Prosecutor: Charges being brought against NY engineer, passenger accused of driving train

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A New York prosecutor says criminal charges are being brought against a Long Island Rail Road engineer and a passenger he allegedly allowed to drive a train.

Police: Shooting outside Buffalo home leaves 2 dead, 3 wounded; detectives looking for motive

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A shooting in a blighted Buffalo neighborhood left two people dead and three others wounded early Wednesday, just hours after police and community members rallied for safer streets.

Worker finds human foot among recyclable waste in sorting plant at western NY landfill

SENECA, N.Y. — Officials in western New York are trying to figure out how a bare human foot got mixed in with recyclable trash on a conveyor belt at a landfill.

Autopsy: New York mom who caused wrong-way crash that killed 8 was drunk, high on marijuana

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A mother drank vodka and smoked marijuana while taking a vanload of children home from a weekend camping trip that ended in disaster when she went the wrong way on a highway and crashed into an SUV, killing eight people, police said Tuesday.

Prosecutor: New York mom who caused wrong-way crash that killed 8 was drunk, used marijuana

GARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A Long Island mother was drunk and high on marijuana when she drove the wrong way for almost two miles on a highway before smashing head-on into an SUV, killing herself and seven others, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

Baby on board: Woman delivers son outside upstate NY firehouse as firefighters assist birth

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Firefighters in an upstate New York city didn’t have to go far to help a woman deliver her baby.

Travelers who challenged Cuba ban return to US via border crossings in NY and Texas

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Groups of travelers who defied the federal government’s ban on most travel to Cuba returned to the United States with some fanfare but no holdups Monday, passing without incident through checkpoints at the northern and southern borders.

Adirondack mountain lakes and ponds draw sweaty hikers to cool swims

THURMAN, N.Y. — The hikers strolled down the rock slab into Crane Mountain Pond, its surface lightly rippling on an overcast summer afternoon in the lower Adirondacks.

Detroit to NY flight lands safely after sensor indicates extinguisher went off in cargo bay

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A flight carrying 50 people from Detroit to Rochester, N.Y., has landed safely after a sensor indicated that a fire extinguisher in the plane’s cargo bay went off.

Fire extinguisher goes off in cargo hold during flight from Michigan to NY; plane lands safely

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A flight carrying 94 people from Detroit to Rochester, N.Y., has landed safely after a fire extinguisher in the plane’s cargo hold went off.

For now, LI mom’s fatal wrong-way crash that killed 8 on New York highway defies explanation

FLORAL PARK, N.Y. — Diane Schuler was a devoted mother admired for her competence, ease with children and sense of humor. Never, her family said, had there been a more responsible and trusted friend or caregiver.

Handshake or hand grenade? West Point cadets train for realities of Iraq and Afghanistan

WEST POINT, N.Y. — Cadets had already fought off an overnight attack by insurgents firing blanks when the morning brought even more simulated problems.

Wife: American wanted in Bhopal gas leak ‘haunted for many years,’ living in NY’s Hamptons

BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y. — The former head of the chemical company responsible for the gas leak that killed 10,000 people in India 25 years ago has been “haunted” for years by the world’s worst industrial disaster, his wife said Saturday.

NY pension fund investments regain $6.6 billion in June quarter following year of losses

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s public pension fund reports regaining some of the value it lost in last year’s Wall Street meltdown and national recession, growing to $116.5 billion in the quarter that ended in June.

Police: NY tow truck driver was texting and talking on 2 cell phones when he hit car, pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

NY economy still sinking; Paterson says $2.1B deficit means ‘difficult choices’ ahead

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York’s economic slump continues, with the state’s 100 wealthiest taxpayers so far reporting half the earnings of a year ago and sales tax revenues dropping by a historic amount, a state budget report released Thursday shows.

Police: NY tow truck driver was texting and talking on 2 cell phones before hitting car, pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police say a Buffalo-area tow truck driver was juggling two cell phones — texting on one and talking on another — when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

Tow truck driver who was texting, talking on cell phone slams into car, crashes into pool

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Police said a Buffalo-area tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool. Niagara County sheriff’s deputies said 25-year-old Nicholas Sparks of Burt admitted he was texting and talking when his flatbed truck hit the car Wednesday morning in Lockport.

Mourners remember 5 family members killed in NY ‘wrong-way’ parkway crash at LI funeral

FLORAL PARK, N.Y. — Parents gripping the hands of young children were among hundreds of mourners who streamed into a Long Island church Thursday to remember five family members killed in a wrong-way crash on a suburban New York parkway.

Eastman Kodak posts 2Q loss as sales slide 29 pct, sending shares lower

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it lost $189 million in the second quarter, its third consecutive quarterly deficit, as the global economic downturn hurt sales of digital cameras, film and other photography products.

NY budget officials: Economy still sinking, new deficits force changes in spending, revenues

ALBANY, N.Y. — State budget officials say New York’s economy is still sinking, with some of the wealthiest taxpayers moving out or making less and sales tax revenue dropping by a historic amount.

Cablevision to spin off Madison Square Garden; reports 8 percent drop in 2Q net

BETHPAGE, N.Y. — Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday that its board has approved a plan to spin off as a separate company its Madison Square Garden business, owner of the New York Knicks, Rangers and the famed sports arena where they play.

MasterCard books 2nd-quarter profit, revenue above Wall Street’s expectations

NEW YORK — MasterCard Inc. said Thursday that it booked a profit of nearly $350 million during the second quarter, exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, as cost trimming and an increase in transactions helped offset a decline in the amount consumers spent.

Eastman Kodak moves to loss in 2nd quarter as sales slide 29 percent

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday it lost $189 million in the second quarter, its third consecutive quarterly deficit, as the global economic downturn hurt sales of digital cameras, film and other photography products. The results missed Wall Street expectations, and its stock fell more than 4 percent.

Mom in NY wrong-way crash that killed 8 had reported problems seeing, police say

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. — Police say the woman who died along with her young daughter and three nieces in a wrong-way crash in New York had told her brother she was having difficulty seeing.

Schenectady, NY, paper to drop most free online content, Web ads don’t materialize

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The Daily Gazette of Schenectady will resume charging for online content after offering free access to most articles and photos since late 2007.

400 years later, exact NY location of Champlain’s battle against Iroquois remains a mystery

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. — The site of a history-changing battle lies somewhere amid the dense tangle of forest along the Lake Champlain shoreline in this Adirondack town.

Preliminary autopsy reveals no medical cause for suburban NY wrong-way crash that killed 8

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. — Preliminary autopsy results have found no medical cause that could explain why a woman drove the wrong way on a suburban New York parkway, ending in a crash that killed eight people.

Car crashes, falls onto NY train tracks; driver escapes injury, commuters on platform stunned

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. — A woman escaped serious injury when her car plunged about 20 feet onto train tracks in a suburb of New York City.

Police: NY driver said she felt sick before wrong-way crash that killed 8 on road she knew

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. — A Long Island mother who plowed into an SUV, killing eight people in a fiery crash, drove nearly two miles in the wrong direction on a familiar highway after telling her brother she wasn’t feeling well, police said.