Travel across the border dropping in both directions this summer. A release from National Statistical Office of Canada showed that the amount of Canadian residents traveling back over the border has dropped drastically in the past year – by about a third. That is something that is being noticed in Western New York as well….
ALBANY – A panel of judges declined to appoint John Sarcone III, the interim U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, it announced Monday, casting doubt on if he will serve as the district’s chief federal law enforcement officer. “The Board of Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District…
ALBANY, N.Y. – A man from El Salvador admitted Thursday to threatening U.S. Attorney John Sarcone with a knife outside the Hilton Albany hotel. A judge sentenced him to 90 days in the Albany County jail. Saul Morales-Garcia, 40, pleaded guilty to second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon in a case that stems…
The man who allegedly threatened U.S. Attorney John Sarcone III with a knife in Albany last week will no longer be charged with attempted murder after the Albany County district attorney said he reviewed video footage from the incident. Saul Morales-Garcia will instead face second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon charges, county DA…
State and federal lawmakers are pushing back on plans by the General Services Administration to move the Buffalo Passport Agency out of downtown Buffalo and into the suburbs. Leading the charge is Rep. Tim Kennedy, NY-26, who says the office is currently located in a perfect location, citing people who take nearly a dozen different…
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that the U.S. is “not at war with Iran” but that “we’re at war with Iran’s nuclear program” in the aftermath of a surprise attack overnight on three of that country’s nuclear sites. “The Iranians are clearly not very good at war. Perhaps they should follow…
Following President Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. conducted strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, New York leaders in Albany and Capitol Hill all responded to the strikes with mixed messages. “Iran cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons,” Republican Rep. Mike Lawler said in part. “I fully supported Israel’s move to strike Iran,…
A man was arrested Tuesday night for threatening the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York with a knife. Albany County sheriff’s deputies arrested 40-year-old Saul Morales-Garcia in downtown Albany after receiving a call “regarding a suspect who had threatened to kill a victim with a knife in the area of 40 Lodge…
A new program via the University of Hawaii offers high school students, college students and K-12 teachers a hands-on opportunity to learn about food, fashion, and land. What You Need To Know UH Manoa is now accepting applications for its free, eight-week Summer Research Institute The program is designed to spark innovation in agriculture, environmental…
TEXAS — The United States is suspending live animal imports along the southern border due to the spread of the New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins made the announcement Sunday. NWS has been recently detected in remote farms with minimal cattle movement as far north as Oaxaca and…