Rochester

The city of Rochester, New York, is dealing with more trauma after a shooting at a backyard party killed two teenagers and injured 14 others

Mayor Lovely Warren delivered a brief press conference on Monday where she made major staffing changes within several city departments and called on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate Rochester’s role in the death of Daniel Prude.

The chief and deputy chief of the Rochester, NY Police Department retired abruptly Tuesday after days of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held him down with a hood over his head.

Protesters demonstrated outside Rochester’s police headquarters naked except for “spit hoods” in reference to the killing of Daniel Prude.

The mayor of Rochester says reforms are coming to the police department as community elders seek to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held a hood over his head

Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude last spring in Rochester, New York, have been suspended by the city’s mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circumstances of the fatal encounter

The mayor of Rochester says reforms are coming to the police department as community elders seek to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held a hood over his head

New York’s attorney general has moved to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude.

Seven Rochester, New York, police officers have been suspended with pay while authorities investigate their role in the death of 41-year-old Daniel Prude, who died in March after he was restrained by the police while experiencing an apparent mental breakdown. Video released by Prude’s family this week raised questions about what led to his death.

The man who suffocated after police in New York’s third-largest city put a “spit hood” over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother, his aunt said. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the…

A Rochester, New York, family is demanding justice after their brother, Daniel Prude, died as he was restrained by police during a mental health call. Footage released by Rochester police and provided to NBC by Prude’s family showed a part of what happened to Prude on March 30 before he died.

A Black man who had run naked through the streets of a western New York city died after a group of police officers put a hood over his head, then pressed his face into the pavement for two minutes, according to video and records released Wednesday by the man’s family.

Police in Rochester are trying to determine who ripped a statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass from its base on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches

Two controversial radio hosts in Rochester, New York, were fired after making racist comments on their show Tuesday, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper reported. During Tuesday’s show, Kimberly Ray, of “Kimberly and Beck” on 95.1 FM, asked if the black men involved in the attack of a woman Saturday night were acting “N-word-ly.” The hosts were referring to a video of...

Matchbox cars, the coloring book and the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering have been inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. The newest honorees debuted decades ago but occupy store shelves even today.

Robert Forster, the handsome and omnipresent character actor who got a career resurgence and Oscar nomination for playing bail bondsman Max Cherry in “Jackie Brown,” died Friday. He was 78. Publicist Kathie Berlin said Forster died of brain cancer following a brief illness. He was at home in Los Angeles, surrounded by family, including his four children and partner Denise Grayson.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester was the first in New York to seek bankruptcy protection under the weight of new sexual misconduct lawsuits, but lawyers and church leaders say it may not be the last.

The smartphone is being considered for induction into the National Toy Hall of Fame this year in recognition of its impact on how people play and interact. The other finalists announced Wednesday are: Care Bears, the coloring book, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Jenga, Magic the Gathering, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox cars, My Little Pony, Nerf Blaster, Risk, and the top....

A New Hampshire mother will be allowed to keep her “PB4WEGO” vanity license plate thanks to Gov. Chris Sununu. The governor reached out to the Department of Motor Vehicles Wednesday and “strongly urged” them to let Gonic resident Wendy Auger keep the plate she’s had for 15 years.

A New Hampshire mom is putting up a fight after being told to surrender the vanity license plate she’s had for 15 years. This month, Gonic resident Wendy Auger got a letter from the Department of Motor Vehicles saying her plate “PB4WEGO” is in violation of state requirements. Auger says she’s just a mom with a useful motto.