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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — My Little Pony finally made it to the winner's circle. After years as an also-ran, the pastel-colored ponies were enshrined in the National Toy Hall of [...]

A law that New York City has relied on to padlock scores of suspected unlicensed marijuana shops is unconstitutional because it violates the rights of store owners, a judge ruled […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — When curators at the National Toy Hall of Fame learned last fall that the Fisher-Price Corn Popper https://apnews.com/article/toy-hall-fame-nerf-popper-cabbage-cards-ce07071adca4eb092ec9b262a12594b3 in as part of the class of 2023, [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in Buffalo, New York, was convicted of corruption Thursday following a second trial on charges he used his position [...]

MANLIUS, N.Y. (AP) — Elegant white swans have an outsize presence in this upstate New York village measuring less than 2 square miles. Their likeness is on village flags, community [...]

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Jurors picked for the trial of a man who severely injured author Salman Rushdie in a knife attack likely won’t hear about the fatwa that authorities [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo's longest-serving mayor, Byron Brown, said Monday he will leave City Hall in a few weeks to lead an offtrack betting agency. “After nearly two decades [...]

Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school. [...]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top U.S. infectious disease expert, spent time in the hospital after being infected with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home, a spokesperson [...]

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie does not have to turn over private notes about his stabbing to the man charged with attacking him, a judge ruled Thursday, rejecting [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man whose 750-pound alligator was seized is suing the state Department of Environmental Conservation in an effort to get him back, saying [...]

New York lawmakers on Tuesday said they were finalizing legislation that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts curated by a platform's algorithm, a move [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Voters in an upstate New York congressional district will choose between a Democrat regarded by many as the natural successor to the longtime congressman who vacated [...]

Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with https://apnews.com/article/college-graduation-israel-gaza-protest-3b363f57cbe915e95b68eeed04ca342d next month face demands https://apnews.com/article/college-protests-israel-divestment-palestinians-3f37f96f7be8e1124f266842d9caa627 to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend [...]

CLEVELAND (AP) — Seventh-grade student Henry Cohen bounced side to side in time to the Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun” playing in teacher Nancy Morris’ classroom, swinging his arms open [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Friday that they will seek the death penalty against a white supremacist who killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket. Payton Gendron, [...]

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie's plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to [...]

A woman who said Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her when she was a young comedy writer more than 50 years ago filed a lawsuit against the actor Thursday under a [...]

Serena Williams and Ruby Bridges will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame next year, the hall announced Thursday, adding the tennis great and civil rights icon to [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., said Sunday he will leave Congress before the end of his current term after growing frustrated with dysfunction in Washington. “It's [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — They attend the same classes with access to the same programs, and even come from the same families. But girls consistently are outperforming boys, graduating at [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — They are playfully called the “forgotten five”: A handful of toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers, and Transformers [...]

New York would restrict the way online platforms like Instagram and YouTube can collect and share children’s personal information and let parents keep their kids from being bombarded by “addictive” [...]

A boat carrying hospitality workers capsized Monday during a tour of a historic underground cavern system built to carry water from the Erie Canal beneath the western New York city [...]

New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralyzed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a [...]

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Richard Evans makes his way through rows of his students in his third grade classroom, stooping to pick up an errant pencil and answering questions [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The city of Buffalo will pause Sunday to mark the passing of one year since a gunman killed 10 people and injured three others in a [...]

SALAMANCA, N.Y. (AP) — The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight [...]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A white supremacist is set to be sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-442c6d97a073f39f99d006dbba40f64b in an attack fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online. [...]

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin made his first public appearance since going into cardiac arrest after making a tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals three weeks [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON Charter schools benefit students from poor families, black students and Hispanic English-language learners more than their peers in other groups, a study shows. [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON GREECE, N.Y. (AP) -- No new carpet or furniture for the home she's lived in for 46 years. No fancy car in the [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- A federal judge on Wednesday again ordered the release of a letter that Facebook says can help prove that [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced the appointment of a sports expert to advise the state in its [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- In recent years, Niagara Falls has thrown open its doors to casino gambling, gay weddings and a tightrope [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- In recent years, Niagara Falls has thrown open its doors to casino gambling, gay weddings and a tightrope [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- They got hitched while still in their teens, divorced 20 years and four children later, and are getting remarried [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- They got hitched while still in their teens, divorced 20 years and four children later, and are getting remarried [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- Nik Wallenda can't visit a new place without envisioning a wire strung high above his head: Linking buildings, [...]

By The Associated Press Byline: CAROLYN THOMPSON BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says emails and a signed document that form the basis of a New York man's [...]