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An Albany-area biotech firm is planning a big expansion that it says could create as many as 1,500 new jobs.

County leaders from across New York state are urging state and federal environmental officials to set higher standards for industrial chemicals that have contaminated some communities' water.

Bird sanctuary officials are asking people in upstate New York's Rensselaer County to keep their eyes peeled for a large emu named Charles.

A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to 27 years to life in prison for strangling his 21-year-old stepdaughter with a plastic bag and stashing her body in a suitcase that was found floating in the Hudson River.

New York's new Drinking Water Council will hold its first meeting on Long Island to consider setting maximum levels of several contaminants not regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The attorney for a 22-year-old upstate New York man who was shot and wounded by police during a traffic stop says his client wasn't armed at the time of the confrontation.

Police in upstate New York have arrested 19 people on various drugs charges following a series of drug busts at an arts and music festival.

Authorities say a 15-year-old upstate New York boy has been charged with torching a black family's garage and spray-painting racist graffiti on their house.

Authorities in upstate New York are investigating a suspected arson fire at the home of a black family whose house was spray-painted with racist graffiti.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York is awarding $25 million to railroad infrastructure improvement projects across the state.