Syracuse, N.Y. — If the 96-gallon trash cart Syracuse households received last year isn’t big enough, residents will soon be able to get a second container. But unlike the first round of carts ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — The Syracuse Common Council supports Mayor Ben Walsh’s request from the state Legislature to allow a new hotel room occupancy tax in the city.

The remarkable ancient city of Gela lies on the southern coast of Sicily. Both an agricultural and industrial town, it bears witness to the island’s deep past.