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The 500-mile corridor would traverse the state marking the life of Harriet Tubman, who escaped slavery in Maryland and then returned on numerous occasions to help free more enslaved people. It could include parts of the Erie Canal, museums and hiking...

There was a 3.8 magnitude earthquake in the Buffalo area early Monday morning.

Rochester Institute of Technology announced that it is creating a School of Performing Arts.

A subdued crowd of just over 100 or so people gathered at MLK Park in downtown Rochester Wednesday night to remember Daniel Prude on the second anniversary of his death.

The governor said she was making the move due to “current geopolitical uncertainty,” an obvious reference to the current military tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

The New York State Education Department has canceled the January high school Regents exams due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. Kathy Hochul's statewide mask mandate is facing criticism and lack of compliance.

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Courtesy of Pixabay A new survey on business activity in New York, northern New Jersey and southwestern Connecticut shows that restaurant and hospitality business owners are feeling better about where the economic recovery is headed. Rich Deitz is senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. He said the respondents to their survey indicated that business activity has been growing at a fast pace. “They’re seeing the business environment improving; there’s also been some sign...

Journalists Association of New York The Journalists Association of New York, a nonprofit organization that advocates for radio, television and print journalists from dozens of news media organizations and colleges throughout New York state, is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to immediately cease his recent practice of closing all of his public appearances to the press. This practice is an affront to the public that the governor serves; that public is represented by journalists when they are cove...