Opinion

Rye, N.Y. (AP) — A coyote has attacked a 3-year-old girl playing in her backyard in suburban New York, the second coyote attack on a child in the same suburb within four days. Rye Mayor

Hartland, N.Y. (AP) — Separate collisions involving motorcyclists and deer on western New York roads have left one man dead and another in critical condition. The Erie County Sheriff’s Department says the first accident occurred

Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) — Her chicks have left the nest, but a peregrine falcon nesting on a Buffalo tower is proving to be an overprotective mother. Antoine Lanier says he saw the falcon recently chase

Montpelier, Vt. (AP) — Some wildlife advocates are decrying a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service not to provide special protection for wolves in upstate New York, northern New England and Massachusetts. Wildlife

Allentown, Pa. (AP) — An advocacy group has named New York’s Upper Delaware River the nation’s most endangered. American Rivers says the Upper Delaware is threatened by plans to drill for natural gas. Energy companies

Albany (AP) — New York Gov. David Paterson said Thursday an agreement has been reached to have all 178 state parks open for the Memorial Day weekend. “The Legislature has made the tough choices to

Trenton, N.J. (AP) — Supporters and opponents of what would be the state’s first approved bear hunt in five years weighed in Tuesday night on rules that would authorize a fall hunting season. The Environmental