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Parole hearing set for driver in deadly armored truck heist
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Supporters of Judith Clark, a former radical activist who has served more than 36 years of a life sentence for her role in a deadly 1981 Brink’s heist, have asked a state panel to...
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Parole granted for driver in deadly 1981 Brink’s heist
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former left-wing revolutionary Judith Clark was granted parole Wednesday after serving more than 37 years behind bars for her role as getaway driver in a 1981 Brink’s armored truck...
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Driver in deadly 1981 Brink’s heist freed from prison
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Judith Clark, who entered prison as a left-wing revolutionary defiantly refusing to participate in her own murder trial, walked free on Friday as a 69-year-old woman acclaimed for...
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China’s ban on scrap imports a boon to US recycling plants
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The halt on China’s imports of wastepaper and plastic that has disrupted U.S. recycling programs has also spurred investment in American plants that process recyclables. U.S. paper...
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Sit. Study. Fetch a bachelor’s degree in dog training.
COBLESKILL, N.Y. (AP) — Luna the springer spaniel is learning to sniff out a troublesome golf course fungus in return for a tennis ball while helping her handler fetch a new breed of bachelor’s degree....
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Cadet’s rape conviction reversal panned by victim advocates
A military appeals court’s reversal of a West Point cadet’s rape conviction and 21-year prison sentence has outraged sexual assault victim advocates who say the decision is filled with victim-blaming...
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Transcript: Judith Clark remorseful for deadly Brinks heist
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — After her first bid for release from prison was denied, former radical Judith Clark spent the next two years focusing on the seriousness of her crime, the suffering of her victims...
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New York’s climate plan will drive big changes, if it works
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Solar panels on every roof. Parking meters that double as car chargers. Wind turbines towering above farm fields and ocean waves. A new law signed Thursday by New York Gov. Andrew...
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32 years after poisoning, cleanup launched at arsenic site
KENT, N.Y. (AP) — In the weeks after they moved from New York City to their dream home in the leafy countryside, Norman and Alicia Berns grew ill with nausea, numbness and crushing fatigue. She tried...
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Casualties in fight over new gas pipelines: The customers
Chris Miles and his partners were ready to open their new seaside barbecue joint just in time for the summer season when they got stunning news: There would be no gas to fuel the fryers, griddles and...
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Trout found in Adirondack lake once soured by acid rain
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A reproducing population of brook trout has been discovered in a tiny lake in the Adirondack High Peaks Wilderness for the first time since the lake was declared fishless because of...
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Schools, offices close as long-lived storm clobbers US East
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A seemingly endless winter storm that hindered travel across most of the country over the long holiday weekend is delivering a last wallop as it swoops through the Northeast,...
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Hate sign or silly game? Military academies probe hand signs
When is OK not okay? Some West Point cadets and U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen flashed what looked like a sideways OK finger gesture during a live television broadcast over the weekend at the Army-Navy...
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Buzz! Cellphones now warn of traffic-snarling snow squalls
One minute the road was clear. The next minute, there was a snowy whiteout that led to a deadly pileup of dozens of cars and tractor-trailers on Interstate 78 in central Pennsylvania. That was a snow...
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As Jewish enclaves spring up around NYC, so does intolerance
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — For years, ultra-Orthodox Jewish families priced out of increasingly expensive Brooklyn neighborhoods have been turning to the suburbs, where they have taken advantage of open space...
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Researchers: Some pet products touted as CBD don’t have any
Companies have unleashed hundreds of CBD pet health products accompanied by glowing customer testimonials claiming the cannabis derivative produced calmer, quieter and pain-free dogs and cats. But some...
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Court rules fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Daily fantasy contests like those operated by FanDuel and DraftKings face an uncertain future in New York after an appellate court ruled Thursday that a 2016 law legalizing such...
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Costs, delays scuttle 124-mile Constitution Pipeline project
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project, which had been designed to take natural gas from Pennsylvania’s shale gas fields to metropolitan New York and New England, has...
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EPA proposes buyout of homes contaminated by arsenic mine
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to buy several homes contaminated by arsenic from a 19th-century mine in upstate New York as part of a $5.8 million Superfund...
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Curtain lowers on nuke plant a stone’s throw from Manhattan
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With the push of a red button, one of the two operating reactors at an aging nuclear plant serving millions of people in the New York City area will shut down Thursday night as...
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