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Local lawmakers are asking for a criminal investigation into the discharge of wastewater that turned the water below Niagara Falls black.

Authorities say they had to euthanize a dozen baby raccoons and test them for rabies after someone brought one of the animals into a western New York bar.

A motorcyclist has died following a high-speed collision with a pickup truck in upstate New York.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say a 14-year-old boy accused of setting a massive fire at a western New York tire recycling plant that killed his friend never told anyone his friend was trapped inside.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — The last of a western New York air base's C-130 military transport planes have been welcomed home for the last time.

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say two people were taken to hospitals after being stabbed during a fight at outside a western New York home.