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October 14, 2020 at 1:55 pm

Month after mass shooting, Rochester seeks answers, suspects

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — It's the big question looming over one of this year's bloodiest mass shootings: Who opened fire at a crowded house party...

October 5, 2020 at 9:12 am

Rochester mayor pleads not guilty in campaign finance case VIEW

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, who has faced calls to resign over her city’s handling of the suffocation death of Daniel Prude...

October 2, 2020 at 11:34 am

Rochester mayor indicted in campaign finance probe

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren was indicted Friday on charges she broke campaign finance rules and committed fraud during her reelection campaign three years ago, adding...

Kindergarten student Katalina Vidal holds her father’s hand as she waits to enter PS 179 elementary school in the Kensington neighborhood, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Hundreds of thousands of elementary school students are heading back to classrooms Tuesday as New York City enters a high-stakes phase of resuming in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) NYML108 NYML108

September 30, 2020 at 10:04 pm

In NYC and LA, returning pupils face battery of virus tests VIEW

The two largest school districts in the U.S. are rolling out ambitious and costly plans to test students and staff for the coronavirus, bidding to...

September 20, 2020 at 10:00 pm

For most NYC students, back to school but not the classroom VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Monday’s return to New York City schools wasn't the one anyone planned for. For most, it wasn't a return at all....

September 4, 2020 at 5:39 am

Signs of trouble before police pinned Prude naked on street VIEW

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Daniel Prude appeared to be spiraling into crisis in the hours before police handcuffed him on a city street in March,...

September 3, 2020 at 4:57 am

Mayor suspends officers involved in man’s suffocation death VIEW

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude in Rochester, New York, were suspended Thursday by the city's...

Students are seen gathering on the Syracuse University quad Wednesday. The school has issued suspensions to 23 students in the gathering’s wake. College officials announced the disciplinary action late Thursday. (Walter Freeman / The Associated Press)

August 21, 2020 at 10:06 am

Syracuse students suspended in latest crackdown by colleges VIEW

Social media has been filled with such gatherings in recent weeks as college students make their way back to campuses nationwide.

Liam Hunter holds a rooster at the Family Horse Academy where his mother Timea Hunter is hoping to organize education for a group of children during the coronavirus pandemic, Friday, July 31, 2020, in Southwest Ranches, Fla. Confronting the likelihood of more distance learning, families across the country are turning to private tutors and “learning pods” to ensure their children receive some in-person instruction. The arrangements raise thorny questions about student safety, quality assurance, and inequality. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) FLLS204 FLLS204

August 4, 2020 at 4:44 am

Parents unhappy with school options assemble learning ‘pods’

As the pandemic has clouded hopes of reopening schools nationwide, parents who want more than remote instruction have been scrambling to hire tutors and private...

July 23, 2020 at 9:47 am

NY lawmakers vote to pause facial recognition in schools

The New York Legislature has passed a two-year moratorium on the use of facial recognition in schools. The ban approved by the House and Senate...