Associated Press

Officials say the blast erupted at Abundant Life Church in Boonville on Tuesday morning. New York State Police say the church reportedly used propane cylinders for heat.

Authorities say they believe the shooting was a targeted attack stemming from a family dispute.

Syracuse athletic director John Wildhack announced on Wednesday that he will retire this summer after running the Orange athletic department for 10 years.

Brady's promotion comes a little more than a week after Sean McDermott was fired following a nine-year tenure.

Republicans on Monday appealed a judge's decision to throw out the lines of New York City's only GOP-controlled House seat.

McDermott transformed the franchise into a perennial winner but was knocked for failing to make a Super Bowl appearance.

A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene as fellow officers beat an inmate to death pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday after jurors deliberating over a more serious manslaughter charge said they were deadlocked.

Betsy McCaughey, a Republican former Lt. Gov. of New York who switched parties in an unsuccessful 1998 bid to unseat then-Gov. George Pataki, is now running for governor of Connecticut.

A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal beating of an inmate by other guards.

Syverud, who steps down as Syracuse University's chancellor in June, faces issues like federal funding cuts, athletic department scandals, and student affordability.