Five-time Rochester felon caught with cocaine, fentanyl and $13K in Greece

A five-time convicted Rochester felon was arrested Tuesday in Greece after police say they found more than 200 grams of ...

US climber among 2 killed in fall on New Zealand’s highest peak

A U.S. climber was among two people killed in a fall on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, authorities said Wednesday. The men were part of a four-person ...

Prosecutors will retry man in death of Etan Patz, whose 1979 disappearance spotlighted missing kids

A notorious 1979 missing-child case will go to trial a third time after New York prosecutors vowed Tuesday to retry the man whose murder conviction was recently overturned in the ...

Felon in U.S. illegally arrested after firing ‘ghost gun’ in Irondequoit

A man police say is in the United States illegally and is a three-time convicted felon was arrested late Monday night after ...

X’s new feature raises questions about the foreign origins of some popular US political accounts

They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMY— or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they’re constantly ...

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro started on Tuesday to serve his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt designed to keep him in office after losing the ...

RCSD modernization plan gets $125M boost as phases move forward

The Rochester City School District’s long-delayed modernization effort is getting a major financial boost, with state lawmakers securing an additional $125 million to ...

Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution

The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the ...

DC Mayor Bowser announces she won’t seek fourth term, as Trump’s federal intervention continues

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced Tuesday that she will not be seeking re-election. Bowser has served three terms, none more tumultuous than the last year, when President ...

Slender Man attacker won’t fight extradition to Wisconsin after fleeing group home

The Wisconsin woman who won release from a mental institution after almost killing her sixth grade classmate in the name of horror villain Slender Man only to flee the state ...

Rams QB Matthew Stafford’s season could end up ranking among the best in NFL history

Matthew Stafford is having one of the best statistical seasons in NFL history. The 37-year-old quarterback has thrown 27 touchdowns since his most recent interception in Week 3. Overall, he has ...

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorder

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been released from a Chicago hospital where he was treated for a rare neurological disorder, his son said Tuesday. The 84-year-old civil rights ...