New York will be the first state to make tuition at public colleges and universities free for middle-class students under a state budget approved by lawmakers Sunday.

Matchbox cars, the coloring book and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The newest honorees debuted decades ago but occupy store shelves even today.

Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown,” died Friday. He was 78. Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be the last.

The smartphone is being considered for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year in recognition of its impact on how people play and interact. The other finalists announced Wednesday are: Care Bears, the coloring book, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Jenga, Magic the Gathering, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox cars, My Little Pony, Nerf Blaster, Risk, and the top....

The last of four young men who authorities say planned to use homemade explosives against an upstate New York Muslim community has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

A New Hampshire mother will be allowed to keep her “PB4WEGO” vanity license plate thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu. The governor reached out to the Department of Motor Vehicles Wednesday and “strongly urged” them to let Gonic resident Wendy Auger keep the plate she’s had for 15 years.

A New Hampshire mom is putting up a fight after being told to surrender the vanity license plate she’s had for 15 years. This month, Gonic resident Wendy Auger got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles saying her plate “PB4WEGO” is in violation of state requirements. Auger says she’s just a mom with a useful motto.

A woman had quite a shock when she went to load groceries into her pickup truck at a western New York supermarket

Two of four young men arrested for plotting to attack an upstate New York Muslim community with homemade explosives have been sentenced to four to 12 years in prison

Police investigating the deaths of a man and a woman found in a western New York backyard say authorities don’t suspect foul play.

U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of the 20 best hospitals in the United States Monday night and a few tri-state hospitals made the cut: three in New York City and one in Connecticut.

A 12-year-old girl has been charged with spray-painting swastikas on the sides of a church and other buildings in New York’s Finger Lakes region

A teenager accused of plotting to attack an upstate New York Muslim community along with three men has pleaded guilty

The death of a 3-year-old boy in a restaurant’s underground grease collection tank has prompted two state lawmakers to draft new safety legislation.

It turns out, a city in New Jersey is among the most stressful in the entire nation, according to a study.

Here’s what to know for Monday, July 1.

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Three young men accused of plotting to attack a Muslim community in upstate New York with homemade explosives pleaded guilty Friday

The three adults present in a special education classroom in western New York when a 12-year-old had his wrists duct taped together have all resigned or been fired.