Canisius hosts Lesburt and Brown

Brown Bears (2-3) at Canisius Golden Griffins (0-6) Buffalo, New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bears -8.5; over/under is 142.5 BOTTOM LINE: Brown plays Canisius after AJ Lesburt Jr. scored 22 points in Brown's 89-70 win over the...

Albany (NY) squares off against UMKC

UMKC Kangaroos (3-3) vs. Albany (NY) Great Danes (4-1) Bayamon, Puerto Rico; Saturday, 1 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Albany (NY) takes on UMKC in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. The Great Danes are 4-1 in non-conference play. Albany (NY) leads the America East with 40.4...

Saint Bonaventure faces Bryant, looks for 6th straight win

Bryant Bulldogs (3-2) at Saint Bonaventure Bonnies (5-0) Olean, New York; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Saint Bonaventure is looking to extend its five-game win streak with a victory over Bryant. The Bonnies are 3-0 on their home court. Saint...

2024 MLB Non-Tender Free Agents

NEW YORK (AP) — The 62 players who became free agents when their teams failed to offer 2025 contracts Friday: AMERICAN LEAGUE ...

Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York on Friday repealed a seldom-used, more than century-old law that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse — a misdemeanor that once could have landed adulterers in jail for three months. Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill repealing the statute, which...

New York judge rejects state efforts to shutter bitcoin mine over climate concerns

NEW YORK (AP) — A cryptocurrency plant in central New York can continue operating after a court rejected the state’s effort to shutter the facility over concerns about its climate impact. The decision was hailed as a victory by Greenidge Generation, a large-scale crypto mine in...

Charges dropped against pro-Palestinian protester arrested under mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in New York dropped charges Friday against a kaffiyeh-wearing, pro-Palestinian protester who was among the first people arrested under a local face mask ban that's stirred free speech concerns. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly’s office...

Authorities are investigating the death of a woman who was struck by an NYPD vehicle

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's attorney general announced an investigation Friday into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unmarked police vehicle in Brooklyn. The woman, who has not been identified, was lying in the middle of a street in the East New York neighborhood...

Giants release quarterback Daniel Jones just days after benching him

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Daniel Jones era in New York is over. The Giants quarterback was granted his release on Friday by the team just days after the franchise said it was benching him in favor of third-stringer Tommy DeVito. “Daniel came to see me this...

New York Giants agree to release quarterback Daniel Jones