The recount underway in Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate race marks the end of a chaotic post-election period that has become the latest example of how disputed election rules can expose weak points in a core function of American democracy.

New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain -- and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low.

Elmira residents packed the city courthouse Monday night. Many were against the measure and asked the city not to pass it.

Graduate worker Sriram Parasurama was temporarily suspended, banned from campus for three years, and arrested by Cornell police after he participated in a pro-Palestinian protest that shut down a career fair.

Rathmell plans to reduce food insecurity and improve access to mental health care. She also wants to increase affordable housing units and reform the city’s housing code enforcement system.

The city of Corning has a brand new 60,000-square-foot space for artists who specialize in glass.

The case has been sent back to the Department of Environmental Conservation, which initially denied Greenidge a permit.

Chemung County has been at the epicenter of a heated controversy that has made national headlines, after the seizure of two wild animals living in a home in Pine City.

Low rainfall was already a challenge for New York farmers. Now, fires are making things even more dangerous.

Officials in New York state are celebrating enrollment increases in the State University of New York system. According to new data, SUNY saw enrollment gains for the second year in a row for the first time in 15 years. Enrollment this fall was up 2.3 percent systemwide year-over-year, and first-year undergraduate enrollment was up nearly 1 percent.