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Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner, and Miranda July are among the fiction nominees for the 2024 National Book Awards. Everett’s novel James, a retelling of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has received critical acclaim. Kushner’s Creation Lake, an innovative thriller, and July’s All Fours, which explores middle age, are also contenders. The National Book […]
Wendy Stone, a 63-year-old woman from Rochester, has been arrested and charged with unlawfully concealing her boyfriend Kenneth Crisman’s body and continuing to collect his social security benefits after his death. Crisman died on December 28, 2022, but Stone did not report his death. Instead, she allegedly moved his body to the basement, placing it […]
Kendrick Lamar surprised fans by releasing a new, untitled five-minute track on Instagram. The post included only the song’s audio and a picture of Nike shoes, with no caption or further details. This unexpected release came just days after Lamar announced that he will headline the Super Bowl LIX halftime show in February 2025, set […]
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame musician Jon Bon Jovi helped prevent a potential tragedy on the Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge in Nashville. While filming a music video on the bridge, Bon Jovi and a video production assistant encountered a woman standing on the ledge. The assistant began talking to the woman, and Bon Jovi slowly […]
Mark Anson, the Assistant Superintendent for Instruction in the East Irondequoit Central School District, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly displaying a gun during a roadside incident in Webster, New York. According to New York State Police, the incident began as a vehicle and traffic complaint on Route 104 and continued onto Boston Road. Anson, […]
Marcy Borders, often remembered as the “Dust Lady” from a famous 9/11 photograph, was much more than the iconic image that captured her covered in ash after escaping the North Tower of the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, Borders, a 28-year-old legal assistant, survived the attacks but struggled with the trauma for years. […]
Voicemails played a poignant role during the 9/11 attacks, as overloaded cellphone networks left many victims’ last messages to their loved ones in the form of voicemails. In honor of the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, NPR set up a phone booth in Brooklyn Bridge Park, inviting people to leave voicemails for those […]
The Rochester Harvest Moon Festival is returning for its second year, celebrating Asian and Pacific Islander heritage in the Greater Rochester area. Organized by APAPA Rochester, the family-friendly event will take place on September 21, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Pittsford Grain Tower parking lot. Sungmin Shin, APAPA’s interim president, shared […]
D’Angelo is currently working on his first album in nearly a decade, according to his longtime collaborator Raphael Saadiq. During a recent appearance on the “Rolling Stone Music Now” podcast, Saadiq shared that the Virginia singer and songwriter is in a great creative space and excited about his new music. D’Angelo is reportedly working on […]
The Polaris Dawn mission, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, aims to conduct the world’s first commercial spacewalk. Four astronauts, including mission commander Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, have trained extensively to prepare for the risks of spacewalking. If successful, Isaacman and Gillis will exit their Dragon capsule to float […]
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