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The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to block a settlement in a long-running suit involving the adjudication of applications for the cancellation of student loan debts at 151 for-profit colleges.

Much of Erie County is forecasted to be hit by the brunt of severe winter weather Friday night.The National Weather Service has issued both a lake effect…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced $500,000 for the Niagara County Center for Economic Development to help clean up and redevelop…

The Town of Amherst has begun the second annual month-long competition among itself and three other municipalities named after Sir Jeffrey Amherst.

Mobile sports betting begins in New York this weekend.

A new poll sends a stark message about the way most young Americans view our democracy: "in trouble" or "failing."

The U.S. Senate has taken the first step towards allowing oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. By a vote of 51-49, opponents were defeated in an effort to remove drilling from the Senate budget resolution.

While many Americans are moving past the latest surge of the Omicron variant, the virus is still spreading rapidly in other places.

Black Friday is traditionally America's No. 1 shopping day for enthusiastic and aggressive bargain-hunters. Commentator Pam Varkony visits a mall near her home in Allentown, Pa., to assess the shopping crowd and talk to some of the smaller retailers about how busy they are.

Forty years ago, Congress decided that existing anti-discrimination laws were not enough to overcome racism in the voting process. In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The law helped to tumble the segregationist status quo that kept black voters from the polls.