Rochester
Decision day looms in NY party primaries

Jun. 21, 2021 10:26 AM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The final votes are set to be cast Tuesday in New York's party primaries, where mayors, prosecutors, judges and city and county legislators...

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott looks on during NFL football practice in Orchard Park, N.Y., Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)
The Latest: Bills to stay in Buffalo again for training camp

By The Associated Press Jun. 07, 2021 02:19 PM EDT

Minnesota community vaccination sites now taking walk-ins

May. 07, 2021 03:09 PM EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vaccine-eligible Minnesotans can walk in for a COVID-19 shot without an appointment at the state’s Community Vaccination Program...

Pandemic rules to loosen at amusement parks, road races

May. 07, 2021 09:22 AM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Fans of amusement parks and road races in Massachusetts are among those who can begin enjoying loosened pandemic restrictions starting Monday. ...

Animal Crossing among 4 inductees to Video Game Hall of Fame

May. 06, 2021 10:39 AM EDT
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday inducted the groundbreaking Microsoft Flight Simulator, franchise-inspiring Where in the...

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

This image from video shows Sherry Vill during a Zoom news conference with attorney Gloria Allred, not pictured, Monday, March 29, 2021. Vill, 55, from upstate New York, said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo forcibly grabbed her face and kissed at her home during a visit to inspect area flood damage in 2017, in what Vill felt was a "highly sexual manner." He kissed her cheek again outside her home in a "very aggressive manner," Vill said. (AP Photo)
Woman says Gov. Cuomo forcibly kissed her cheeks in 2017

By Marina Villeneuve And Michael Hill Mar. 29, 2021 05:04 PM EDT

CVS Health, Goodrich join pharmacies administering vaccine

Mar. 13, 2021 12:21 PM EST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz announced Saturday that CVS Health and Goodrich Pharmacy have been added to the expanding network of pharmacies...

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2020 file photo, the new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, waves after he was sworn in at the Kuwaiti National Assembly. Kuwait said Thursday, March 4, 2021, that the 83-year-old ruling emir of Kuwait has flown to the United States for medical checks, just months after ascending the throne. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg, File)
Kuwait says its ruling emir flies to US for medical checks

Mar. 04, 2021 08:43 AM EST

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 &...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 photo, a health care worker, left, screens a person who waited in line at a COVID-19 vaccination site at CitiField, in the Queens borough of New York. Some New Yorkers are driving hours to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they are unable to find appointments closer to home through a state website. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Some New Yorkers traveling hours away from home for vaccine

By Marina Villeneuve Feb. 16, 2021 04:41 PM EST

Second grader Cody Yang spreads out his arms as he practices socially distancing while standing in the hallway Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021 at Park Brook Elementary School in Brooklyn Park, Minn. About 100 students in prekindergarten to second grade returned to school for in-person learning. (Christine T. Nguyen/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
Plan to strip Walz of power to close schools passes 1st test

By Steve Karnowski Feb. 03, 2021 03:29 PM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 file photo, a nursing home staff member receives a COVID-19 vaccine by a CVS pharmacist at Harlem Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, a nursing home facility in the Harlem neighborhood of New York. Nursing homes in parts of New York hit worst by this winter's COVID-19 surge say they're struggling to find enough staff as workers have gotten sick or needed to quarantine. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
Nursing homes struggle with staffing amid outbreaks

By Marina Villeneuve Jan. 26, 2021 10:13 AM EST

Get vaccinated, Cuomo urges worshipers at 3 Black churches

Jan. 24, 2021 02:16 PM EST
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo urged worshipers at three churches serving largely Black congregations to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as...

NY high school graduation rate rises after school closures

Jan. 14, 2021 05:36 PM EST
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s high school graduation rate improved slightly following the shift to remote learning and cancellation of Regents exams, the...

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...

Victor Flores, 66, a third-generation owner of a gift shop, sweeps the steps of his store on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Millions of business owners are about to get additional help as they weather the coronavirus outbreak. The Small Business Administration and the Treasury Department are reviving the Paycheck Protection Program five months after its first two rounds of funding ended. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
More coronavirus relief on the way for small businesses

By Joyce M. Rosenberg Jan. 08, 2021 03:01 AM EST

Assemblyman among 15 arrested at Rochester eviction protest

Dec. 19, 2020 09:10 AM EST
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — At least 15 people were arrested, including a state assemblyman, at an eviction protest Friday night, Rochester police said. ...

From left, North Memorial Systems Director of Pharmacy Services Paul Krogh, Chief Administrative Officer Samantha Hanson, Vice President of Operations Steve Horstmann and CEO Dr. Kevin Croston took a moment, in silence, and looked at the box containing 975 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine which just arrived at North Memorial Health Hospital, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Robbinsdale, Minn. (Aaron Lavinsky/Star Tribune via AP, Pool)
VA hospital nurse is first to receive COVID-19 shot in MN

Dec. 15, 2020 10:17 AM EST

In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 photo provided by the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Cuomo holds a press briefing on the coronavirus in the Red Room at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. During the news conference, Cuomo predicted a "tremendous spike" in COVID-19 cases after Thanksgiving as he pleaded with people not to be lulled into a false sense of safety over the holiday. (Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)
NY to open emergency hospital on Staten Island as cases rise

By Marina Villeneuve Nov. 23, 2020 02:24 PM EST