Rochester's first murder, 182 years ago, is still somewhat of a mystery today. "All these people who lived in that neighborhood heard the shot -- including his wife -- and never went outside to look at see what happened," said Aprille Byam, creator of "

As the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival continues this week, eight of Rochester's leading actresses will take the stage to portray 22 different women exploring universal themes such as grief, motherhood, dating, and survival. "Between Silences" is an

(AP & WXXI News) U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred were among the inductees at the National Women's Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Class of 2019 inducted into the hall in Seneca Falls also

The National Women’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony is Saturday. Attorney Gloria Allred, will be recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer for women’s rights. She is known for often taking on controversial and high-profile cases. Allred says she’s grateful

Singer-songwriter Eddie Money has died after a battle with cancer at the age of 70. He died Friday in Los Angeles. Money, who was one of the top selling rock stars of the 70s and 80s, was in Rochester early last year. That’s because this was the location

The late Congresswoman Louise Slaughter will be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Hall of Fame calls Slaughter a local and national leader whose work for women and for all Americans continues to shape our lives. Slaughter

He was a Southern black man who helped shape American music in the late 1920s. He moved to Rochester, gave up music and lived in obscurity for two decades before he was re-discovered during the mid-1960s blues and folk revival. He resumed his career,

Sufian Zhemukhov immigrated to the United States from Russia in 2010 to pursue his work. He's an associate research professor at George Washington University and teaches European history and Russian history at the University of Maryland. He said

The Rochester Fringe Festival is underway, and one event takes you out of the center of the city and back in time. The Memory Palace's on-site listening experience at High Falls revisits the story of Sam Patch, the famous daredevil who is perhaps most

The first hearing of a state commission to implement a public campaign finance system for New York's elections was overshadowed by the issue of whether to end fusion voting, which allows candidates to run on multiple ballot lines. Critics of the proposal