I got my first American Girl doll when I was four years old. My grandma had gifted me a Josefina Montoya doll for Hanukkah. I ...

Children of the ’80s and ’90s will remember American Girl dolls as a cultural phenomenon, but did you know their creator has roots in Central New York? Pleasant Rowland, the visionary behind ...

A missing nurse, 31, from Western New York has been found dead in Hungary this week, with one man arrested in connection to ...

The American Girl doll, a beloved icon in the toy industry, has been capturing the hearts of children and collectors alike ...

A Western New York native from Fredonia who went missing in Budapest was killed earlier this week, Hungarian police said.

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