State News

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Federal authorities have accused two upstate New York men of assembling a portable X-ray weapon they intended to use against opponents of Israel.

Albany, NY (AP) - The deals will be announced on Wednesday.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry says his efforts to lure companies out of New York and to his state "is no different" than if the New York Knicks were playing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA finals.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to take up a petition from anti-abortion extremist James Charles Kopp, who is serving a life sentence for the 1998 sniper-style slaying of an abortion doctor in upstate New York.

A Mississippi woman has pleaded not guilty to killing a woman by giving silicone injections as a buttocks enhancement.

Sections of New York state's canal system shut down by high water from recent heavy rains have reopened, but some waterways remain closed.

The leaders of major economic powers are declaring themselves dedicated to a political solution to Syria's bloody civil war, even as President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin stake out diametrically opposite stands on which side deserves military support.

Washington (AP) - The report filed Tuesday said teachers are not adequately prepared for today's classrooms.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he expects his women's rights agenda and the abortion proposal that threatens its passage will be taken off the negotiating table.

Washington (AP) – NSA leaker Edward Snowden defended his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat with The Guardian and attacked U.S. officials for calling him a traitor.