Rochester

Two young men were fatally shot early Thursday in the halls of an apartment building in Rochester, bringing the number of homicides so far this year in New York’s fourth-largest city to the most since 1993. That year, there were 70 homicides recorded in total, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported. At least one of the men in Thursday’s crime...

The former Rochester police chief who was fired over his department’s handling of last year’s suffocation death of Daniel Prude announced Thursday he is running for Congress. La’Ron Singletary, who recently changed his registration from Democrat to Republican, is seeking to unseat two-term Democrat Joe Morelle in New York’s 25th Congressional District, which includes Rochester. “I stand before you...

Two men from the Rochester area have been charged in a federal indictment with pepper-spraying police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. According to court documents unsealed Wednesday, Cody Mattice, 28, and James Mault, 29, each face charges including engaging in physical violence with a deadly or dangerous weapon while in a restricted building. Prosecutors say photos…

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren agreed to resign shortly before her term ends as part of a deal to settle charges she violated campaign finance rules during her 2017 reelection campaign.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is scheduled to go on trial this week along with two associates on charges they broke campaign finance rules during her 2017 reelection campaign

A New York man was arrested and charged for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, and during a search of his home, investigators said they found an AR-15 rifle and three handguns. NBC New York’s Jonathan Dienst reports.

A woman is suing a New York fertility doctor, claiming he used his own sperm to secretly impregnate multiple patients — something she said she discovered when DNA genealogy tests revealed she had at least nine half-siblings.

Police say a man in his 80s is believed to have fatally shot an elderly woman inside a western New York nursing home before killing himself

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a police raid that allegedly turned up a rifle and pistol, and her 10-year-old daughter alone, in the home she shares with her husband.

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is facing criminal charges in connection with a May search of the home she shares with her husband

Local media report the Rochester Police Department has completed its internal investigation into the death of a Black man detained by officers on a city street

Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren, who ran for a third term while under indictment in a campaign finance case and under fire for her handling of a police killing, was defeated Tuesday in the Democratic primary

Two teenagers were shot Saturday, one fatally, while walking down a street in southwest Rochester

The husband of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is facing additional drug trafficking charges

A mayor in upstate New York whose past year has been marred by protests over police brutality and her indictment in a campaign finance case now faces a new crisis: Her husband is charged with being part of a cocaine distribution ring

State police troopers spent several hours searching the home of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren on Wednesday, saying it was part of a criminal investigation but disclosing no details. Troopers closed off the block around Warren’s home with police tape and could be seen taking items from the residence, according to video recordings by journalists at the scene. State Police...

Police in upstate New York released body camera footage Saturday in the fatal shooting of a passenger during a traffic stop. The Rochester Police Department released more than 40 minutes of footage in the Friday morning shooting, where an unidentified man in his 20s was shot and later died following a traffic stop. Rochester police were responding to reports of shots...

Rochester police officers fatally shot a man early Friday after seeing him brandish a handgun inside a car they had approached as part of an investigation into reported gunfire, authorities said

Newly released grand jury transcripts shed more light on why police officers who restrained Daniel Prude avoided criminal charges in his death.

A New York state trooper on Friday shot and wounded a man who authorities say threatened officers with a butcher’s knife as they tried to arrest him in Rochester for allegedly violating his parole