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Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges

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Salamanca woman jailed on murder, other charges

November 1, 2025

SALAMANCA — A city woman is facing murder and other felony charges after a death on River Street on Friday morning. The Salamanca Police Department re...

Massive sea creature caught on video for first time ever

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Massive sea creature caught on video for first time ever

Apr 16, 2025

(TNS) — It was about 100 years ago when a massive sea creature was first discovered, dead. Now, video of one very much alive has been captured. Accord...

Celebrate Earth Day in Rochester, Syracuse areas

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Celebrate Earth Day in Rochester, Syracuse areas

Apr 10, 2017

Abundance Food Co-OP Opens Earth Day April 22 South Wedge, 571 South Avenue At this retail co-op, owned by the shoppers, shareholders take part in dis...

Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis

Romanian Gypsy leader compares Sarkozy to Nazis

VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press Writer

Sep 09, 2010

COSTESTI, Romania (AP) — A Romanian Gypsy leader on Wednesday compared French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Romania's pro-Nazi wartime leader, followin...

Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006

Mexico: 28,000 killed in drug violence since 2006

Aug 04, 2010

MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Felipe Calderon said he would consider a debate on legalizing drugs Tuesday as his government announced that more than 28...

Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq

Obama salutes promised end of US combat in Iraq

JENNIFER LOVEN and JULIE PACE Associated Press Writers

Aug 02, 2010

ATLANTA (AP) — Nearing a milestone in the long and divisive Iraq war, President Barack Obama on Monday hailed this month's planned withdrawal of all U...

Former inmate recalls daring escape from Auschwitz

Former inmate recalls daring escape from Auschwitz

MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press Writer

Jul 21, 2010

NOWY TARG, Poland (AP) — With every step toward the gate, Jerzy Bielecki was certain he would be shot. The day was July 21, 1944. Bielecki was walking...

US defense chief arrives in S. Korea for talks

US defense chief arrives in S. Korea for talks

HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press Writer

Jul 21, 2010

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Monday in South Korea on a trip to underscore Washington's firm alliance with Se...

Chile’s Pinera turns from quake to crime-fighting

Chile’s Pinera turns from quake to crime-fighting

CARLA CANDIA Associated Press Writer

Jul 15, 2010

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Riding in a fake funeral procession with a hearse decorated with flower sprays and farewell messages, some 280 police officers ...

Clinton: US supports democratic forces in Georgia

Clinton: US supports democratic forces in Georgia

ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer

Jul 06, 2010

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday pledged U.S. support for Georgia, a former Soviet state recovering fr...

Vote shows Mexicans have little faith in any party

Vote shows Mexicans have little faith in any party

ALEXANDRA OLSON and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press Writers

Jul 05, 2010

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — After a Super Sunday of elections across Mexico that was widely seen as a test for the 2012 presidential race and the n...

Child rescued from Haiti rubble is orphaned again

Child rescued from Haiti rubble is orphaned again

RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press Writer

Jun 29, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Time was up, not 10 minutes into the visit. The social worker went to pull the 3-year-old orphan out of the arms of the w...

Mexico to press ahead with vote despite slaying

Mexico to press ahead with vote despite slaying

OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ,Associated Press Writer

Jun 29, 2010

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Mexican politicians vowed to press on with elections despite the assassination of the leading candidate for governor of...

10 alleged Russian secret agents arrested in US

10 alleged Russian secret agents arrested in US

PETE YOST and TOM HAYS Associated Press Writers

Jun 29, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has arrested 10 people who allegedly spied for Russia for up to a decade — posing as innocent civilians while trying to infi...

Vandals mar summit protests in Toronto

Vandals mar summit protests in Toronto

ROB GILLIES Associated Press Writer

Jun 27, 2010

TORONTO (AP) — Black-clad demonstrators broke off from a crowd of peaceful demonstrators protesting a global economic summit in Toronto on Saturday, t...

Leaders differ on how to nurture a global recovery

Leaders differ on how to nurture a global recovery

JEANNINE AVERSA and TOM RAUM AP Economics Writers

Jun 25, 2010

HUNTSVILLE, Ontario (AP) — President Barack Obama carried a fresh congressional victory on tighter U.S. financial rules Friday to a summit of world le...

Heroin trade a backdrop to Kyrgyz violence

Heroin trade a backdrop to Kyrgyz violence

PETER LEONARD Associated Press Writer

Jun 24, 2010

JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan (AP) — This Central Asian nation where ethnic violence exploded in the south this month sits on a heroin road that snakes from ...

Arrest near G-20 summit site

Arrest near G-20 summit site

ROB GILLIES Associated Press Writer

Jun 24, 2010

TORONTO (AP) — Police say they've made an arrest after searching a car and finding containers of gasoline and weapons near the G-20 summit site. Polic...

Reports: Fugitive drug lord surrenders in Jamaica

Reports: Fugitive drug lord surrenders in Jamaica

HOWARD CAMPBELL Associated Press Writer

Jun 24, 2010

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Reputed gang leader Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who eluded a bloody police offensive in his slum stronghold last month, surrend...

Brazil: Flooding kills 41 in northeast

Brazil: Flooding kills 41 in northeast

BRADLEY BROOKS Associated Press Writer

Jun 22, 2010

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Officials scrambled Tuesday to get food and medical aid to two flood-hit Brazilian states where torrents of water ripped through...

Iran bans 2 UN nuclear inspectors from entering

Iran bans 2 UN nuclear inspectors from entering

NASSER KARIMI Associated Press Writer

Jun 21, 2010

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tehran said Monday it had banned two U.N. nuclear inspectors from entering the country because they had leaked “false” information...