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• News10NBC Investigates: How scammers are using imposter fraud to rip off NYS DOL’s unemployment system

  01-07-2021 23:55
  
  $15 and 15 minutes, that’s what it takes to learn how to rip off New York State’s unemployment system.
  
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• Forest and park rangers in NY can now carry and administer epipens

  01-07-2021 23:49
  
  Forest and park rangers across New York will now be able to carry and administer epipens.
  
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• Greece Police searching for car after shootout on Lake Breeze Road

  01-07-2021 23:19
  
  Greece Police are searching for a car after they say there was a shootout on Lake Breeze Road Thursday afternoon.
  
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• News10NBC Investigates: AMR hoping to recruit more EMTs through 'Earn While You Learn’ program

  01-07-2021 23:08
  
  The shortage of EMTs and Paramedics is reaching a critical level.
  
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• AMR hoping to recruit more EMTs through 'Earn While You Learn’ program

  01-07-2021 23:08
  
  The shortage of EMTs and Paramedics is reaching a critical level.
  
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• Consumer Alert: When your kid’s birthday could cost you. Important info about your advance child tax credit

  01-07-2021 23:04
  
  Today's consumer alert concerns those times your kid's birthday could cost you.
  
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• Judge rules Mayor Warren's campaign finance case will not be thrown out

  01-07-2021 22:49
  
  A judge has ruled that the campaign finance case against Mayor Lovely Warren and two other defendants will not be thrown out.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Cooler, showery end to the work week

  01-07-2021 22:33
  
  A few scattered showers today with showers likely on Friday and Friday night. It does appear the showers will be clearing on Saturday and the stage is set for some mainly dry and wonderful weather on Sunday for the 4th.
  
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• Monroe County links horse tranquilizer to deadly overdoses

  01-07-2021 22:25
  
  Monroe County is warning residents that a deadly substance has been identified in street drugs and linked to recent fatal overdoses.
  
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• Party in the Park concert series returns in July

  01-07-2021 22:15 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The Rochester summer concert series Party in the Park returns July 14 with jam band Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, following last year's hiatus.After a year’s hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Five Star Bank Party in the Park joins the sudden summer crush of concert announcements, with nine dates at  Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park in downtown Rochester. The series opens with an unusual mid-week combo.…
  
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• Major donation to help Veterans Outreach Center renovate homeless shelter

  01-07-2021 22:12
  
  A major gift from a local couple will help the Veterans Outreach Center renovate and expand the Richard's House Homeless Shelter.
  
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• LuGia's asking for help after trucks vandalized, ice cream stolen

  01-07-2021 21:58
  
  LuGia's Ice Cream is asking for help after it says its ice cream trucks were vandalized and ice cream was stolen early Sunday morning.
  
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• Poll: Almost two-thirds of NY voters believe Cuomo shouldn't run for re-election

  01-07-2021 21:44
  
  Almost two-thirds of voters don’t think Gov. Andrew Cuomo should run again according to a new Siena College poll of registered New York State voters.
  
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• Trump Org, CFO plead not guilty to tax crime charges

  01-07-2021 20:32
  
  Lawyers for Donald Trump's company pleaded not guilty to tax crime charges Thursday, along with the Trump Organization's longtime finance chief.
  
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• City of Rochester announces return of 'Party in the Park'

  01-07-2021 19:36
  
  The City of Rochester Thursday announced the 25th edition of the concert series will return to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park beginning with a doubleheader performance on July 14 and July 15.
  
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• Ithaca College grad, Auburn native Locastro traded to Yankees

  01-07-2021 19:14
  
  Auburn native, and Ithaca College graduate Tim Locastro Thursday was traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the New York Yankees.
  
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• Firing upheld for officer who sought Breonna Taylor warrant

  01-07-2021 18:53
  
  The Louisville Metro Police Merit Board voted 4-0 on Wednesday to uphold the termination of Joshua Jaynes after hours of deliberation, news outlets reported.
  
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• Fairport Music Festival to return in August

  01-07-2021 18:01
  
  Organizers with the Fairport Music Fesitval Thursday announced the two-day event will back in August.
  
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• National Guard: Crew error led to Mendon helicopter crash that killed 3 soldiers

  01-07-2021 17:31
  
  National Guard Colonel Richard Goldenberg is expected to address the media during a news conference at the guard's aviation support facility at the airport.
  
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• National Guard: 'Procedural error' led to Mendon helicopter crash that killed 3 soldiers

  01-07-2021 17:28
  
  National Guard Colonel Richard Goldenberg is expected to address the media during a news conference at the guard's aviation support facility at the airport.
  
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• National Guard to give update in deadly Mendon helicopter crash

  01-07-2021 16:50
  
  National Guard Colonel Richard Goldenberg is expected to address the media during a news conference at the guard's aviation support facility at the airport.
  
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• After scrutiny, Premium Mortgage vows to boost loans to people of color

  01-07-2021 16:42 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The pledge follows a state Department of Financial Services investigation into Premium Mortgage and other lenders operating in Buffalo.A Rochester-based mortgage lender has pledged to invest $500,000 in loan incentives to homebuyers in historically-disadvantaged communities across upstate New York after coming under scrutiny for its lending patterns by state regulators. The move by Premium Mortgage follows a state Department of Financial Services report on mortgage lending practices in the Buffa
  
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• Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting restrictions

  01-07-2021 16:12
  
  The court reversed a lower court ruling in deciding that Arizona’s limits on who can return early ballots for another person and refusal to count ballots cast in the wrong precinct are not racially discriminatory.
  
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• NY minimum wage increased to $15 for fast-food workers

  01-07-2021 16:08
  
  The wage was previously bumped up to $14.50 for fast-food workers in areas outside New York City at the turn of the year.
  
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• Nature in the City art expo comes to Rochester Public Market

  01-07-2021 16:06 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The July 2 art expo Nature in the City aims to connect people to the natural world through visual art such as soil painting, music, and dance.The Rochester Public Market has long been a favorite community space for a direct, soil-to- stomach exchange between food growers and their customers. When the market hosts the first annual Nature in the City art expo on July 2, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. as part of Rochester’s First Friday activities, soil will again play a role in people’s nouri
  
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• First Alert Weather: Cooler days into the holiday weekend

  01-07-2021 15:33
  
  A few scattered showers today with showers likely on Friday and Friday night. It does appear the showers will be clearing on Saturday and the stage is set for some mainly dry and wonderful weather on Sunday for the 4th.
  
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• Trump Organization CFO surrenders ahead of expected charges

  01-07-2021 15:27
  
  New York prosecutors are expected to announce the first criminal indictment Thursday in a two-year investigation into Trump's business practices, accusing his namesake company and Weisselberg of tax crimes related to fringe benefits for employees.
  
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• Judge to consider plea deal in deadly 2018 limo crash

  01-07-2021 14:11
  
  The 2018 crash killed 20 people.
  
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• NCAA clears way for athlete compensation as state laws loom

  01-07-2021 13:31
  
  Nearly a half-million athletes could start earning money based on their fame and celebrity without fear of endangering their eligibility or putting their school in jeopardy of violating amateurism rules that have stood for decades.
  
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• Top Trump Organization executive surrenders ahead of expected charges on tax crimes

  01-07-2021 13:23
  
  Weisselberg was seen walking into the courthouse in lower Manhattan around 6:20 a.m. with his lawyer.
  
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• Judge denies Britney Spears' request to drop her father from conservatorship

  01-07-2021 13:14
  
  New court documents filed by the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday show that the judge has denied a months-old request by Spears attorney to remove her father, Jamie Spears, as her sole conservator of her $60-million estate.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Cooler days into the holiday weekend then heat and humidity return next week

  01-07-2021 12:39
  
  A few scattered showers today with showers likely on Friday and Friday night. It does appear the showers will be clearing on Saturday and the stage is set for some mainly dry and wonderful weather on Sunday for the 4th.
  
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• Fact Check: Smart Meters

  01-07-2021 12:00
  
  Over the next few years, RG&E and NYSEG will start installing smart meters in our homes, but it doesn't come without controversy. Some people claim they're a health hazard.
  
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• Driver pulled out of burning car after crashing into building in Rochester

  01-07-2021 11:50
  
  Rochester Police and the Rochester Fire Department went to the scene of a crash with a car on fire at the Times Square Building on Exchange Street around 2:45 a.m.
  
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• The new-look Photo City Music Hall is still a haven for punk, metal, and EDM

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Danny Nielsen took a risk in renovating Photo City Music Hall during the live-concert hiatus, but its reputation helped keep things afloat. Walking into the newly-renovated Photo City Music Hall, you get the feeling something is missing.…
  
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• Six Rochester restaurants that do vegetables right

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  In a city of great restaurants, vegetables are often an afterthought. But these six veggie-centric dishes stand out and sing supper.Rochester restaurants, from the upscale to the mom ‘n’ pop, have a vegetable  problem. Veggies may be on the menu, but they’re often a wilted, overcooked, unoriginal afterthought.…
  
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• On North Street, rocking horses of Puerto Rico prance freely

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Junior Rodriguez has cultivated an homage to rocking horses and other upcycled kitsch at his home on North and St. Jacob streets.For many people, Puerto Rico conjures images of pristine beaches and lush rainforests. When Zenobio Rodriguez Jr. recalls the Caribbean island of his youth, he sees horses.…
  
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• KING 20/20 rebrands himself on danceable new single ‘OFF IT’

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  After a stint as a rapper, KING 20/20 has discovered a sound of his own, with influences ranging from LCD Soundsystem to The Pixies. J. Edward Moss, aka KING 20/20, has spread his roots into every corner of the local arts scene.…
  
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• How far can you go by bike in 20 minutes?

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Reconnect Rochester’s 20 Minutes by Bike campaign is meant to encourage people to try taking short trips by bicycle.Brooke Fossey is used to helping people of all ages learn how to get around on their bikes. As the founder of Kidical Mass Pittsford, a group that grew into Flower City Family Cycling, she’s organized family-friendly rides to family-friendly destinations.…
  
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• Eastman Museum exhibition spotlights trans and gender-nonconforming older adults

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Eastman Museum’s “To Survive on This Shore” photo exhibition presents a spectrum of trans and gender nonconforming older adults portraits and stories.There are some stubbornly-held and often-loud beliefs out there that transgender people are a new phenomenon, as though they materialized as part of a 21st-century youth-led conspiracy to destroy the desperately-clung-to gender binary. It’s simply not true.…
  
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• Drummer Aaron Staebell blends jazz and folk with concert album 'Under Open Sky'

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Released more than 10 years after it was recorded, “Under Open Sky” reimagines folk classics through drummer Aaron Staebell’s modern jazz lens.Plenty of Rochester musicians have been releasing pandemic-era recordings; few are celebrating the end of COVID hibernation with previously unreleased tunes from over a decade ago. But that’s exactly what jazz drummer-composer Aaron Staebell did when he suddenly, and with little fanfare, put “Under Open Sky” on Bandcamp
  
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• Bring on the happy hours with these creative summer cocktails

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Drinking together is back on the menu, and we’re celebrating with summer-y beverages at peak places for people to gather.Lost during the summer of 2020 was the ability to meet friends at one of your favorite watering holes on a balmy evening and unwind together over a creative concoction. Now that we’re bellying up to bars again, celebrating that simple pleasure and our city coming back to life, many bar managers have hit the ground running with summer menus featuring seriously delic
  
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• Bike trips around Rochester in 20 minutes. Oh, the places you'll go.

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Reconnect Rochester’s 20 Minutes by Bike campaign aims to encourage people to take short trips by bicycle.Brooke Fossey is used to helping people of all ages learn how to get around on their bikes. As the founder of Kidical Mass Pittsford, a group that grew into Flower City Family Cycling, she’s organized family-friendly rides to family-friendly destinations.…
  
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• A new production of 'The Tempest' in ASL and English goes beyond translation

  01-07-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  In Rochester Community Players’ “The Tempest,” American Sign Language tells more of the story than in previous plays featuring deaf actors.A group of deaf and hearing actors stood in a circle onstage. Nobody spoke.…
  
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• For April Aycock, mental health is about connections

  01-07-2021 10:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  April Aycock, the director of Monroe County's Office of Mental Health, was appointed in the wake of tragedy. She now looks to make change.April Aycock, the new director of the Monroe County Office of Mental Health, believes there is no such thing as a “normal” person. Everyone struggles, everyone has challenges, everyone faces moments of personal crisis.…
  
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• National Buffalo Wing Festival back on

  01-07-2021 05:39
  
  The National Buffalo Wing Festival is back on this year and it's moving to Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park.
  
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• Man and dog rescued after severe storm knocks tree onto house in Utica

  01-07-2021 05:36
  
  A man and his dog had to be rescued when a severe storm caused a tree to crash into their home in Utica.
  
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• South Wedge neighbors frustrated over days-long power outage

  01-07-2021 05:10
  
  More than 500 Rochester residents as of late Wednesday evening were without power since Monday evening, and they're frustrated with RG&E who they say were keeping them in the dark with limited information.
  
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• Opioid Lockbox Bill signed into law

  01-07-2021 04:07
  
  Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the Opioid Lockbox Bill into law Wednesday.
  
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• Latest victims in condo tower collapse include 2 children

  01-07-2021 03:52
  
  Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members at a morning briefing that rescuers found the bodies Tuesday night. He said the victims' next of kin had not yet been identified.
  
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