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Mayor Malik Evans announced plans to take legal action against the automakers over their failure to install immobilizing technology, resulting in a wave of car thefts.
The suit, filed by a former Democrat and Chronicle editor and content strategist who is white, seeks class action status.
The “hub and spoke” stroke-treatment network that remotely connects a far-flung group of hospitals to Strong Memorial Hospital might be the most extensive of its type in the state.
Climate Solutions will hold a summit for the Genesee-Finger Lakes region today and tomorrow.
Frederick Douglass’ descendants hope to inspire healing and reconciliation with a new downtown ‘home’ for the 19th century orator, writer and activist—the Frederick Douglass Museum Center for Knowledge, Equality and Justice.
Most children raised in cities and suburbs have no hands-on understanding of where their food comes from, unless we show them. Growing your own wheat—and other field crops—in your backyard is one way to give them that knowledge.
La Madonna Della Strada, an organization started by Sister Grace Miller and her supporters, seeks to create a new center for unhoused services.
New research sheds some light on questions like these: Are e-cigarettes better or worse than cigarettes and should we tax or subsidize them?
The “math rock/post-punk” band releases its first album, “Beggar’s Pitch,” through Sad Cactus Records today.
Plans for two religious sites on the University of Rochester campus, in the works since 2015, are opposed by some students who have raised questions of exclusion, land use and urgent housing needs.
In the 1918 influenza outbreak, Rochester responded quickly and effectively. But after the restrictions were lifted, more people got sick and died of the flu than during the height of the pandemic.
The move is a bid to leverage talent at RIT and UR to help non-technical founders in jumpstarting new businesses and economic growth.
The eye-health unit of Bausch Health Cos., which employs 1,100 locally, might be sold to a private equity firm or spun off.
The National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge is home to a research facility and the largest undisturbed area —with forests, meadows, and lakes—in the intensely developed Baltimore-Washington corridor.
Common Ground Health has launched a speakers bureau to combat misconceptions and ensure that everyone eligible to be vaccinated gets a shot.
The Community Justice Initiative is focused on stopping racial violence, uplifting the African-American community.
Local restaurateurs whose businesses have survived the pandemic look ahead with cautious optimism.
Three local experts will discuss the rapidly-evolving technology and what it could mean for the Rochester region.
As Heidi Zimmer-Meyer prepares to step down as RDDC president, her optimism about the potential of the center city is undiminished.
There’s good news about first-time claims for jobless benefits in the Rochester region—and reason for caution, too.
Faced with an April 1 deadline, City Council voted 5-3 Monday despite last-minute changes by the Warren administration.
With all large gatherings on hold, All Occasions Catering & Events Planning was ready to switch from special events to providing everyday meals for Rochester General Hospital medical residents.
Corporation Counsel Tim Curtin has been accused of misrepresentations designed to block the release of details of Daniel Prude’s death.
Led by new Music Director Andreas Delfs, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra must navigate a world altered by the pandemic and heightened awareness of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities.