Ryan McMahon and the Friends of the Onondaga County Aquarium will now accept and distribute donations for the controversial project in Syracuse's Inner Harbor.

Doctor Sarah Loguen Fraser, daughter of the Underground Railroad, went on to earn her medical degree in 1876 and became Syracuse University Medical College's first African-American women doctors.

Warming temperatures mean more people venturing out and the return of ticks and the diseases they carry.

Corrections officers received notices Saturday warning that strikers would have their health insurance coverage cancelled for them and their families effective Monday. State officials said they had done what they legally could by issuing a tentative prison strike deal before resorting to terminations and civil contempt charges.

The NYCLU says yes, and may be violating the state's Open Meetings Law. Chair of the common council's public safety committee says there's no formal advisory committee yet. And when there is, its work will be done publicly.

Mercedes Christopher wants corrections officers to accept the prison strike deal so that her son, who was allegedly attacked by incarcerated people and guards, can get medical care. But she's torn: He's in solitary confinement. Will the deal keep him in there for longer?