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Tractor-trailer goes partly off the New York Thruway after accident

Mar. 14, 2024 19:28 PM EDT

HENRIETTA, N.Y. (AP) — A tandem tractor-trailer was left partly hanging over the edge of a New York State Thruway bridge Thursday after an accident. No serious injuries were reported. The eastbound FedEx tractor-trailer sideswiped a disabled vehicle on a stretch of...

Convicted New York killer freed on a technicality: Judge says he was held at the wrong prison

Feb. 14, 2024 16:01 PM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A man convicted for a 2015 killing in western New York has been freed and his indictment has been dismissed solely because he was held at the wrong prison according to an interstate law on detainees, a state judge has ruled. Terrence Lewis was released...

Editorial Roundup: New York

Feb. 01, 2024 07:18 AM EST

Albany Times Union. January 30, 2024. Editorial: Throw this watchdog a bigger bone The Commission on Judicial Conduct deserves more funding than Gov. Hochul proposed for it. The work of the Commission on Judicial Conduct is vital to the functioning and...

Monro: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot

Jan. 24, 2024 07:37 AM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Monro Muffler Brake Inc. (MNRO) on Wednesday reported earnings of $12.2 million in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Rochester, New York-based company said it had net income of 38 cents. Earnings, adjusted for...

A 4th person has died after fiery crash near western New York concert, but motive remains a mystery

Jan. 12, 2024 17:24 PM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A fourth person has died nearly two weeks after a driver crashed an SUV packed with gas cans near a crowd of New Year's concertgoers in western New York, but authorities said Friday they may never know the motive for what they call an intentional attack. ...

Police seek motive in fiery fatal crash in upstate New York; no terror link found

Jan. 02, 2024 18:27 PM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The driver who crashed an SUV loaded with gas cans outside a western New York concert venue appeared to have been aiming at a pedestrian crossing, but there’s no evidence of a terror motive in the fiery wreck that killed him and two ride-hail passengers on New Year’s...

Fiery New Year's Day crash kills 2, injures 5 following upstate NY concert, police investigating

Jan. 01, 2024 23:27 PM EST

ROCHESTER, New York (AP) — Police were investigating after a fiery two-vehicle collision killed two people and injured five others in Rochester, New York, early on New Year's Day, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 1 a.m. Monday as officers were directing traffic...

High school student revived with defibrillator after collapsing at New York basketball game

Dec. 21, 2023 12:12 PM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A western New York high school student was revived with an on-site defibrillator that's required under state law after collapsing during a junior varsity basketball game Wednesday, authorities said. Police in Rochester credited quick access to an automated...

Paychex: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Dec. 21, 2023 08:52 AM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Paychex Inc. (PAYX) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter net income of $392.7 million. The Rochester, New York-based company said it had profit of $1.08 per share. The results exceeded Wall Street expectations....

New York man who served 37 years in prison for killing 2 men released after conviction overturned

Dec. 19, 2023 20:11 PM EST

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — A New York man who served 37 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two people in the 1980s has been released from prison after his conviction was overturned. The Democrat and Chronicle reports Michael Rhynes left the Attica Correctional Facility on...