North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said ...

Former opposition groups — some of whom are U.S.-trained — will be knitted together into new Syrian security forces organized ...

Officials in the city of Albany and Rensselaer County were sworn in for new terms on Monday. At Albany City Hall, Mayor Kathy ...

Saratoga Springs’ New Year’s Eve celebration is set, with a suite of musical performances and fireworks. What was long First ...

Troy’s City Council held two special meetings Monday night in a rush to allocate American Rescue Plan Act funding by the ...

The couple married in 2014, but separated two years later. A lengthy legal battle ensued over custody of their children and ...

Nigeria has a booming film industry, but critics of Nollywood (ph) say its biggest productions often emphasize a glitzy version of Nigerian life. Now an emerging film festival in the city of Lagos, ...

Watching a huge ball descend down a pole in Times Square has been a beloved New Year's Eve tradition for over a century. Here ...

Westchester County Executive George Latimer delivered his farewell address to friends and colleagues Monday as he prepares to ...

NPR's health reporters followed the emerging science on what keeps our brains and our minds healthy. Here are highlights of ...

The northern lights could be visible Tuesday night and Wednesday night over the Northern Hemisphere due to a geomagnetic ...

More than 1.3 million people were plunged into darkness early Tuesday. Failure of an underground power line is believed to be ...