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ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has directed the state Education Department to investigate allegations that four 12-year-old girls were subjected to strip searches in their middle school nurse's office.The Democrat on Wednesday also directed state police to assist local authorities investigating the Jan. 15 incident in the Binghamton City School District.District officials last week said the girls, who are black, were evaluated by the nurse but not strip searched. But [...]

MIDDLETOWN - Middletown police were investigating the scene where the victim of an apparent stabbing was found Wednesday afternoon. The incident was reported just before 2:45 p.m. The person was found on Heidt Avenue, in between the intersections with South Street and Ingalls Street.The victim was taken away by Mobile Life Support Services ambulance.Police have not yet released information on what happened.

Celebrate Groundhog Day at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Outdoor Discovery Center on Muser Drive, across from 174 Angola Road, Cornwall. Join environmental educators for an informative talk about groundhogs, then take a walk outside to look for your shadow and make a groundhog craft. Members $5, children $3; nonmembers $8, children $6. Free same-day admission to Wildlife Education Center with paid attendance to this program. Hhnm.org. 534-5506, ext. 204.Are you itching to [...]

BUFFALO — A crash involving more than 20 cars and trucks Wednesday shut down a section of the New York State Thruway in western New York, where blizzard warnings were in place and people were urged to stay inside and out of the wind-driven snow and sub-zero wind chills.Troopers said some of the vehicles involved in the 2 p.m. crash between Buffalo and Rochester were tractor-trailers, even though the trucks had been banned from that part of the thoroughfare because of the [...]

ALBANY — Dozens of hospitals and other providers of services for New Yorkers seeking help with alcohol and drug addictions are splitting millions in funding from a state agency.The state Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services says nearly $5 million in funding will assist the agency's certified providers in hiring nurse practitioners and certified recovery peer advocates.Each provider has been awarded one-time funding of $40,000 per peer advocate [...]

RALEIGH, N.C.  — North Carolina State has hired Army athletic director Boo Corrigan as its next AD.The school announced Wednesday that Corrigan will take over for the retiring Debbie Yow. Corrigan will be introduced at a news conference Thursday in Raleigh and will start work May 1.Chancellor Randy Woodson says it was "critical that we find a leader that could build on the unprecedented success" the department enjoyed under Yow, who took over in 2010. [...]

CITY OF NEWBURGH — The Newburgh City Council voted to extend interim City Manager Joe Donat's contract by three months at its meeting Monday night.Donat's original agreement made him eligible to work as city manager through the end of March.Donat also recently moved to the City of Newburgh, Mayor Torrance Harvey announced at the meeting."We really see a difference thus far, and I'm excited with extending this agreement so that we can really continue to not [...]

GOSHEN — A grand jury indicted a Middletown man on Tuesday on charges he threw acid on the mother of his child.The indictment charges Guadalupe Castillo-Robles, 50, with second-degree assault, a felony, and misdemeanor counts of weapon possession and menacing.The indictment charges that on Jan. 1 Castillo-Robles threw acid at the woman’s face, injuring her, and that on Jan. 3 he physically menaced her, putting her in fear of imminent injury. [...]

NEW YORK — Former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman used nearly $340,000 in political campaign funds to pay the law firm that represented him during an investigation of allegations that he physically abused several women, according to campaign finance reports reviewed by The Associated Press.The practice is legal, but reform activists say Schneiderman and other politicians are exploiting lax campaign finance rules."By and large, if you are an elected official, [...]

GOSHEN — A grand jury indicted a Middletown man on Tuesday on charges he threw acid on the mother of his child.The indictment charges Guadalupe Castillo-Robles, 50, with second-degree assault, a felony, and misdemeanor counts of weapon possession and menacing.The indictment charges that on Jan. 1 Castillo-Robles threw acid at the woman’s face, injuring her, and that on Jan. 3 he physically menaced her, putting her in fear of imminent injury. [...]