NEW YORK — The scene: A crowded shopping center in the weeks before Christmas. Or a warehouse store. Or maybe a packed airport terminal or a commuter train station or another place where large groups gather.
There are people — lots of people. But look around, and it’s clear one thing is ...
NEW YORK — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s emergency shelter system. With winter setting in, they are being told they need to clear out, with no guarantee they’ll be given a bed elsewhere.
Homeless migrants and their children ...
ALBANY — New York’s highest court last week gave Democrats a chance to redraw the state’s congressional districts, a major victory as the party tries to win control of the U.S. House next year.
Now the question is how far the state’s Democrat-dominated Legislature will try to push the ...
SARANAC LAKE — Today is the present pick-up day for the Saranac Lake Holiday Helpers toy drive. This year, around 80 families will be going to the Saranac Lake Baptist Church gymnasium, which is chock-full of toys donated by the community, to pick out free gifts to give to their children on ...
LAKE CLEAR — The town of Harrietstown is being sued by an aviation business, which closed shop at the town-owned Adirondack Regional Airport in July after its lease expired. The businesses is accusing the town of retaliation, breaching lease agreements and alleging a “reign of terror” by ...
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A loose bull in New Jersey’s largest city found its way onto train tracks, snarling rail traffic for a while Thursday before it was captured, authorities said.
The ruddy brown bull with long, dark-tipped horns stood on the tracks at Newark Penn Station, prompting a ...