The Democratic mayoral hopeful promises free child care, a $30 minimum wage and a massive tax hike on the city’s corporations ...

Fort Johnson, which was named after Albany war hero and World War I Sgt. Henry Johnson, is being renamed to Fort Polk. The Army made that announcement Tuesday along with a slew of other name changes ...

Earlier this month, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation held a public hearing to ...

As summer weather kicks into high gear and people try to find ways to stay cool, many will resort to a dip in the lake or river. But when the water gets too hot, some waters are subject to harmful ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind his country and the world that in the disorienting first days after ...

A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

Thousands of people lost power on Monday in Albany County, according to National Grid’s outage map. Outages were reported ...

Tornado damage, flooding, and a heatwave with "feels-like" temps over 100 degrees prompt emergency declaration in 32 counties ...

More than 6,000 National Grid customers in Troy, Rensselaer and the surrounding area were without power Thursday afternoon. The cause of the outages was not immediately clear. Hot and humid weather in ...

Warm weather will arrive early next week, the Weather Service says, forecasting a heat index for Albany of 98 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, 108 degrees on Monday, and 106 degrees on Tuesday.

Tom Shadden, a well-known Long Beach yachtsman who cofounded the Aquatic Capital of America Foundation and also helped establish the United States Sailing Center in the city, has died. He was 90.