Upstate New York

An 85-year-old former doctor from Arizona charged for his role in the suicide of a woman in an upstate New York motel room pleaded guilty to manslaughter Tuesday under an agreement that spares him from prison.

Police in upstate New York tackled and then shot a 13-year-old boy to death after he pointed what turned out to be a BB gun at officers during a foot chase. Here’s what you need to know.

Police in Utica have released body camera footage showing what happened just before an officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy.

A young boy is among three people dead after an Amtrak train hit a pickup truck in upstate New York. The Friday accident happened in North Tonawanda, a small town along the Niagara River between Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Police say the 6-year-old boy was one of three people in the pickup who died in the crash. The other victims...

A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl in September from a campground at Moreau Lake State Park, a rural area about 35 miles north…

The owner of an 34-year-old alligator seized by conservation officers near Buffalo, New York, is fighting for its return.

A human body was found Tuesday in an Upstate New York reservoir that supplies drinking water to parts of Rochester, prompting city officials to advise residents to boil their water before consuming.

An ailing alligator was seized from an upstate New York home where it was being kept illegally, state officials said.

A man accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl from a state park in upstate New York pleaded guilty to two felony counts and faces 47 years to life in prison.

Police said they believe a shooting at a northern New York hospital may have narrowly been avoided after a disgruntled former employee was pulled over with a loaded semi-automatic shotgun blocks away from the facility.

A man was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove up his rural driveway in upstate New York.

Two former students are suing Sarah Lawrence College, arguing the New York school failed to protect them from Lawrence “Larry” Ray as the ex-convict moved into his daughter’s housing on campus and began grooming her friends for abuse.

The College of Saint Rose, a century-old Roman Catholic College in Albany, New York, will close in May 2024 after years of financial struggles, college officials announced Friday.

They won’t become an overnight billionaire like one lucky winner in California, but someone who purchased a Powerball ticket in New York did get a pretty good consolation prize: Becoming an overnight millionaire.

An elaborate Halloween display for a New York home caused a quite a stir with the local fire department.

An upstate New York man shot his companion with a crossbow while she was holding the couple’s 3-week-old daughter, killing the child and injuring the woman, authorities said. Sheriff’s deputies and emergency medical workers responded to a 911 call and found the injured woman and baby at a home in the town of Colesville shortly after 5 a.m. Monday,...

The case of a limousine company operator accused in a crash that killed 20 people out celebrating birthdays in upstate New York nearly five years ago appears headed to jury deliberations much faster than expected. Nauman Hussain, operator of Prestige Limousine, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter in the Schoharie crash that killed 17 friends and family…

During opening statements Monday, special prosecutor Frederick Rench said Hussain intentionally failed to follow regulations for vehicle maintenance and had not replaced the brakes on the limo.

A 65-year-old New York man is facing murder charges for fatally shooting a 20-year-old women after the car she was riding in pulled into his driveway