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'Neighbors helping neighbors': Fundraiser & donation drive raises $1, 500 for families displaced by Clarkson fire
13+ hour, 22+ min ago (370+ words) BROCKPORT, N. Y. (WROC) " "Neighbors helping neighbors." That's the motto neighbors in Brockport and its surrounding communities chose to live by on Wednesday evening as they provided donations for families impacted by the Clarkson apartment complex fire a couple weeks ago. The…...
Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People and co-wrote "Y. M. C. A. ," dies at 74
23+ hour, 44+ min ago (507+ words) Willis was a musician-actor who, among other things, had appeared on Broadway in "The Wiz" when he decided to cash in on the disco craze in 1977 by joining a group made up of beefy, macho-looking guys dressed as a biker,…...
Trump will visit newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota's Badlands
22+ hour, 10+ min ago (947+ words) Saturday's official opening coincides with July Fourth celebrations honoring the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Trump is coming early to see the $450 million project, a boost for Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, a former governor of North…...
Ukrainian drone attacks on oil refineries plunge Russia into a summer fuel crisis
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (1219+ words) The lines are growing at Russian gas stations " and so is the frustration and uncertainty as several months of Ukrainian attacks have set oil refineries ablaze and choked supplies for motorists across the vast country. Fuel rationing has been introduced…...
NPR retracts article mistakenly reporting Justice Alito's retirement, citing misunderstanding
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (661+ words) National Public Radio on Tuesday reported, then quickly retracted, that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was retiring " a mistake by its veteran court reporter that prompted an apology from the news organization's executive editor and an entire column by its…...
Forecasters cite "dangerous" conditions as heat scorches Midwest while on its way to the East
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (595+ words) The National Weather Service was blunt: Conditions were "dangerous" as the heat index, a combination of air temperature and humidity, exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37. 8 degrees Celsius) in some areas. It warned about a risk for heat-related illnesses, especially among people without…...
Micron to deposit $250 into "Trump" 530 A accounts for every child in Central New York
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (399+ words) SYRACUSE, N. Y. (WSYR-TV) " Micron is promising to deposit $250 into "Trump" 530 A Accounts for every child in the five counties of Central New York. The counties included initially are Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, but Micron says it hopes to expand eligibility…...
The guilt is unbearable: Father confronts former friend who abused his daughter
2+ day, 16+ min ago (1798+ words) Content warning: This story contains details of child sexual abuse. BUFFALO, N. Y. (WIVB) " On May 27, Kevin Leatherbarrow faced the man who secretly produced pornographic images of his prepubescent daughter that circulated worldwide. This was not a stranger, either. The defendant in…...
Nearly a million New Yorkers could lose coverage as federal cuts and insurance red tape drain the system
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (1300+ words) ALBANY, N. Y. (NEXSTAR) " Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are losing their health insurance on July 1. Because the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 slashed subsidies, the state was forced to scale back the Essential Plan, a federally subsidized, state-run health…...
Self-exiled Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in US prison for fraud conviction
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (728+ words) Guo Wengui, who fled China a decade ago and reinvented himself as a U. S. -based Communist Party critic, was sentenced in a Manhattan courtroom packed with his supporters by Judge Analisa Torres. She said he "preyed on those seeking to bring…...