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Rochester residents are wrongly receiving E-ZPass charges from NYC due to license plate duplication with NY State Police vehicles. Some vehicles, like one owned by a Monroe County resident, share the same “1M” plates as state troopers in Manhattan. The MTA has begun reversing charges, but new victims keep emerging. State Senator Jeremy Cooney is […]
Amid falling consumer sentiment and widespread affordability concerns, a new Bank of America Institute analysis found that nearly one in four households is living paycheck to paycheck. The good news is that the increase in those living paycheck to paycheck is slowing. But the data showed lower-income folks are falling further behind. Around 24% of households are now living […]
Cardi B is officially a mom of four. The 33-year-old rapper welcomed a baby boy with NFL star and boyfriend Stefon Diggs, Cardi’s rep confirmed to TODAY.com on Nov. 13. No additional information was shared at this time. The news comes after she posted an Instagram video of herself strutting to her song “Hello.” In the caption, […]
Five suspects were arrested early Thursday after breaking into more than 100 vehicles in Monroe County. Starting around 4 a.m., police received numerous reports of vehicle larcenies. Deputies located the suspects’ vehicle in Perinton and pursued it until it stopped near Green Ridge and Green Valley roads. Drone and K-9 units were then used to […]
A century-old eight-inch water main broke early Tuesday at Culver Road and Meredith Street in northeast Rochester, releasing about 2 million gallons of water. The incident left 36 customers without water and flooded around 10 basements. City officials are investigating why it took more than three hours for crews to respond. 2 million gallons of […]
The penny appears to have run out of luck. The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia pressed its last circulating penny on Wednesday, after President Trump earlier this year directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new one-cent coins, citing the rising cost of production. So, what will companies do if they’re short on change? Here’s what several major chains and retailers told […]
President Donald Trump signed a government funding bill Wednesday night, ending a record 43-day shutdown that caused financial stress for federal workers who went without paychecks, stranded scores of travelers at airports and generated long lines at some food banks. The shutdown magnified partisan divisions in Washington as Trump took unprecedented unilateral actions — including canceling […]
Allegations of misconduct have surfaced at the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office after Ezell Harris, owner of the Greater Rochester Area Mortuary Transport Service, reported that eyeballs were missing from a homicide victim. Harris said the victim was not an organ donor and spoke about the issue during a Monroe County Legislature meeting on Wednesday […]
Rochester Regional Health System has paused open enrollment after backlash over steep 2026 health insurance premium hikes. The new salary-based plans would raise some employee costs dramatically — from $6 to $64 per pay period for entry-level staff and from $355 to over $1,200 for higher-band family plans. The nurses’ union, RUNAP, says such increases […]
Wendy’s will close about 240–360 U.S. restaurants (around 4–6% of its locations) by the end of 2025 amid falling sales. Interim CEO Ken Cook said the move targets underperforming stores to strengthen the brand and improve franchise profitability after 4.7% same-store sales drop last quarter. Wendy’s to close hundreds of underperforming US locations – ABC News
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