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Authorities said drugs were involved in the slayings this month of two young men found in a burning car, a double homicide that has shocked the small western New York communities where the victims and the man suspected of killing them grew up.

A female polar bear born at an upstate New York zoo more than 20 years ago is returning to her birthplace after nearly a decade at a Maryland zoo.

Police have identified two young men found dead with gunshot wounds in a burned-out car parked behind a western New York warehouse.

An embattled New York judge has been indicted on a weapons charge while she remains on probation for a drunken driving conviction.

Police are investigating the deaths of two people whose burned bodies were found in a charred vehicle parked outside a western New York storage building.

The first phase in a multimillion-dollar improvement project for a Rochester-area highway interchange has been completed.

An historic carousel is back in operation in a lakeside Rochester park, with free weekend rides being offered through Columbus Day.

Police say an upstate New York gun store has been burglarized twice in the past five days.

Authorities say an ex-convict is back behind bars after he stole beer from a gas station and led police on a chase that went through several western New York towns.

A 51-year-old man has been sentenced to more than 25 years in prison for killing his girlfriend by leaving her bound and gagged in their Rochester apartment for about two weeks.