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Kristen Cox Roby, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 12:14 pm UTC Jun. 16, 2021 Kristen Cox Roby, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 12:14 pm UTC Jun. 16, 2021 Note: This is the fifth and final installment of Learning Curve, a year-long series of stories following six families whose children are attending public schools across New York state during the pandemic. Start from the beginning here. Last fall, six families opened their laptops, opened their homes, and invited us in for an intimate, unflinching look at a school year like no other. For them — as for students and f...

Eighty years after he was laid to rest, Lou Gehrig's Westchester grave could soon see more visitors, thanks to Lou Gehrig Day across baseball.

USA TODAY NETWORK Reenah Golden remembers people taking shelter in a church after hours of marching and protesting the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man suffocated while being restrained by Rochester police officers last year. Months later, Golden said the chemical dispersants and other tactics come to mind when she saw law enforcement’s response to President Donald Trump supporters marauding the U.S. Capitol, one of American democracy’s most hollowed spaces. Egged on by Trump, the mob broke through police lines at the Capitol. Rioters were then seen waving flags in the building, sitti...

.Peter Carr/The Journal News I spent April 3 photographing COVID testing preparations. The health-care center had painted lines 6 feet apart and the staff had PPE, before masks were in wide public use. On the drive home, in Blauvelt, I saw a circle of women standing in the rain. I stopped and, when I got close, saw they were reciting the Rosary. After their last "Amen," they walked back to their houses. Their church, St. Catharine's Church, had been closed by the coronavirus, one told me. Their quiet prayer in the rain under towering trees was a stark contrast to the health center where t...