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ASSOCIATED PRESS – Security was tightened around the New York state Capitol on Thursday and law enforcement officials around the state were focusing on potential threats, even as they continued to track down people involved in last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Congress. State Street is blocked off for more hardened security at the New York state Capitol, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Penninkl) The  FBI warned  several days ago that armed protests by violent Trump ...

Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Kruly said Harding knowingly tried to disrupt the certification of the Electoral College vote that finalized President-elect Joseph Biden’s victory. The Cheektowaga resident’s follow-up social media posts, he said, “expressed a desire to engage in similar conduct in the future.” “If we can take the Capitol building there is nothing we can’t accomplish,” the prosecutor quoted Harding as saying in a video. Harding was granted release with conditions t...

Associated Press ALBANY (AP) — Security was tightened around the New York state Capitol on Thursday and law enforcement officials around the state were focusing on potential threats even as they continued to track down people involved in last week’s mob attack on the U.S. Congress. The FBI warned several days ago that armed protests by violent Trump supporters were being planned in all 50 state capitals in the days leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. On Thursd...

Peter J. Harding is being held at the Niagara County Jail

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A Syracuse man who acknowledged taking pictures in the U.S....