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ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT) — The FBI is warning Albany-area residents about scam calls that fake the agency’s main phone number to steal money and personal information. The FBI’s Albany Field Office said the scam starts with someone pretending to be from a bank and claiming a victim’s information was used to open an account a

New York State Police reported that two people were arrested following a Northway vehicle pursuit on Thursday in Warren and Saratoga Counties.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — A faith leader with more than seven decades of ministry in the Capital Region has died. Bishop McKinley Bernard Johnson Sr. served as Prelate of the New York Capital Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of the Church of God in Christ. His family says he died July 9.

Albany County Court delivers justice after a rapid jury trial uncovers online grooming plot targeting a twelve-year-old child. The digital landscape can be a perilous environment for children, a reality made starkly clear following a major ruling in Albany County Court. A Gloversville man sentenced today faces up to fi

Even with air quality alerts in effect in part of the Capital Region, people still headed outside Thursday night for live music.

A grocery store in Schenectady County has been added to the New York State Historic Business Preservation Registry. The Niskayuna Co-op was presented with its official certificate on Thursday.

A man charged in a deadly Glenmont crash is expected in court Friday, where he could decide to take a plea deal.

Staff at Albany County's Office of the Public Defender want to unionize. But the county has refused to recognize the effort. Now, the parties are headed to court. “We are trying to make sure that we have a voice at the table to assure that we are able to continue providing the best quality representation that the peopl

KINDERHOOK, N.Y. (WNYT) – Martin Van Buren National Historic Site said tours of the Lindenwald Mansion will resume Friday after storm cleanup, though some areas remain closed. The site said the mansion in Kinderhook will reopen for public tours on Friday, July 17. Parts of the historic core will stay closed while maint

ALBANY COUNTY — Today, July 16, with smoke from Canadian and midwestern wildfires persisting, Albany County reached the “unhealthy” level on the air-quality index. As we reported yesterday, the state uses six different levels, each mapped with a color, to describe air quality. Yesterday, Albany County was...