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Beginning in 2004, Democrats nearly erased the Republican Party's New York delegation, taking over some seats that had been held by the GOP since the Civil War. This fall, Republicans have a real shot at reclaiming three neighboring districts. Serious hurdles remain, including funding woes and a feud between the GOP and the tea party movement.

With the spill in the Gulf captivating the country, Louisiana's $3 billion seafood industry is trying to convince consumers that they're still open for business. State and federal officials are stepping up inspections, in part to demonstrate that fish, shrimp and oysters are safe to eat.

An unknown soldier killed at Antietam in 1862 was laid to rest at Saratoga National Cemetery on Thursday. The soldier's remains were found in Maryland last summer, and he was identified as a New Yorker by his buttons.

For Democrats, the path to regaining the U.S. House runs through upstate New York. But a changing Democratic electorate in rural areas means it's a tough path.

Farm worker advocates and top Obama administration officials have been pushing hard for new regulations that would improve safety for teenagers working on farms. But facing fierce opposition from the agriculture industry and its allies in Congress, the Department of Labor abruptly withdrew a set of rules that advocates said could save dozens of lives every year.

Mothers who serve in the Army are required to leave for war as early as four months after their babies are born. Some lawmakers and military officials say the Pentagon should expand maternity benefits as a way of keeping the best recruits.

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.

Nearly a year after the shooting death of the co-owner of a popular NoDa sandwich shop, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said Tuesday that they have arrested a second suspect in the killing.

American ski racer Bill Demong is going into the Vancouver games as a favorite in Nordic combined. This combination of ski jumping and cross-country has traditionally been dominated by Scandinavian athletes. But not anymore.

The families of four U.S. soldiers killed earlier this month in Iraq are still coming to terms with how the men died. At first it was thought they were ambushed; in fact, they were kidnapped from a Karbala compound and executed.

Sales of all-terrain vehicles are up -- and so are recreational vehicle injuries and deaths, especially among children. The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission is weighing new safety rules. Brian Mann of North Country Public Radio reports on calls by consumer groups for a federal ban on ATVs.

On Wednesday, President Trump toured communities in North Carolina that were damaged by Hurricane Florence.

New York state is poised to implement new rules that could have a major impact on the global shipping industry. Invasive species sometimes move from place to place in "ballast water" — that's the water ships suck in and discharge to level their loads. Officials in New York want all that ballast water treated to kill any "living pollution" before it reaches their harbors. But the treatment technology is expensive and untested. Because the state serves as a gateway to the Great Lakes and ports in New Jersey, other states and countries are disputing the new rules.

The massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico has devastated much of the region's tourism and fishing industries. BP says it will have doled out more than $80 million in compensation by the end of June, but federal officials and local business owners say the company is paying too little, using a process that's too slow and bureaucratic.

Engineers dynamited the massive Crown Point Bridge that links Vermont and New York across Lake Champlain on Monday. The 80-year-old bridge was closed without warning last fall because of safety concerns. Its destruction punctuates a major transportation crisis that has worsened as the lake begins to ice up, forcing motorists to make 100-mile detours. A new bridge is expected to open in 2011.

After resigning from the race, Republican Dede Scozzafava endorsed Democrat Bill Owens. Her resignation and its circumstances signal a division in the GOP between moderate and conservative Republicans.

One of the biggest environmental cleanups in U.S. history got under way Friday. The Environmental Protection Agency and General Electric have begun dredging tons of toxic, PCB-contaminated sludge from New York's upper Hudson River.

There are indications that Democratic Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand is the choice to fill Hillary Clinton's vacated Senate seat. An official announcement is expected Friday from New York Gov. David Paterson. The Senate slot opened when Clinton became secretary of state.

In the age of Internet media and 24/7 cable outlets, more than 20 million Americans still get a significant amount of their news from small-circulation daily and weekly newspapers. For many of these mom-and-pop papers, business is booming — so much so that hundreds of papers have been targeted by growing national chains.

An historic New York Spa is in hot water over revelations that its famous mineral baths are diluted with local tap water. Saratoga Springs has drawn visitors for generations, but The New York Post says the cool mineral water is being mixed with hot tap water to make the baths more comfortable.