Daniel J. Cassavaugh

Fans of leaf-peeping in upstate New York will have a special opportunity to experience the splendor of fall from a new perspective this year. Amtrak will bring its only “dome” car to the Adirondack Route between Albany and Montreal for a few weeks.

Italy's top appeal court Tuesday overturned the acquittal of American Amanda Knox for the murder British student Meredith Kercher. Kercher died at 21 years old in an apartment she shared with Knox in Italy in 2007.

For the first time in nearly 600 years, the head of the Catholic Church is resigning. Pope Benedict XVI announced the decision in Latin in Rome early Monday morning.

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch died early Friday morning at the age of 88 after spending the last several months in and out of hospitals.

Update: We interviewed the store's owner. His comments appear below. Heading Due North, a gun and sporting-goods store in Norwich, New York, posted two photos to its Facebook page of signs in front of the store criticizing anyone who voted for President Barack Obama or New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The store is owned and operated by David Francis, who also signed a letter posted on the storefron

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, 65, has been hospitalized after doctors discovered a blood clot stemming from the concussion she sustained a few weeks ago, according to an Associated Press report.

After a grueling, nine-nation race, the Fabulous Beekman Boys -- Josh and Brent, of Sharon Springs -- won "The Amazing Race" and $1 million on Sunday night's finale.