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A state trooper who was fatally shot in the line of duty last year in northern New York has been posthumously awarded a top state honor for his bravery.

Authorities say a Canadian man working on a freighter has died after he fell off a dock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York.

Albany and New Rochelle have each won $10 million in state funds to overhaul downtown neighborhoods.

The city of Amsterdam has won $10 million to overhaul its downtown as the latest winner of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's downtown revitalization competition.

Officials at a zoo in upstate New York say an elk believed to be one of the oldest in the world has died.

The images Spenser Rapone posted on Twitter from his West Point graduation were intentionally shocking.

The New York state attorney general's office is suing a pet store chain, saying it sold dozens or hundreds of puppies without required veterinary exams and failed to reimburse medical expenses to buyers of sick puppies.

State police are warning motorists about credit card skimming devices that were found on gas pumps in upstate New York.

A police dog in northern New York state has died during a training exercise.

Soldiers from a division based in northern New York's Fort Drum are being deployed to Iraq this spring.