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ALBANY -- A man who donated sperm to a married lesbian couple has no right to demand a genetic test to assert his claim to be their child's father, a state appeals court determined Thursday, overturning the determination of a Family Court in the Southern Tier. Delving into an emerging area of law, a five-judge panel of the Appellate Division of state Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the couple's right through their legal marriage to be the presumed parents of the child, and stated further that a genetic test would not be in the child's best interests.

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The Siena men's basketball team has only one road victory all season, so head coach Jimmy Patsos has tried to switch up his team's routine to change their fortunes away from home.
"I'm trying everything," Patsos said. "I'm going to restaurants, I'm not going to restaurants. We're having big meetings, we're not having big meetings. We're having breakfast film, we're not having breakfast film."
The Saints fell to 1-11 on the road this season with a 67-56 defeat to Monmouth before 2,005 fans at OceanFirst Bank Center on Thursday.

Trainer Chad Brown dominated the horse racing calendar in 2017. So it was only fitting that he dominated the Eclipse Awards, which were presented on Thursday night at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Fla.
Brown, 39, was a runaway winner of the Eclipse Award as the nation's best trainer. He received 215 of a possible 250 votes en route to his second consecutive Eclipse Award. Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert (16 votes) and Steve Asmussen (13) finished second and third. Mark Casse and Todd Pletcher each received two votes.

The governor announced Thursday that he is dispatching teams of state officials to assess nearly 50 ice jams and flooded areas in the state.Varying in size, the teams will be made up of officials from the state Department of Transportation, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services and State Police, will in some cases use drones to identify other potential trouble spots.

In the last four years, Albany County has seen a 23 percent increase in children needing foster care because of parents suffering from opioid addiction, mental health issues or domestic violence.To tackle this rise, county Executive Daniel McCoy wants the county Department of Children, Youth & Family Services to create a task force that will focus on foster children to ensure they don't fall victim to the same challenges their parents suffered through.

More than a year after a coalition of anti-nuclear activists filed suit against the Cuomo administration's decision to subsidize three northern New York nuclear plants, the case is moving forward.

Over 100 people gathered at the Emma Willard School Thursday morning to attend a talk given by Amanda Lindhout, a freelance journalist and author who was kidnapped while reporting in Somalia in 2008.At the event, which was organized by the Albany chapter of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, Lindhout, a Canadian, detailed her 460 days of captivity.

NEW YORK — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Chief of Staff Linda Lacewell balked on the witness stand Thursday at the corruption trial of former top aide Joe Percoco when his attorney asked her to identify a widely known document she insisted was "privileged."

AlbanyThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is holding a recruitment day April 10 at its Albany office to find special agent candidates.Prior to that, potential applications can visit FBIJobs.gov, click on "Apply to Jobs," locate the DAR (Diversity Agent Recruitment) category, and then click on "DAR Albany Talent Network."Potential agents must be U.S. citizens, be between 23 and 37 years old, and have at least a bachelor's degree, among other criteria.

JOHNSTOWN - A former Fulton County deputy was convicted on Wednesday of illegally selling two pistols out of his former business, The Gun Store, in Perth, Saratoga County District Attorney Karen Heggen said.