while visiting South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach on spring break 13 years ago has been found and a sex offender has been charged with murder, kidnapping and rape, authorities said Monday. Brittanee Drexel was last seen April 2009 when she was walking between hotels in Myrtle Beach. Her boyfriend, who…

One of the victims killed in an anti-Black mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, was Ruth Whitfield. She was the 86-year-old mother of retired Buffalo Fire Commissioner Garnell Whitfield.

A new lawsuit is attempting to throw out new political maps setting the boundaries of New York state Assembly districts, a challenge that comes amid a broader legal battle over the state’s redistricting. The lawsuit filed Sunday by a bipartisan group of political activists contends that the maps draw by the legislature are unconstitutional, a similar claim used in lawsuits to...

The white gunman accused of committing a racist massacre at a Buffalo supermarket planned to continue his bloody rampage down the street before he was stopped, police said Monday.