“There’s extra magic in the air this holiday season as the Mega Millions jackpot has grown to almost a billion dollars!” the ...

To use a word that appears often in the novel, “Time of the Child” is a miracle. Niall Williams’ gorgeous, wry and humane ...

Sam Pies' MVP-level effort fueled Batavia/Notre Dame United's 5-1 win over Niagara Wheatfield in Saturday's David McCarthy ...

There’s a satisfying, almost O. Henry-like comeuppance at the end of “Party,” which is true of many of the stories in a ...

When I was a teenager in Tennessee during the 1980s, Christmas officially launched the day after Thanksgiving: holly wreaths ...

Food is an important component of the holiday season for millions of people across the globe. Many a holiday host has ...

Christmas caroling is a joyful tradition that has endured for centuries. Christmas caroling can be traced to the fourth ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the termination of 14 employees at a Utica-area state prison following an inmate’s death.

For the sales week ended Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. Books in BOLD are debuts for the week.

Two City of Batavia Police officers were injured while responding to a mental health incident of Trumbull Parkway on Saturday ...

When he came to power in 2015, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hailed as a progressive icon, a charismatic leftist ...

President Joe Biden signed funding legislation to keep the U.S. government operating until mid-March, avoiding a year-end ...