Albany

An East Bay neighborhood told NBC Bay Area a neighbor’s property is infested with rats and say they have video proof that they are being fed. They said it’s been going on for years and they’re worried about the man who lives there.

An East Bay neighborhood told NBC Bay Area a neighbor’s property is infested with rats and say they have video proof that they are being fed. Thom Jensen reports.

Jay Jacobs, chairman of the New York State Democratic Party and longtime Cuomo confidant, told CNBC he has privately told the governor he should resign in the face of sexual harassment accusations. Still, several Cuomo associates and advisors are urging the embattled governor to fight on, according to multiple people briefed on the matter. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s...

The longtime former head of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany says the diocese covered up sexual abuse by priests for decades and protected clergy by sending them to private treatment instead of calling police

Albany police are warning of an identity theft telephone scam.

Albany Bowl has been forced to shut down permanently after 71 years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Streets, a 2-year-old thoroughbred colt, died Monday at a training session at Golden Gate Fields, the California Horse Racing Board said Monday.

A Black Lives Matter sign was defaced on a UC Berkeley fence.

The state University at Albany is investigating whether an off-campus coronavirus-themed party violated the college’s student code of conduct

The New York state Health Department has revoked the medical license of a doctor who conducted unsanctioned research on people associated with a cult-like self-improvement group.

An escaped herd of bison is roaming free in rural upstate New York, grazing in hay fields as the owner works with state police and the Department of Environmental Conservation on a roundup plan. State police say Monday that about 75 bison escaped last week from a farm in Sharon Springs, 45 miles west of Albany. Police are asking anyone...

Fashion and lifestyle blogger Maui Bigelow has always been curvy and built a social media presence by embracing every pound. Until the worst happened. At nearly 380 pounds, her health took a dive. She was diagnosed with a blood cancer and multiple uterine fibroids that couldn’t be treated due to her weight. That’s when she decided to have bariatric surgery,...

A federal judge has ruled that a cross that has been maintained by the Lion’s Club at a public park in Albany for decades is unconstitutional. The battle over whether the cross should stay put will continue Thursday morning when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will hear arguments on the issue.

A grand jury has indicted the operator of a limousine company in a crash last fall that killed 20 people.

She began her world tour in Albany, N.Y. with a meaningful moment

U.S. regulators on Friday gave the green light to salmon genetically modified to grow about twice as fast as normal, but the company behind it may face legal challenges before the fish can be sold domestically. The Food and Drug Administration said it lifted an alert that had prevented AquaBounty from importing its salmon eggs to its Indiana facility, where...

Emanuel Fluter, 33, appeared in court Wednesday to face murder charges after allegedly slashing his 3-year-old niece’s throat over the weekend, killing her. Josephine Bulubenchi, the victim, was asleep at the time of the attack. A plea of not guilty was entered on Fluter’s behalf.

Authorities say the 18 people in a limousine and two pedestrians who were killed when the vehicle crashed off a rural upstate New York road earlier this month all died from the impact of the accident.

Nearly 77 years after repeated torpedo strikes tore into the USS Oklahoma, killing hundreds of sailors and Marines, Carrie Brown leaned over the remains of a serviceman laid out on a table in her lab and was surprised the bones still smelled of burning oil from that horrific day at Pearl Harbor. It was a visceral reminder of the catastrophic...

A ceremony for the victims of the limousine crash that killed 20 people ended with participants lifting candles above their heads to signal unity and perseverance....
More than 1,000 people jammed a riverside park in Amsterdam for Monday night’s vigil as victims’ relatives tried to come to grips with the tragedy that happened as a group of friends and family were...