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New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks during a press conference Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Judge says Cuomo can’t prolong court battle with accuser to ‘resurrect his public image’

August 26, 2025

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s attempt to continue a legal battle involving an ex-aide’s sexual harassment claim has been rejected by a judge. The decision comes a month after New York agreed to pay $450,000 to settle Brittany Commisso’s lawsuit. Commisso alleged Cuomo harassed and groped her while in office. Cuomo, who resigned in 2021, denies the allegations. State Supreme Court Justice Denise Hartman allowed Commisso to drop the suit and denied Cuomo’s motion to release text messages. Cuomo is running for New York City mayor as an independent after losing the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani.

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Gene and Christine Corrigan stand outside their restaurant, The Lake House Restaurant & Lodge, in Richfield Springs, N.Y., on Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)

He earned a small town’s trust. He owed $95 million in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme

August 16, 2025

A businessman from upstate New York is accused of preying on his neighbors in a massive Ponzi scheme. Burt Marshall in Hamilton, New York, promised clients an 8% annual return on their investments in local rental properties. Marshall filed for bankruptcy protection two years ago, owing nearly 1,000 investors about $95 million. Many victims, including retirees and local workers, lost their life savings. Marshall’s assets, mostly in real estate, were sold in bankruptcy proceedings. Investors are expected to recover only a small fraction of their losses. Marshall pleaded not guilty in June to charges of grand larceny and securities fraud contained in a 49-count indictment.

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New York State Police Capt. Robert McConnell speaks at a news conference, Monday, July 21, 2025, in Latham, N.Y., about the arrest of a Canadian man who reported his 9-year-old daughter missing in upstate New York. (Associated Press/Michael Hill)

Father arrested in New York in death of 9-year-old daughter he had reported missing

July 21, 2025

A man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead after he reported that she was abducted while they were vacationing in upstate New York has been charged with murder. New York State Police Capt. Robert McConnell says Montreal resident Luciano Frattolin, the father of Melina Frattolin, is charged with murder and concealing of a corpse. State Police said Luciano Frattolin reported the girl missing and possibly abducted on Saturday, leading officials to issue an Amber Alert. But authorities said there were inconsistencies in the father’s account, and that they concluded there was no evidence of an abduction. Authorities found the girl’s body on Sunday north of Lake George village.

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A Revolutionary War-era boat is being painstakingly rebuilt after centuries buried beneath Manhattan

June 24, 2025

A Revolutionary War-era boat is being reconstructed more than two centuries after being buried deep beneath Manhattan’s expanding shoreline. The New York State Museum in Albany will become a permanent home for the vessel. It was found far below street level in 2010 during construction at the World Trade Center site. Researchers believe it was a gunboat built in 1775 to defend Philadelphia. They don’t know all the places the boat sailed to or why it ended up apparently neglected along the shore of lower Manhattan by the 1790s. Reconstruction is expected to be finished later this month.

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An American flag is folded during the interment for World War II U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Eugene Darrigan at the cemetery behind St. Mary's church, Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. Darrigan was buried in his hometown after his remains were recovered from a World War II bomber that crashed into the water off the coast of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

WWII bomber crash left 11 dead and ‘non-recoverable.’ Four are finally coming home

May 25, 2025

The World War II bomber Heaven Can Wait was shot down off the Pacific island of New Guinea on March 11, 1944. All 11 men aboard were killed and their remains were presumed lost forever in the vast sea. Yet four crew members are finally coming home, beginning Memorial Day weekend. That’s thanks to a remarkable investigation that located the wreckage. A team of elite Navy divers descended deep underwater in a pressurized bell to reach the sea floor. Internment ceremonies for some of the recovered remains are happening 12 years after a relative of the bombardier on Heaven Can Wait set out to solve the mystery of where the plane went down.

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