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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was the subject of rumors Monday that he was about to resign or be fired. Instead, he was to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday to discuss his future. Rosenstein has a higher profile ...

When Rep. Chris Collins, R-Clarence, Erie County, was indicted on federal insider-trading charges, he quickly announced that he would not seek re-election in New York’s 27th Congressional District. The decision this week that not only will he remain on the ...

Voters in New York went to the polls Thursday to cast their votes in primary elections across the state, which provided a good reminder that New York is not an easy state in which to exercise your voting rights. New ...

Lean Start Up is the widely accepted methodology for launching entrepreneurial endeavors. It relies on a process known as “customer discovery” to determine what potential clients want, how they make decisions and what they are willing to do to obtain ...

Voters in New York went to the polls Thursday to vote in primaries to determine which candidates will appear on the ballot in the general election in November. There were primaries for the statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor and ...

Americans who follow stories in the media rightly believe that income inequality within the United States has been rising in the past few decades. It is also true that during this same time, economic globalization—which involves the free movement of ...

New York’s decision to invest the $127.7 million settlement it received from Volkswagen in clean vehicles is a welcome one. New York received the money as part of a national settlement resulting from Volkswagen installing devices in about 580,000 vehicles ...

Nike has announced that former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick will be the face of the company’s 30th anniversary “Just Do It” campaign. Kaepernick signed a deal with Nike while he was playing for the San Francisco 49ers, but the company ...

The Rochester region is a tremendous place to live and work for a variety of reasons, but many Rochesterians focus more on the negatives of living here than on the positives. Greater Rochester Enterprise, which works to attract new businesses ...

Awareness is rising worldwide about the scourge of ocean plastic pollution, from Earth Day 2018 events to the cover of National Geographic magazine. But few people realize that similar concentrations of plastic pollution are accumulating in lakes and rivers. One ...

The Buffalo Bills ended their 17-year playoff drought last season and then responded by trading the quarterback who helped them do so—Tyrod Taylor—to the Cleveland Browns. The Bills already had Nathan Peterman, whom they drafted in the fifth round in ...

Many areas of this country are, understandably, built to cater to the needs of cars ahead of anything else. After all, cars are how most people get around most often. It is good to see, though, that Rochester and Monroe ...

  As a lifelong Republican and a Republican County Committee member for over 50 years, I am alarmed by our president’s actions on foreign trade. His threats and statements about a trade war clearly indicate that he does not understand ...

It is one of the jobs of a free and independent press to work to hold elected officials accountable. As a result, there have been many politicians of all persuasions who have disliked the press. Some have disagreed with media ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent visit to the Great Meadow Correctional Facility highlights the need to crack down on prison contraband and improve safety. According to media reports, the governor has indicated he will release a prison reform plan in January. ...