State News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - An upstate New York family is in shock after winning a car dealer's nine-car giveaway.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A 20-year-old woman charged with smothering her infant daughter in April 2008 pleaded not guilty in a New York court after being returned from North Carolina on a fugitive warrant.

LeeAnn Wimmers was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge late Thursday afternoon in Oneida County. The name of her lawyer was not immediately available.

She's accused of killing four-month-old Daniella Sapienza. Police say Wimmers smothered the baby to stop her from crying.

Wimmers was living just north of Utica in Deerfield at the time of the baby's death, which she claims was the result of a sleeping disorder.

Wimmers moved to Asheville, N.C., in December. She waived her right to an extradition hearing.

Wimmers is due back in court on July 10th.

 

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says he's planning to withhold pay for state senators until a court requires him to release the funds or there's a resolution of the leadership struggle that has paralyzed the Senate for weeks.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Since New York's senators stopped passing legislation and started passing insults, they've cost taxpayers at least $94,400 for staying in Albany during their protracted power struggle.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser for New York Rep. Carolyn Maloney, who is challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in New York's Democratic primary.

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) - A body recovered from the upper Hudson River has been tentatively identified as the remains of a U.S. Navy sailor who disappeared swimming in the treacherous, rain-swollen waters.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) - A 20-year-old woman charged with smothering her infant daughter in April 2008 will appear in a New York court for the first time since being returned from North Carolina on a fugitive warrant.

FBI agents have raided a pair of multimillion-dollar Buffalo-area homes owned by a hedge fund firm from Cleveland.

NEW YORK (AP) - Visitors to a Staten Island park stumbled on a grisly scene twice this week: a mutilated animal wrapped in a white sheet.

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - A pair of new exhibits opening tomorrow at the New York State Military Museum feature depictions of the colorful uniforms worn by soldiers generations ago, as well as images from the Civil War, the Second World War and the Korean War.