A worker for a hot air balloon company was carried aloft holding onto the aircraft’s basket and fell to his death in New York state, police said on Saturday.

Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that gutted a home on Woodplot Road Thursday night, fire officials at the scene said Friday morning. The fire at 6 Woodplot Road destroyed the large home in Loudonville.

As the state Legislature session winds down, the fight to allow ride-hailing companies to operate in New York is focused on setting insurance terms for drivers. Assemblyman John McDonald, D-Cohoes, said Wednesday he thinks the Legislature is close to agreement on the insurance issue but not broader regulation of services like Uber and Lyft.

A city restaurant owner was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison Friday in an arson and insurance fraud case, Schenectady County prosecutors said. Zabeeda Permaul, 55, was convicted by a jury March 11 after a two-week trial of first-degree arson and two insurance fraud charges.

Amid a massive frozen foods recall involving millions of packages of fruits and vegetables that were shipped to all 50 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico, authorities who want to stem the listeria-linked illnesses and deaths worry it’ll be difficult to get consumers to dig through their freezers and check for products they may have bought as far back as 2014.

A legal battle over insurance claims may be the last thing to attract the attention of football fans still chewing over draft picks and just what Tom Brady did or didn’t do.

Nine of ten businesses experienced at least one hacking incident in the past year, according to a survey of business risk managers released today by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re.

A truck flipped over and its spilled its cargo of scrap metal along the Tappan Zee Bridge Friday morning, grinding the commute to a halt and causing a traffic nightmare.

The "Boulevard of Death" is getting a makeover, part of a New York City initiative that made 2015 the safest year on record for traffic accidents even as the number of roadway deaths nationwide shows a steep increase.

A Honda SUV hurtled into a CVS store this evening, toppling a brick wall and sending five people to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, authorities said.

Here’s the shocking moment a construction crew hoisted a Williamsburg family’s SUV off the street to make room for work on a luxury building site.

CRF Frozen Foods is expanding a recall of frozen organic and traditional fruits and vegetables over possible listeria contamination. The recall includes some 358 products sold under 42 brand names, including items like kale, potatoes, blueberries, strawberries, broccoli and various vegetable medleys, among others.

Medical errors, including wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries and medication mistakes, are the third leading cause of death in the United States, a new study suggests.

Under pressure from U.S. regulators, Japanese air bag manufacturer Takata Corp (7312.T) is expected to announce as early as Wednesday that it is recalling 35 million to 40 million additional inflators in U.S. vehicles, three sources briefed on the matter said on Tuesday.

Fire ravaged a Serbian Orthodox Cathedral in New York City, leaving the building in ruins on the same day its parishioners had celebrated Easter. Fire department officials said the blaze broke out on the first floor of the Manhattan cathedral shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday.