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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.

Laura Levine says she never smoked a cigarette or touched a drink until age 35. Then the mother of five tried heroin, and she was hooked.

A New York lawmaker and a police detective were participating in a homeless count when they heard loud popping noises that turned out to be a fatal shooting.

A military veteran and a retired teacher have helped dozens of students in New York's Hudson Valley attend college through a scholarship program.

Police in the Hudson Valley say a car struck two pedestrians, killing one person and leaving the other hospitalized in serious condition.

Seven organizations across New York state are splitting more than $3 million in state funding to curb gun violence and help people impacted by shootings.

Authorities say a fire that killed four people seeking shelter in an abandoned Hudson Valley house appears to have been started accidentally.

Fire investigators continue to search for the cause of a blaze that destroyed an abandoned house in the Hudson Valley, killing four people authorities believe were homeless.

Officials say four bodies have been recovered from the charred ruins of a long-vacant three-story house that was destroyed by fire in the city of Poughkeepsie.

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