SCHENECTADY, NY – The Schenectady Police Department has identified the victim of the December 19 shooting on Lincoln Avenue at Steuben Street as 21-year-old Usman Pirzada of Schenectady, NY. Pirzada …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging a new Republican-backed law in Texas that will give state officials broad powers to arrest, prosecute, and …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the administration of President Joe Biden from destroying razor wire fencing that Texas placed along its border with …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has asked a U.S. judge to pause a federal agency’s lawsuit accusing the electric carmaker of severe harassment of Black workers at its …
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SCHENECTADY, NY – The Schenectady Police Department has announced the arrest of Peter J. Greisler, 29, from Rotterdam, in connection with a hit-and-run incident that occurred in the early hours …
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(Reuters) – New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Tuesday authorized a commission to consider reparations for the state’s role in perpetuating historic discrimination against African Americans, making New York the …
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By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed a law allowing state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, giving local …
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SCHENECTADY, NY – Schenectady Police Department’s Traffic Division is investigating a hit-and-run that occurred early this morning near Albany Street and Route 7. At about 5:09 am, Schenectady County dispatchers …
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(Reuters) -Activision Blizzard will pay roughly $50 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit by a California regulator that alleged the videogame maker discriminated against women employees, including denying them promotion …
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump on Friday appealed a gag order restricting the former U.S. president from publicly talking about court staff in his New York civil fraud trial …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit by female former high school track team members challenging a Connecticut policy that allows transgender girls …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. labor agency is seeking to force Starbucks Corp to reopen 23 stores that were allegedly shuttered last year to discourage a nationwide union campaign, …
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ATHENS, OHIO – A significant mail fraud scheme in Athens County resulted in prison sentences for three individuals. The scam, impacting over 400 residents, came to light in December 2022 …
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ALBANY, NEW YORK – Two leaders of a nationwide bank fraud conspiracy have been arrested in connection with a scheme that has targeted credit unions all over the country since …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Three teachers in Florida on Wednesday sued the state over its law prohibiting transgender and nonbinary teachers from using their preferred pronouns in school, saying …
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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – David P. VanHousen, age 54, formerly of Newark Valley, New York, pled guilty today to possession of child pornography, announced United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman …
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SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Gregory William Hill, age 39, of Georgia, whose many aliases include Gregory Allen Davis, Gregory William Davis, Gregory Davis Dutton, and John Martin Hill, was sentenced …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -New York’s top court on Tuesday threw out the state’s congressional map, a decision that could eventually pave the way for the Democratic-controlled legislature to draw …
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ALBANY, NEW YORK – Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 28, of Schenectady, New York, was charged today with a second firearms crime arising from his firing of a shotgun into the …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s attorney general and a judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial have urged a mid-level appeals court to deny the former …
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ALBANY, NEW YORK – Mufid Fawaz Alkhader, age 28, of Schenectady, New York, appeared in federal court this morning on a charge of unlawfully possessing a firearm. Alkhader was arrested …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for …
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DELTONA, FL — Volusia sheriff’s detectives have successfully apprehended 21-year-old Xavier Jones Jr. of Orlando, believed to be responsible for multiple burglaries at Central Florida nail salons. The breakthrough in …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Former U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking permission to appeal a decision reinstating gag orders in his New York civil fraud case to the …
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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Former Wells Fargo & Co CEO Tim Sloan filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing the bank of failing to pay him more than $34 million …