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Having this much radon in your home is equivalent to smoking 8+ cigarettes a day.

A small city on the Hudson River is seeking bids for a $200 million waterfront development.

An unoccupied Hudson River cruise ship that broke loose from its moorings amid rising water and ice jams has been freed from beneath a rail bridge in Albany, New York.

An upstate New York fire chief has sidelined his volunteer firefighters from rushing into burning buildings amid concerns about training.

The city of Rensselaer is opening a new public esplanade along the Hudson River.

Authorities say highway exit ramps at a busy interchange near the Empire State Plaza in downtown Albany are closed after a tractor-trailer overturned, leaving the trailer handing over the edge of the road.

Research into the execution of a New York soldier during the War of 1812 has led to an upstate congressman introducing legislation that would make it easier to correct military records when a serious error or injustice is discovered decades or even centuries later.

Three people have been killed, including a child, in an early morning house fire in upstate New York.

A Rensselaer County man has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for a fatal drunken driving crash and ordered to pay for his friend's headstone.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — State authorities say a former public works commissioner for the upstate city of Rensselaer has admitted teaming with two employees to pocket $46,000 from scrap metals acquired in their city jobs.