Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick was appointed Thursday as a special prosecutor to investigate the death Saturday of an inmate who was housed at a Central New York state prison.

Syracuse, N.Y. — A body found in a trash can outside a Syracuse home is a man whose death has been ruled a homicide, ...

A 900-pound dolphin landed in a fishermen's boat in New Zealand causing damage to the vessel. CBS News' Elizabeth cook ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Onondaga County officials plan to pay $400,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former ...

A preliminary investigation found that up to nine correction officers may have contributed to Messiah Nantwi’s death, ...

Another semiconductor compnay is preparing to call central New York home. Onsemi has acquired the former NextGen Fab facility ...

A large police response closed parts of I-81 and I-481 in the Cicero area Friday, March 7.According to NY-511, the closure ...

New York Attorney General Letitia James has recused her office from investigating the alleged beating death of a 22-year-old ...

One person is in custody after an evening car chase that caused I-81 to shut down. The incident started around 7:15 p.m. on March 7 in the Town of Onondaga when ...

Onondaga County legislators voted to approve a local law that will allow private donors to make contributions to the aquarium ...

Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick will now lead as a special prosecutor in the investigation into the death of Messiah Nantwi, an inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility who died ...

The New York Attorney General’s Office is recusing itself from the investigation into the death of Messiah Nantwi, citing ...