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New York Gov. David Paterson unveiled a landmark deal on Friday that would scrap most of the state's system of mandatory prison sentences, which date to Republican Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's get-tough-on-crime movement in the 1970s.

A tour boat carrying a group of senior citizens overturned Sunday on Lake George, N.Y., killing 21 people. Many of the 49 passengers aboard were with a tour group from Michigan. Brian Mann from North Country Public Radio reports.

President Donald Trump lumped the protestors who objected to the removal of a statue of General Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., in with counter-protesters.

In April, Jiverly Wong, a mentally ill immigrant from Vietnam, opened fire at an immigrant services center in Binghamton, N.Y., killing 13. What happens to people blindsided by such devastating violence?

Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, saw bloody action in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary Wars But now the privately owned museum and battleground is fighting for its own existence. The fort could be forced to shut down or sell off key artifacts.

Transportation safety officials have begun searching for clues in the sinking of a tour boat in upstate New York's Lake George. The Ethan Allen apparently listed suddenly -- possibly caused by the wake of a larger boat -- before it capsized Sunday, killing 20. Brian Mann from North Country Public Radio reports.

After reaching a handshake agreement with Mexico to redo NAFTA, President Trump immediately sought to exert pressure on Canada to make concessions in any revised trade deal.

The massive clean-up from Tropical Storm Irene continues in upstate New York, but some cash-strapped rural communities say they're not sure how much they can afford to rebuild.

It's fall and that means most forests in the U.S. have begun to change in magnificent ways. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann went for a leaf-peeping hike this week in upstate New York and sent this audio postcard.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering massive layoffs that could hit as many as 10,000 state workers — especially at state prisons. He says they're expensive and it's morally wrong to keep them open. But residents, who say prisons are their only source of jobs, are worried about their economies.