To most of the world, Russell Johnson was the Professor on Gilligan’s Island, the calm voice of reason in the middle of coconut radios, bamboo gadgets and endless rescue plans that never quite worked ...

John Burton, a California political leader, passed away at the age of 92, leaving behind a legacy of legislative achievement ...

Davey Johnson, who managed the legendary 1986 New York Mets to a World Series championship and later managed the Los Angeles Dodgers for two seasons, has died at the age of 82. Johnson died Friday at ...

Lena Lee Peiffer, 70, of Bethlehem, died March 2. Survivors: Son, Marvin Mason; siblings, Robert, Sandy, Joseph and Caroline Reed, Mabel Weaver; grandsons, James ...

Courageous and plucky with “absolutely killer style,” 8-year-old Cile Steward was a force of nature, her family says. It’s been two months since an entire summer’s worth of rain fell on July 4, ...

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has identified the man recovered from the Erie Canal on September 2, 2025, as Reginald L. Russell, 56, of Rochester. Russell was the passenger in a U-Haul truck that ...

Look at Dwight Howard as he stands to be inducted into basketball's Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday. His shoulders are cut from stone; the rest of his body follows suit. He ...

Today in Boston Celtics history, the team bought Willie Naulls' contract from the (then) San Francisco (now Golden State) Warriors in 1963. It was the last stint of a long career in the NBA for the ...

A federal bill that would ban swimming pools at residential day cares is set to be introduced this week, after a 20-month-old child drowned at a Bronx day care early last month. Congressman Ritchie ...

This afternoon (2 September 2025) the Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood “laid before parliament” the Sentencing Bill, the major piece of legislation intended to implement the findings of David Gauke’s ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago boating community is mourning the death of a man known simply by his nickname, “Captain Bill,” as police investigate his death as more than just a drowning. On Monday, the ...