Adirondack Mountains
A range of mountains in northeastern New York, containing Mt. Marcy (5,344 ft; 1,644 m), the state's highest point. Bounded by the Mohawk Valley on the south, the St. Law...
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Americans worried about changes in the climate gathered Saturday on ski slopes and in cities for a nationwide day of demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to global warming.More than 1,300 even...
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A cruise line and the captain of a boat that capsized on Lake George, killing 20 elderly tourists, pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge.Shoreline Cruises and Capt. Richard Paris pleaded gu...
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Bidders on the state’s horse racing franchise have spent millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign donations.
Opposition to congestion pricing is strongest in the Bronx.
On Letterman, ...
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Americans worried about climate change gathered Saturday on ski slopes and in cities for a nationwide day of demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to global warming.More than 1,300 events were ...
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As the host of four successful shows on the cable television Food Network, editor in chief of the lifestyle magazine
celebrity chef
Rachael
Ray
already had a full plate when in April 2006 she int...
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It was late January before winter turned serious in upstate New York, but before that — including the lucrative Christmas school break — rain fell instead of snow and warm temperatures ...
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The black bear charged through the brush, crouched along the Adirondack stream, chewed vegetation and ignored the canoeist standing on a boulder about 40 yards away in the stream bed.It hunkered lo...
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It's a silly old expression, but Professor Eric Leonard says it's true: The best geologist is the one who's seen the most rocks.Which is why, on a crisp fall morning, Leonard was driving a van full...
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On the eve of his execution, the man at the center of one of the 20th century's most notorious crimes was at peace."In all that I have done, I hope I have done as men would have me do. I know that ...
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