New Yorkers sounded off about the rising costs of housing, groceries, utilities and more in USA TODAY Network interviews ...

An Albany man has been found guilty of stabbing a person at a gas station on Christmas Eve in 2024, according to the Albany ...

As the Trump administration continues to investigate a series of alleged fraud schemes at Minnesota day care centers run by ...

William Kennedy raised money for the food pantry at his old church by reading from “Legs,” the gangster novel he began his celebrated Albany cycle with half a century ago. William Kennedy went to the ...

Review & Outlook: Democrats in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City focused on the cost of living and Trump's unpopularity, and they rolled to big victories. What do Republicans need to do to avoid ...

Sign up for Staying Focused, our newsletter keeping readers up to speed on New York politics. Zohran Mamdani made history last night, romping to a decisive victory ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a motion, unsealed late Friday, to challenge the appointment of the US attorney for the Northern District of New York and quash a Justice Department ...

Metro-North Railroad will soon connect New York City to Upstate New York with the debut of a daily round trip between Grand Central Terminal and Albany. Starting in spring 2026, MTA Metro-North trains ...

For the first time, Metro-North will run trains past Poughkeepsie through the Hudson Valley to Albany. Some Amtrak service will also be restored. By Grace Ashford Grace Ashford has spent hundreds of ...

Pope Leo XIV on Monday named Bishop Mark O’Connell, an auxiliary bishop of Boston, the next bishop of the Diocese of Albany, New York. O’Connell, a canon lawyer, succeeds the 77-year-old Bishop Edward ...

ALBANY — The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area has posted the strongest gains in young adult population among New York’s metro regions since the start of the pandemic, according to a new ...

Amtrak service from Albany to New York City was restored Tuesday evening, after a chemical spill and fire in Yonkers. Amtrak delayed trains for hours Tuesday while crews worked to clean up the mess.