MIAMI — The Biden administration has released a close ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in a swap for jailed Americans, the Associated Press has learned. Alex Saab, who was arrested on a U.S. warrant for money laundering in 2020, was released from custody Wednesday. In exchange, Maduro will free some, if not all, of
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma judge has exonerated a man who spent nearly 50 years in prison for murder, the longest-serving inmate to be declared innocent of a crime. Glynn Simmons, 71, who was released in July after prosecutors agreed that key evidence in his case was not turned over to his defense lawyers, was
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced New York State will receive $664 million in federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act to expand affordable high-speed internet across the state. The funding comes from the $42 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment Program (BEAD) which is part of
NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council could vote as early as Monday on a proposal to demand that Israel and Hamas allow aid access to the Gaza Strip — via land, sea and air routes — and set up U.N. monitoring of the humanitarian assistance delivered. Diplomats said the fate of the draft
SCHENECTADY — City Council President Marion Porterfield accuses Schenectady Mayor Gary McCarthy of dividing the legislative body along racial lines in a leaked November email obtained by the Schenectady Republican Party. With the mayor and council in agreement on a tentative 2024 budget deal and a council vote slated for Thursday evening, GOP Chair Tom
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a request by federal prosecutors to immediately review his claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat. Trump made the court filing in response to an extraordinary request by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith
SCHENECTADY — A Schenectady man died Wednesday morning after being shot by an unknown assailant Tuesday night in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Steuben Street, near the perimeter of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. Usman Pirzada, 21, died early Wednesday morning at Albany Medical Center after being shot at approximately 8:49 p.m. Tuesday.
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. (WKBW) — A new Siena College poll is shedding light on how some people feel about the migrant situation here in New York State. More than half of voters in the poll say they are against temporarily housing migrants at SUNY schools. 7 News has previously reported on a possible plan to use
SCHENECTADY — Schenectady police are seeking information about a vehicle that struck an unidentified pedestrian in the area of Albany Street and Route 7 on Monday and fled the scene. The hit-and-run occurred at approximately 5:09 a.m., with officers finding the male victim unconscious upon arrival at the scene. The man was transported to Albany
GRINDAVIK, Iceland — A volcano has erupted in southwestern Iceland, sending a flash of light into the evening sky and spewing semi-molten rock into the air in a spectacular show of Earth's power in the land known for fire and ice. The eruption Monday night appears to have occurred about 2½ miles from the town
