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• Caught on camera: Black bear wanders through Pittsford

  13-07-2021 23:57
  
  Town officials say the bear is not a threat to the community.
  
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• NY attorney general calls on federal regulators to improve car seat safety

  13-07-2021 23:25
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James joined the effort to boost safety standards for child car seats, specifically, an improvement once promised but not yet made.
  
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• Consumer Alert: Now may be the time to sell your used car!

  13-07-2021 23:12
  
  Today’s consumer alert takes a look at the price you pay.
  
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• Police: Vehicle hit by gunfire in Rochester

  13-07-2021 22:33
  
  Rochester Police are searching for whoever fired a shot into a car on the city's northeast side.
  
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• NY repeals ‘archaic’ law that banned haircuts on Sundays

  13-07-2021 22:14
  
  Barbers in New York can now give a haircut on a Sunday without worrying about breaking the law.
  
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• RRH becomes largest clinical training site for nation's largest medical school

  13-07-2021 21:44
  
  RRH announced a new 10-year deal with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), the nation’s largest medical school, in a move organizers say will make the health care system LECOM's largest clinical campus.
  
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• Yellow Alert: Severe thunderstorms Tuesday night

  13-07-2021 20:45
  
  A Yellow Alert is in place Tuesday as any of these storms may turn severe through the evening hours.
  
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• Death toll rises to 92 in blaze at coronavirus ward in Iraq

  13-07-2021 19:23
  
  Health officials said scores of others were injured in the blaze that erupted Monday at al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah.
  
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• News10NBC's Deanna Dewberry hosts inaugural Hybrid Women's Forum at Danielle Downey Credit Union Classic

  13-07-2021 19:14
  
  The morning featured four speakers, who shared their experiences in health care, academia, manufacturing and finance.
  
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• Rochester Regional Health reaches deal, becomes largest clinical training site for nation's largest medical school

  13-07-2021 18:46
  
  RRH Tuesday announced a new 10 year deal with the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), the nation’s largest medical school, in a move organizers say will make the health care system LECOM's largest clinical campus.
  
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• Siena Poll: Nearly 70% of NYers believe worst of the pandemic has passed

  13-07-2021 17:54
  
  As we move deeper into the summer since coronavirus restrictions were lifted in New York, anew Siena College poll shows 68% of New Yorkers think the worst of the pandemic is over.
  
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• AG James joins push for improved child car seat safety standards

  13-07-2021 17:45
  
  New York Attorney General Letitia James joined the effort to boost safety standards for child car seats, specifically, an improvement once promised, but not yet made.
  
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• Death toll in Florida condo building collapse rises to 95

  13-07-2021 17:29
  
  Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 14 people remain unaccounted for in the June 24 collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside. No one has been found alive since the first hours after the building fell.
  
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• Cuomo signs legislation to curb telemarketing robo-texts

  13-07-2021 16:53
  
  New Yorkers have protection against unwanted robocalls under state law, but Cuomo said texting was not previously defined as telemarketing, which exempted it from those protections.
  
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• 2 Baltimore officers on US task force shot, suspect killed

  13-07-2021 16:20
  
  The shooting happened Tuesday morning in the area of Security Square Mall in Woodlawn, Baltimore County police said.
  
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• JP Morgan Corporate Challenge to make in-person return in September

  13-07-2021 14:34
  
  Organizers Tuesday announced the race will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 21 at Frontier Field, with the 3.5-mile team road race beginning at 6:45 p.m.
  
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• City presents 'stew' of Inner Loop ideas, but residents aren't eating it up yet

  13-07-2021 14:27 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill would carve out roughly $25 billion to fund projects like filling in the Inner Loop.As kids played basketball at the YMCA Center of Equity on a recent Wednesday, just a few feet way, adultsworked on a project that could be crucial to their futures. The Y sits on Lewis Street, a few blocks from the northern half of the Inner Loop, the C-shaped highway that has divided the city for six decades.…
  
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• First Alert Weather: Yellow Alert Tuesday afternoon and evening for severe thunderstorms

  13-07-2021 13:23
  
  A Yellow Alert is in place as a heads up to keep an eye on the sky as any of these storms that develop may turn severe through the afternoon into the early evening hours.
  
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• Fact Check: Higher utility rates during peak hours?

  13-07-2021 12:44
  
  Here's a new claim about smart meters:Utility companies will charge higher rates during peak hours. Is it true though? Nikki Rudd checks the facts.
  
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• Public meetings for Rochester Community Power renewable energy program begin Tuesday

  13-07-2021 11:57
  
  You may have gotten a letter in the mail about it, and that means you're already signed up. You can opt-out if you don't want to make the switch.
  
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• Child tax credit payments roll out starting Thursday

  13-07-2021 11:39
  
  The expansion, coordinated by the Internal Revenue Service, will give lower to middle-class families with children younger than six $300 every month.
  
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• Former Rochester lawyer to become first female chief justice in western district

  13-07-2021 11:01
  
  District Judge Elizabeth Wolford Wednesday will become the first woman to serve as the Chief Judge for the Western District Court of New York.
  
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• Andre's Barber Shop gives free haircuts for peace in Rochester

  13-07-2021 05:26
  
  Andre's Barber Shop gave free haircuts to community members Monday as part of their initiative to create peace in the city.
  
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• Consumer Alert: Verizon unveils a new robocall blocker

  13-07-2021 05:21
  
  Today's alert looks at another way to block those annoying robocalls.
  
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• In-Depth: A look at how Rochester restaurants benefited from the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

  13-07-2021 05:18
  
  Rochester area restaurant operators declared a federal program designed especially to help them recover from COVID-19 restrictions to be a lifesaver.
  
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• Nazareth holding in-person college fair Tuesday

  13-07-2021 03:42
  
  After more than a year of limited or no visits for many college campuses, Nazareth College is welcoming college-bound students for a summer college fair.
  
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• Noyes Memorial Hospital renovations underway

  13-07-2021 03:33
  
  Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville is under construction.
  
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• Ribbon cutting held for Alpine Adventure Zone in Ogden

  13-07-2021 03:14
  
  The ribbon-cutting for the new Alpine Adventure Zone at Northampton Park in the Town of Ogden was Monday.
  
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• Overnight closures expected at I-390-I-490 interchange this week

  13-07-2021 03:02
  
  Overnight closures are expected at the I-390-I-490 interchange in Gates this week.
  
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• Boating Alert: Dredging of Irondequoit Bay Outlet to begin Tuesday

  13-07-2021 02:56
  
  Dredging of the Irondequoit Bay Outlet to begin Tuesday.
  
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• Geneva City Council work session focuses on police department

  13-07-2021 02:32
  
  In Geneva Monday night, police staffing was on the agenda of a city council work session.
  
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• Canandaigua man flown to hospital with severe burns

  13-07-2021 01:27
  
  A Canandaigua man was flown to the hospital with severe burns Monday.
  
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• Geena Davis and Margaret Cho make for star-studded U of R Meliora 2021 Weekend

  13-07-2021 01:09
  
  The University of Rochester Monday announced details for its Meliora 2021 Weekend.
  
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• Rochester firefighter hurt fighting garage fire

  13-07-2021 00:46
  
  A Rochester firefighter was hurt on the job Monday afternoon.
  
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