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The Seneca County Sheriff's Office will auction two pieces of Bobcat construction equipment in Romulus on Monday, Sept. 14, under an execution against property issued by state Supreme Court in Tompkins County. The sale is ... more

A Connecticut man was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for a bank fraud conspiracy that included unauthorized withdrawals at Northwest Bank branches in Lockport and Williamsville, federal prosecutors said. Vance Ashley, 57, of ... more

New York officials are calling on the Trump administration to release $87 million in federal homeland-security money they say remains withheld from the state after a court challenge restored part of a larger reduction. Gov ... more

A former Morrisville postmaster was sentenced last week to three years of probation for stealing more than $118,000 through fraudulent postal money orders, federal prosecutors said. Delos Thurston, 28, of Clinton, was sentenced Aug. 27 ... more

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz is urging Attorney General Letitia James to appeal a court decision that found New York's Climate Change Superfund Act was pre-empted by federal law. Dinowitz, who described the act as his legislation, ... more

A Utica man was sentenced to two years in federal prison for his role in an Ulster County cocaine-trafficking organization, prosecutors said Monday. Allen McGraw, 46, previously pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute ... more

A Rensselaer County man has been indicted on a federal charge accusing him of offering $1,200 to have an acquaintance killed, prosecutors said Monday. Marion Lopatniuk, 45, was arraigned Aug. 27 on a charge of ... more

New York Attorney General Letitia James has joined the Federal Trade Commission and 21 other states in a lawsuit accusing Amazon of overcharging more than 1.2 million advertising customers by over $20 billion. The complaint ... more

Most personal injury claims don't fail because the injured person lacked a legitimate grievance. They fail because the evidence didn't meet the legal standard required to establish fault. That distinction — between "something bad happened ... more

Every year, injured Floridians leave significant compensation on the table — not because their cases lack merit, but because they chose representation poorly or too hastily. The Insurance Research Council has found that injured people ... more

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, roughly 95% of personal injury cases settle before ever reaching trial — yet the decisions made in the first 48 hours after an accident often determine whether that ... more

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2022 traffic safety data, motorcyclists are approximately 24 times more likely than passenger car occupants to die in a crash per vehicle mile traveled. That staggering disparity ... more

According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, roughly 95% of personal injury cases settle before reaching trial — yet the quality of that settlement depends almost entirely on decisions made in the days and weeks ... more

Most people walk away from an accident assuming fault works like a light switch — either the other person caused it, or they didn't. California's legal system doesn't see it that way. Under the state's ... more

Most people involved in an accident assume the question of fault has a clean answer — either the other driver ran the red light or they didn't, either the property owner knew about the hazard ... more

The Insurance Research Council reported in 2023 that 15.4% of drivers in the U.S. were uninsured. The proportion of drivers who were uninsured varied widely across states, from 5.7% in Maine to 28.2% in Mississippi ... more

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new U.S. Postal Service rule affecting mail-in voting after granting a request from New York Attorney General Letitia James. James said the rule could disrupt the midterm elections ... more

New York and voting rights organizations are challenging a new U.S. Postal Service rule that could result in some mail-in ballots being rejected ahead of the midterm elections, according to Spectrum News 1. The rule ... more

Autreyu Massaline rejected a plea agreement Thursday that would have capped his prison sentence at 18 years, clearing the way for an Oct. 23 retrial in the fatal stabbing of Edward Warren, according to The ... more