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  • Jul 19, 2024 | wxxinews.org | Randy Gorbman |Max Schulte |Jeremy Moule

    An internet outage affecting Microsoft is disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies across the world and in the Rochester region. According to the Associated Press, problems are continuing hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing an issue affecting access to Microsoft 365 apps and services. Airlines in the United States, Europe, Australia and India were reporting problems, with some flights grounded. Retail outlets, banks, railway companies and hospitals in several parts of the world were also affected.

  • Apr 3, 2024 | wxxinews.org | Randy Gorbman |Max Schulte

    Two dozen journalists at the Democrat and Chronicle say that they are ready to walk off the job if the union that represents them cannot reach a contract settlement with the paper’s owner, Gannett, by 11:59 p.m. on Friday. The reporters, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, said that they have been without a contract since the last one expired in 2019.

  • Sep 1, 2023 | wxxinews.org | David Andreatta |Max Schulte

    A giant bronze statue of Prometheus, the Olympian rebel of Greek mythology, towered over the State University of New York at Brockport campus for 43 years. The statue, called “Light and Knowledge to the World,” stood 40 feet tall and was one of two sculptures given to the university by the U.S.S.R. to commemorate the university hosting the fifth International Special Olympics in August 1979. The games drew celebrities, from Muhammad Ali to Christopher Reeve, from around the world to Brockport.

  • Aug 3, 2023 | wxxinews.org | Randy Gorbman |Max Schulte

    The strike is on for unionized nurses at Rochester General Hospital. Nurses began walking the picket lines at 7 a.m. on Thursday. According to officials with Rochester Regional Health, talks with the hospital system and the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals, (RUNAP) ended late Wednesday afternoon. About 300 nurses were walking the picket line early Thursday morning.

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Lucas Day

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