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Groups combating climate change are pressing Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Assembly to adopt two measures that they say would help ease extreme weather — like what we’re experiencing this summer — in the future.

So as we near the end of the Major League Baseball regular season, it seems the new rules have gone down just fine. You know, the pitch clock and bigger bases and such haven’t changed the sport, really – baseball is still about throwing a ball, hitting a ball and catching a ball. There are no tackles and blocks, no headers, and nobody aims a jab at a jaw. That happens in other sports. There are rules against that in baseball.

How much do the people who've made it owe to the people who've been left behind? That question is at the heart of Zadie Smith's new novel NW, a nuanced and disturbing look at class issues in a working-class northwest London neighborhood.

The Albany Common Council typically passes the mayor's budget in November. Councilors are looking to add a residential housing vacancy study to this year's plan.

Edward St. Aubyn is no stranger to losing out on awards. In 2006 his novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker. But in 2011 he didn't even make the longlist. Now he's getting his revenge.

Former Trump campaign attorney Rudy Giuliani has been ordered to pay a staggering $148 million to two former Georgia election workers he spread lies about following the 2020 election.

When it comes to taxes in the U.S., it's the income tax -- and the annual April 15 deadline for filing returns -- that gets most of our attention. But that's only part of the picture -- there are property taxes and sales taxes, even taxes built into every cell phone bill. So how much do we pay? One couple in Connecticut opens their books to find out.

The Vermont House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed state constitutional amendment that would expand equal rights protections.

Saratoga Springs residents returned to city hall Tuesday to plead with officials to address safety and environmental concerns from heavy truck traffic.

A major milestone was celebrated Tuesday in the village of Hoosick Falls, which has grappled with PFOA pollution for nearly a decade.