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A Catholic charity group in Buffalo says it will end foster care and adoption services next year over state regulations that bar discrimination against same-sex couples looking to adopt or foster children.

Authorities in upstate New York say three men are in custody in a drug case involving a tractor-trailer.

A 94-year-old man accused of pulling a handgun from the pocket of his walker and firing at a New York assisted-living facility employee has been charged with attempted murder.

Police in Buffalo have charged two men in connection with a weekend shooting that injured an off-duty police officer and another man.

Authorities are asking the public for help in identifying a man's body that was found in Lake Erie.

Immigration officials say they've arrested 40 people, many of them convicted criminals, during a four-day enforcement action across New York state.

Police in upstate New York say a woman who posted multiple threats against a gay pride parade in Buffalo has been arrested and charged with making terroristic threats.

The New York state Senate has voted to prohibit any individual convicted of animal cruelty from working in animal shelters.

There will be some traffic slowdowns in southwestern New York as daily convoys of huge wind turbine parts are trucked along more than 45 miles of roadway to a new wind farm.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration said Wednesday it will demand quick, efficient fixes to conditions at four upstate jails that a watchdog commission has deemed the worst local jails in the state.