Rochester

The deeds in the town outside Rochester were originally written close to a century ago with the line, “No lot or dwelling shall be sold to or occupied by a colored person” — a common restrictive covenant at the time

Rochester, New York’s former police chief alleges the city’s mayor pressured him to lie about her handling of the police killing of Daniel Prude, which was kept from the public for six months, and that she fired him because he refused to do so.

The city of Rochester, New York, is dealing with more trauma after a shooting at a backyard party killed two teenagers and injured 14 others

Mayor Lovely Warren delivered a brief press conference on Monday where she made major staffing changes within several city departments and called on the U.S. Attorney’s Office to investigate Rochester’s role in the death of Daniel Prude.

 Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren fired the police chief and suspended her top lawyer and communications director Monday in the continuing upheaval over the suffocation death of Daniel Prude, a Chicago man who died after being taken into custody by Rochester police in March. Chief Le’Ron Singletary announced his retirement last week as part of a major shakeup of the...

An Indiana woman who plowed her pickup truck into four children, killing three of them as they crossed a two-lane highway to board their school bus was denied an appeal Monday, NBC affiliate WNDU reported. In December, Alyssa Shepherd, 25, of Rochester, Indiana, was sentenced to four years in prison as well as one year of house arrest and one…

The chief and deputy chief of the Rochester, NY Police Department retired abruptly Tuesday after days of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held him down with a hood over his head.

Protesters demonstrated outside Rochester’s police headquarters naked except for “spit hoods” in reference to the killing of Daniel Prude.

The mayor of Rochester says reforms are coming to the police department as community elders seek to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations over the March death of Daniel Prude, who lost consciousness after police held a hood over his head

The mayor of Rochester promised reforms are coming to the city’s police department as community elders sought to bring calmer minds to a fifth night of demonstrations Sunday over the March death of Daniel Prude, a Chicago man who lost consciousness after police held him down with a hood over his head. Mayor Lovely Warren announced at a news...

Seven police officers involved in the suffocation death of Daniel Prude last spring in Rochester, New York, have been suspended by the city’s mayor, who said she was misled for months about the circumstances of the fatal encounter

New York’s attorney general has moved to form a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude.

A lifelong friend of Daniel Prude, the Chicago man who died in police custody in Rochester, New York, after experiencing a mental health crisis, remembered the beloved father of five and called for change in wake of his death. Prude, 41, who was Black, died when he was taken off life support March 30. That was seven days after officers…

A lifelong friend of Daniel Prude, the Chicago man who died in police custody in Rochester, New York, after experiencing a mental health crisis, remembered the beloved father of five and called for change in wake of his death. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Daniel Prude appeared to be spiraling into crisis in the hours before police handcuffed him on a city street in March, then pinned the naked man face down

Seven Rochester, New York, police officers have been suspended with pay while authorities investigate their role in the death of 41-year-old Daniel Prude, who died in March after he was restrained by the police while experiencing an apparent mental breakdown. Video released by Prude’s family this week raised questions about what led to his death.

The man who suffocated after police in New York’s third-largest city put a “spit hood” over his head was the loving father of five adult children, had some mental health issues but was harmless, and had just arrived in Rochester for a visit with his brother, his aunt said. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the…

The brother of a man from Chicago who died days after an encounter with police in Rochester, New York earlier this year, voiced a desperate plea for justice on the same day the officers involved in his brother’s death were suspended. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports

The brother of a man from Chicago who died days after an encounter with police in Rochester, New York earlier this year, voiced a desperate plea for justice on the same day the officers involved in his brother’s death were suspended. Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the nickname “Rell,” died March 30 after he was...

The mayor of Rochester, New York, issued a public apology Thursday and seven police officers were suspended in relation to an incident in March in which a Black man from Chicago died after officers restrained him and placed him in a “spit hood.” Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family by the nickname “Rell,” died March 30 after…