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Obama signs $600 million bill to beef up security along Mexican border
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a $600 million border security bill that will put more agents and equipment along the Mexican border. Obama signed the bill, drafted by...
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Suspect in three-state stabbing spree to face charges in Michigan (video)
Israeli citizen accused of stabbing 18, killing 5 since May. The Associated PressElias Abuelazam, 33, attends an extradition hearing in Fulton County Superior Court on Friday in Atlanta. Abuelazam, an...
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Syracuse police hold their own award ceremony after boycotting city's
Syracuse, NY - After calling the mayor’s refusal to sign an officer’s award in June an insult, the Syracuse police boycotted the city’s award ceremony for police and firefighters. On Aug. 18, the...
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Minnesota mom asks for public's help in solving daughter's slaying in Seneca...
The 20-year-old daughter visiting Central New York walked out of party to get fresh air and was found dead days later in a cornfield. On the eve of the 25th anniversary of her daughter’s slaying,...
View ArticleMusicians union agrees to cut season for ailing Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Syracuse, NY -- The union representing musicians at the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra agreed today to cut six weeks from the 2010-11 season, the symphony said. “They ratified the contract; we didn’t...
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Wife: I had a quiet life with 'Granddad Bandit' suspect
BATON ROUGE, La. — Patsy Mara doesn’t doubt the man the FBI calls the “Granddad Bandit,” suspected in a string of bank robberies across the country, is her husband. But the 61-year-old schoolteacher...
View ArticleWhat's going on: US government tells BP to continue drilling relief well
Also, Sean O'Keefe's condition improves as investigation continues, and Brewerton woman chosen to sing duet with Susan Boyle. From The New York Times: Although tests of BP’s Macondo well in the Gulf...
View ArticleSubstantial penalty for early warning: Would-be bank robber arrested in Fulton
Fulton, NY -- Friday the 13th was unlucky for a would-be drive-through bank robber, Fulton police said. Police said Martin J. Richardson, 54, of Volney, went to the Empower Federal Credit Union on...
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Maxine Waters releases documents as she denies ethics charges
WASHINGTON — A defiant Maxine Waters disputed charges that she violated House ethics rules and released documents Friday that could undercut the complaint that the 10-term California Democrat sought...
View ArticlePowder-filled letters sent to Texas, Illinois and Massachusetts
DALLAS — A person who sent threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to several U.S. embassies and governors’ offices two years ago recently sent 30 more such letters to churches, mosques...
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$26 billion federal aid package helps states escape layoffs, but for how long?
NEW YORK — Cash-strapped states from Maine to Hawaii are tearing up the pink slips — for now — relieved that the $26 billion state aid bill passed by Congress this week has saved hundreds of thousands...
View ArticleNew York primary candidates boost campaign funds
ALBANY, N.Y. — New campaign finance records show candidates in the Sept. 14 New York primary boosting their coffers with their own money and transfers from other campaign accounts while continuing to...
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Cicero beach, Taft Bay Beach will remain closed this weekend due to bacteria,...
An Oneida Lake beach in Oswego County is also closed this weekend, while beaches in Madison and Oneida counties are open. View full sizeJim Commentucci / The Post-StandardA swimming area at Joseph...
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More immigrants are getting licenses from New Mexico, Washington state and Utah
BURIEN, Wash. — Carlos Hernandez packed up his family and left Arizona after the state passed its sweeping immigration crackdown. The illegal immigrant’s new home outside Seattle offered something...
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At forum on jail deaths, stories of abuse mix with calls for justice
Syracuse, NY -- Nearly 40 people attended a forum Friday night on the recent deaths at the Onondaga County Justice Center. Many complained of police abuse and demanded change. Chuniece Patterson died...
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Aubertine voted against hydrofracking moratorium over worries about lease...
Albany, NY -- Darrel Aubertine was one of only nine state senators to vote last week against a bill to block New York from permitting a controversial natural gas drilling technique until mid-May....
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8 shot, 4 killed after late-night party at Buffalo restaurant
Update: Man celebrating first wedding anniversary among dead; police make arrest but won't say whether connected to shootings. View full sizeThe Associated PressA firefighter looks through a broken...
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President Obama: Religious freedom compels support of mosque near ground zero...
WASHINGTON -- After skirting the controversy for weeks, President Barack Obama is weighing in forcefully on the mosque near ground zero, saying a nation built on religious freedom must allow it. "As a...
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What's going on: WikiLeaks will publish 15,000 remaining documents despite...
Also, President Obama says he'll fight privatization of Social Security. View full sizeThe Associated PressWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is approached by the media after giving a seminar at the...
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Baldwinsville man receives Bronze Star
Syracuse, NY -- A Baldwinsville man was one of two Upstate members of the New York Air National Guard today to receive a Bronze Star for their accomplishments while in Afghanistan. Tech. Sgt. Cole...
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