Daniel Prude
Voters place their marked ballots in scanners at Frank McCourt High School, in New York, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators will be on the ballot, along with other municipal offices. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Last votes being cast across New York in party primaries

Jun. 22, 2021 03:12 AM EDT

In this Sept. 2020 photo, Crisis Worker Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), Sara Stroo, left, and Crisis Worker Laurel Lisovskis with CAHOOTS, a mental health crisis intervention program, take a moment before heading out on an evening shift in Eugene, Ore. When police respond to a person gripped by a mental health or drug crisis, the encounter can have tragic results. Now a government health program will help communities set up an alternative: mobile teams of practitioners trained in de-escalating such potentially volatile situations. (William Holderfield via AP)
Feds fund mental health crisis teams to stand in for police

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Apr. 23, 2021 12:25 PM EDT

FILE — In this Sept. 3, 2020 file photo, Joe Prude, brother of Daniel Prude, right, and his son Armin, stand with a picture of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y. Newly released transcripts show that a grand jury investigating the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude last year in Rochester, New York, voted 15-5 to clear the three officers involved in his restraint of a criminally negligent homicide charge sought by prosecutors. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
State's own expert told grand jury police didn't kill Prude

By Michael R. Sisak Apr. 16, 2021 03:51 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 05:44 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Feb. 24 The Democrat &...

Rochester mayor seeks 3rd term despite fraud charges

Jan. 10, 2021 09:42 AM EST
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren announced her reelection campaign in a video that touts her record leading the western New York city of...

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, U.S. Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., poses at her campaign headquarters in New Hartford, N.Y. Tenney is vying to reclaim her seat in Congress from U.S. Rep. Anthony Brindisi, the Democrat who ousted her by fewer than 4,500 votes two years ago(AP Photo/Heather Ainsworth, File)
Will history repeat itself in 2 congressional rematches?

By Marina Villeneuve Oct. 26, 2020 07:32 AM EDT

Police markers spread across the street to mark areas for police to collect evidence after a fatal shooting during a backyard house party on Pennsylvania Avenue near Sixth Street, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, in Rochester, N.Y. Gunfire at a backyard party killed several people and wounded multiple others early Saturday in Rochester, a city roiled in recent weeks by outrage over the police suffocation death of Daniel Prude. (Tina MacIntyre-Yee/Democrat & Chronicle via AP)
Deadly party shooting adds new layer to Rochester's grief

Sep. 19, 2020 05:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2017 photo, Dallas Police Chief U. Reneé Hall talks during an applicant processing event at police headquarters in Dallas. Hall resigned Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, following concern from the mayor and city council members over her leadership and the department's handling of recent protests. A city spokeswoman says Chief Hall will step down on Nov. 10. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Dallas' police chief resigns, will stay through end of year

By Jake Bleiberg Sep. 08, 2020 07:07 PM EDT