Albany News

A local third grade teacher is on paid administrative leave tonight, while the State Education Department investigates.

After two separate studies pointed to the healing power of music, we asked readers what they tuned into to banish unhappiness.

Officers responded to the area of Third Avenue and Broad Street at 1 a.m. for a report of shots fired.

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. It's not quite $590.5 million, but Saturday's Powerball drawing is still pretty exciting for a group of restaurant workers in Queensbury who say they hold a $1 million winning ticket.

ALBANY, N.Y. Acknowledging that serious mistakes were made in the New York State Assembly's handling of the sexual harassment accusations against former member Vito Lopez, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced a series of reforms Monday.

New York State Assemblymen Vito Lopez has avoided a rare scheduled expulsion proceeding that could have taken place had he not resigned Saturday.

Seneca Bonds, 20, Juwon Brown, 16, and John Brown, 16 were charged with burglary and grand larceny, and sent to Albany County Jail.

The Eastern League announced on Monday that Binghamton Mets outfielder Cory Vaughn had been named Player of the Week for May 13 through May 19.

Yes, psychedelic pop-rockers Portugal. The Man are coming to Nippertown on Thursday to play a couple of acoustic shows to preview their upcoming album, Evil Friends .

Students all across the country are strolling across graduation stages with diplomas and a whole lot of debt.

Groups across New York State got together Sunday to help knock down suffering endured by those with a brain injury.

This comes from one of the great William Kennedy's books, "O, Albany. " Kennedy was writing about the old Sheridan Avenue Gang, but could just as easily have been writing about the Shelly Silver Gang in the Albany of today: "A band of .

MUSIC/RUN : SPAC Rock & Run @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center , Saratoga Springs.

Price Chopper knew what it was doing when it rolled out its Fuel AdvantEdge program rewarding loyal customers with discounts at the pump.

The 14th annual Albany History Fair at Westminster Presbyterian Church explored faith, worship and their impact on the Capital Region.

Elizabeth Fitz , RN, joined as director of the new Department of Performance Management .

From left, B.S. Nanoscale Engineering students Samuel LaGasse of Niskayuna, Leigh Lydecker IV of Newburgh, Nicole Palmer of South Glens Falls and Michael Briggs of Cohoes gather around a computer in a lab at Albany NanoTech Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Albany, N.Y. They are the first undergrads to graduate from Albany NanoTech.

Thanks to community support, some local WWII veterans were able to fly to the nation's capital this morning to see a memorial dedicated for their service.

The New York assemblyman accused of asking young female staffers to massage him, touch his cancerous tumors and join him in hotel rooms said Saturday he will resign rather than possibly be expelled from the Legislature amid sexual harassment allegations.

A community project, Please Remember Me is meant to remember members of the Capital Region community who have given their lives while in combat since WWII.