Dutchess County

Investigators say spontaneous combustion of sawdust in a floor sander's dust collection bag caused a house fire that killed a 7-year-old boy last summer in upstate New York.

Police have arrested a New York county corrections officer in connection with the stabbing death of his ex-wife.

Marc Molinaro did not want to run for governor. At least not at first.

A 15-year-old has been arrested after authorities said his made-up report of a gunman in a classroom led to a lockdown at his high school in New York's Hudson Valley.

New Yorkers may get their only chance Tuesday to see Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo debate Republican challenger Marc Molinaro before next month's election.

Vassar College and Dutchess Community College are opening their doors to each other's students.

An attempt by local Democratic officials to create a website attacking Gov. Andrew Cuomo's challenger backfired after Republican candidate Marc Molinaro's campaign bought the site and reconfigured it to redirect traffic to an anti-Cuomo website.

The New York attorney general's office is investigating the fatal shooting of a restaurant owner by a state trooper during a confrontation outside the businessman's Hudson Valley eatery.

State police say a person shot by a trooper during a confrontation in the Hudson Valley has died of their injuries.

In New York state government news, candidates for statewide office are taking their message to the state's leading business advocacy organization.