WASHINGTON — America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be sustained. Cultural institutions, sporting events, even communities are ...
WILMINGTON — A Georgia man died while skiing at the Whiteface Mountain ski center on Wednesday. State Police said that Michael E. Vacek Jr., 44, of Atlanta, Georgia, was reported missing around 10 a.m. to the Whiteface Mountain Ski Patrol by the group of friends he was skiing with ...
MASSENA — Individuals who wait until the last minute to mail out bill payments could be facing late charges. That includes bills for village of Massena services, Village Administrator Monique Chatland told the village board. Effective Dec. 24, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service changed its ...
ALBANY — Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has some of the North Country’s most influential Democrats in his corner as he runs for a fifth full term in office. On Thursday, DiNapoli’s campaign announced that five county Democratic committee chairpeople had formally endorsed his reelection ...
NEW YORK — A man on trial for bludgeoning four men to death with a metal bar as they slept on the New York City streets had been diagnosed with schizophrenia when he left jail months earlier and was hearing voices telling him he needed to kill 40 people or he would die too, his lawyer told ...
WASHINGTON — The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a fierce national debate and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night continued to blame ...