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Cops: NY man stole Greyhound bus on Christmas Day

WATERTOWN -- Authorities say a 39-year-old man stole a Greyhound bus in Syracuse and decided to a make a Christmas Day visit to a friend in northern New York before he was caught.  Authorities say Andrew Hickey of Peekskill, Westchester...... Full story

NY man charged with killing woman on Christmas Eve

SYRACUSE -- Police say a 38-year-old Syracuse man has been charged with beating his live-in girlfriend to death on Christmas Eve.  Craig Owens faces second-degree murder charges in the death of 18-year-old Latisha Hayes. The couple lived in...... Full story

Guilty plea in central NY teen's hit-and-run death

SYRACUSE -- A 20-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the hit-and-run death of a teenager who was walking home from his job at a Syracuse-area fast-food restaurant. Syracuse media outlets report that Aaron Sakran of the town of Clay...... Full story

Officials: Central NY cocaine rings broken up

ALBANY -- Authorities say a pair of drug rings that sold cocaine in central New York have been broken up with 38 arrests and the seizure of $200,000 worth of the drug. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says Thursday the cocaine was being brought...... Full story

Good Samaritan killed on icy upstate NY road

WINDSOR, N.Y.-- Police say a driver who stopped on an icy upstate New York highway to help at the scene of an accident was struck and killed by another vehicle. Binghamton media outlets report that this morning's crash happened on Route 17, the...... Full story

Dozens of cats rescued from Syracuse home

SYRACUSE-- Authorities won't criminally charge the owner of a squalid house in Syracuse where dozens of cats are being rounded up and removed. Paul Morgan, executive director of the Central New York SPCA, tells the Syracuse Post-Standard that it...... Full story

Mosquito-borne brain infection kills NY 4-year-old

ALBANY -- State health officials are urging New Yorkers to take precautions to prevent mosquito bites after a 4-year-old girl in Oswego County died of a rare brain infection carried by the insects. The parents of Maggie Wilcox of New Haven said in...... Full story

Tour bus full of riders overturns on NY roadway

CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) -- A bus carrying more than 30 passengers aboard overturned Wednesday night on an upstate New York highway, but there were no immediate confirmed reports of casualties. A dispatcher for the Broome County Sheriff's Department...... Full story

At least 20 hurt in Rochester area bus, tractor-trailer crash

WATERLOO -- State police say at least 20 people are hospitalized after a tour bus and tractor-trailer collided on Interstate 90 in central New York. Sgt. Thomas Burroughs says the bus carrying about 50 people caught fire after the 1:30 a.m. crash...... Full story

Fort Drum soldiers injured in 4-vehicle crash

FORT DRUM, N.Y. (AP) -- A Fort Drum spokeswoman says 27 soldiers were taken to local hospitals after a chain-reaction collision on the base involving four medium-size transport vehicles. Spokeswoman Julie Cupernall says the accident happened when...... Full story

Gushers highlight potential of Pa. gas field

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Two unexpected gushers in northeastern Pennsylvania are helping to illustrate the enormous potential ofthe Marcellus Shale natural gas field. Each of the Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. wells in Susquehanna County is capable of...... Full story

DA: 9 time DWI offender could spend life behind bars

SYRACUSE -- A 51-year-old Onondaga County man who's been convicted of drunken driving nine times is facing a hearing to determine whether he'll spend the rest of his life in prison. County Judge Anthony Aloi has set a June 1st court date for Dean...... Full story

Woman, infant found dead in Fulton

FULTON -- Authorities say a woman found dead at her central New York home along with the body of her infant daughter died because of a pre-existing medical condition. Police in Fulton tell local media that officers went to the house Tuesday after a...... Full story

Coroner: Smoke killed mom, 3 sons in Utica blaze

UTICA -- A coroner says the four victims of Monday morning's fire in Utica died from smoke inhalation. Oneida County Coroner Stephen Wolanin says the family likely died before the heat and flames consumed the second floor of the duplex. A mother and...... Full story

Police release names of 4 Utica fire victims

UTICA -- Authorities have released the names of the 31-year-old mother and her three young sons who were killed when a fire tore through their Utica duplex earlier this week. The Utica Police Department on Tuesday evening confirmed the identities of...... Full story

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