Accidents and Emergencies

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (648+ words) On Sept. 11, 2001, the world changed forever. In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks that rocked the country, communities across the nation looked for ways to respond to the tragedy and support one another. In East Tennessee, solidarity and healing took…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (410+ words) (The Center Square) – Sept. 11, 2001, marked the largest loss of firefighter life in a single incident in recorded history. The New York City Fire Department lost 340 firefighters and fire officers, two paramedics and Chaplain Father Mychal Judge on the day of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (120+ words) ROCHESTER — Roughly 8,000 customers are without power in Rochester on Wednesday morning, according to Rochester Public Utilities. At 7:07 a.m., 7,970 customers were affected by 59 outages, the RPU Outage map reports, spread around Rochester. RPU has three active crews out and has restored…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) Officials said there were no reports of any serious injuries. Weather service crews were going to view the Delaware and Long Island damage on Friday to determine the strengths and paths of the tornadoes. Dover Mayor Robin Christiansen said a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (124+ words) A 39-year-old Rochester woman died Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle on North Clinton Avenue, according to the Rochester Police Department. Officers responded to the 200 block of North Clinton Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, for a report of a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (735+ words) New Yorkers are more likely than Americans overall to say extreme weather damaged their communities over the past year, according to new Gallup polling that shows the Northeast among the parts of the country reporting the greatest impacts. Forty-three percent…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (649+ words) Nearly four in 10 Americans say extreme weather damaged their community during the past year, a finding that carries particular relevance in New York as the state deals with heavier rainfall, more frequent heat waves and repeated severe-weather events. A new…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (276+ words) Updated on: August 17, 2026 / 10:33 AM EDT / CBS New York Amtrak is reopening an East River Tunnel line in New York that underwent major renovations after being damaged by Hurricane Sandy back in 2012. Line 2 will reopen Monday, marking the end of part…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (135+ words) Rochester, N.Y. — Police are investigating the death of a patient at a nursing home in Charlotte. Captain Greg Bello said the Rochester Police Department responded to Waterview Heights Rehabilitation & Nursing Center around 6:30 a.m. Monday for a report that a patient fell…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (151+ words) A Rochester man was taken to the hospital Friday morning after his vehicle collided with an American Medical Response ambulance, according to Rochester police. The crash happened at about 5:54 a.m. near South Clinton Avenue and Woodbury Street. Police said the ambulance…...