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Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed, killing two passengers. The plane's passengers were found dead Friday night near where the small plane crashed in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany, Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said. The bulk of the plane was found submerged in a pond, he said.Angel Flight is a nonprofit group that arranges free air transportation for sick patients from volunteer pilots. Larry Camerlin, president and founder of Angel Flight Northeast, said the organization was "tremendously saddened" by news of the crash."We all offer our thoughts and prayers to the families of those affected," Camerlin said in a statement. "Our volunteer pilots are the most compassionate and generous individuals who donate their time, aircraft and fuel to transport patients and loved ones for free to essential medical care that would otherwise not be readily available to them. Th...
One autumn morning in Buffalo, N.Y., a college student named Adeela Khan logged into her email and found a message announcing an upcoming Islamic conference in Toron...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for tougher state bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines of ammunition as part of a progressive agenda in a sometimes ...
The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the Ivy Lea...
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The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of it...
A man has been arrested in connection with one of several anti-gay attacks in recent days in New York City.Police say Gornell Roman was charged Wednesday with assaul...
Former New York Gov. Hugh Carey was at his best when faced with a crisis and when he took office in 1975, New York City wobbled at the edge of fiscal calamity.The go...
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Severe storms are shifting eastward into the Ohio Valley and will continue over upstate New York and part of New England through Wednesday.Strong to severe thunderst...
The storm responsible for the wind, cold, rain and snow in the Northeast Friday and Saturday will slowly ease up for the balance of the holiday weekend.Steady rain a...
A sex offender was charged Wednesday with killing an aspiring dancer who vanished two years ago after leaving a New York City nightclub with him.An indictment charge...
Carrying American flags and signs supporting the Second Amendment, more than 200 people gathered at New York's state capitol building in Albany on Tuesday to press f...
Pennsylvania State police said a skeleton found near Scranton is that of an aspiring actress who disappeared after leaving a Manhattan nightclub more than a year ago...
A pair of tornadoes touched down in New York City Saturday, hurling debris in the air, knocking out power and startling residents who once thought of twisters as a M...
Caroline Kennedy was meeting with upstate New York politicians Wednesday after publicly expressing interest in filling the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Secretar...
Ouch. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pulled no punches in explaining what he thinks of former Rep. Anthony Weiner's comeback bid for mayor of New York City. "Shame on us...
Newest animals on display at the Bronx Zoo haven't walked the face of the Earth in a very long time
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