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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website saying federal food aid will not go out Nov. 1, raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental […]
Hurricane Melissa intensified to Category 5 early Monday as it neared Jamaica. It’s forecast to dump up to 30 inches of rain on Jamaica there and bring a life-threatening storm surge. Melissa is forecast to make landfall on the island Monday night and Tuesday and cross southeastern Cuba and the Bahamas through Wednesday. Early Monday, […]
Even the joy of Halloween will cost more this year, with less chocolate than in years past. Expect more packages of tangy gummies, riding off a meteoric high last year. Your kid’s trick-or-treat bag may be filled with a lot of pumpkin-spice-filled-anything. And like last year, cocoa bean industry experts are expecting high price tags to […]
LL Cool J is among the impressive list of nominees for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class. Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, Pink, Sarah McLachlan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne are also on the list of pop, hip-hop, folk and rock innovators. Also on the ballot are Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin […]
The Season 7 premiere of Hulu’s “The Kardashians” previewed appearances from Rob Kardashian and Caitlyn Jenner, bickering between Khloé and Kourtney Kardashian and Kim Kardashian’s brain aneurysm scare. The latter, the socialite says in the clip, may be caused by her stress amid the aftermath of her divorce from the rapper formerly known as Kanye West. She is seen going through […]
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier have been arrested as part of a pair of wide-ranging investigations related to illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities announced Thursday. Billups and Rozier were among a total of 34 people arrested. The arrests were the result of a yearslong investigation […]
Turkeys aren’t known for flying but their prices are soaring ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. A September outlook report from the United States Agriculture Department estimates that wholesale prices for frozen turkeys will be $1.32 per pound this year, a 40% increase from 2024’s average of $0.94 per pound. The wholesale price is what retailers pay to buy […]
Rochester City Council voted Tuesday in favor of appropriations, loans and tax incentives for local development projects to provide affordable housing — while redeveloping an old building that had become a downtown eyesore and creating a new branch of the public library. Among them: Cain Properties’ redevelopment of the old Hotel Cadillac on Chestnut Street […]
Aqua Porter, who has dedicated her post-retirement years to fighting systemic poverty in Greater Rochester, has been honored as a Woman of Distinction by the New York State Senate. Porter is executive director of the Rochester Monroe Anti-Poverty Initiative. She spent 36 years at Xerox as a mechanical engineer before joining RMAPI in 2020. Sen. Samra Brouk (D-Rochester) nominated Porter for the honor. […]
If you’ve checked your mail lately, you might have noticed something new: a check from New York State. It’s part of a one-time payment meant to give taxpayers some breathing room as prices continue to rise as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, the state has sent out about four million of […]
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