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• Hochul asks lawmakers to confirm nominees to lead NY cannabis program

  01-09-2021 23:17
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul called on lawmakers to confirm her nominees to the state's cannabis board Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Consumer Alert: CFPB orders lenders to work with homeowners to avoid foreclosure

  01-09-2021 23:09
  
  Tuesday was a crucial deadline for some consumers.
  
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• Former RPD Chief Singletary sues city, mayor over his firing

  01-09-2021 23:03 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  He's seeking at least $1.5 million in damages for his termination and defamation of character. Former Rochester Police Chief La’Ron Singletary has filed a lawsuit against Mayor Lovely Warren and the city of Rochester over his firing last year.…
  
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• Texas bans most abortions, with high court mum on appeal

  01-09-2021 23:00
  
  If allowed to remain in force, the law would be the most dramatic restriction on abortion rights in the United States since the high court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion across the country in 1973.
  
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• Judge conditionally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement

  01-09-2021 23:00
  
  A federal bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to accept a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the states and thousands of local governments over an opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the last two decades.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Cooler air to end the week

  01-09-2021 22:45
  
  The remnants of Ida are creating big-time flooding issues in parts of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic.
  
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• Former RPD chief files lawsuit against Warren, City of Rochester

  01-09-2021 22:17
  
  Former Rochester Police Chief La'Ron Singletary is suing Mayor Lovely Warren and the City of Rochester, court records show.
  
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• Coronavirus in Monroe County: 161 new cases

  01-09-2021 22:12
  
  According to the Monroe County Health Department, more than 71,400 people in the county have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 hurt in double shooting on Sherman Street

  01-09-2021 21:30
  
  Rochester Police are now investigating a murder after a man died from injuries sustained in a double shooting Monday.
  
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• Texas 6-weeks abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum

  01-09-2021 21:00
  
  If allowed to remain in force, the law would be the most dramatic restriction on abortion rights in the United States since the high court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion across the country in 1973.
  
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• AAA reminds motorists schools open, drive carefully

  01-09-2021 20:52
  
  Schools are back open, drive carefully!
  
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• Wrong-way driver facing multiple charges after leading troopers on chase on Thruway, Erie Station Road

  01-09-2021 19:55
  
  A wrong-way driver led New York State Police on a chase Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Hunters, heads up, there are new rules for bear and deer hunting

  01-09-2021 19:32
  
  According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, rule changes include extending hunting hours and dress code requirements.
  
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• Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain's 2019 death

  01-09-2021 18:57
  
  The 23-year-old's death gained widespread attention during last year's protests against racial injustice and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
  
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• Former RPD Chief Singletary files lawsuit against Mayor Warren, City of Rochester

  01-09-2021 18:40
  
  The suit, filed Wednesday, accuses Warren of defamation of character, hostile work environment, and wrongful and retaliatory termination over the handling of the investigation into the death of Daniel Prude in Rochester Police custody back in March of 2020.
  
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• A Rochester Fringe binge (on the cheap)

  01-09-2021 18:34 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Rochester Fringe Festival’s 10th anniversary features 425 in-person and virtual shows. Here are 11 essential and free events for you to enjoy. While many cities have Fringe festivals, none are quite like the KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival — the largest multidisciplinary performing arts festival in New York — which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Rochester Fringe performers vary from traveling groups like Cirque du Fringe, which features an international cast of ci
  
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• The most anticipated theater of the fall season

  01-09-2021 18:20 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The list of shows we're excited about includes timely revivals, intriguing new works, and a mix of Mormons and McCarthyists.The rise of the delta variant of the coronavirus makes all plans for in-person gatherings feel precarious, so looking ahead to local theater productions we’re excited about this fall is a bit of a leap of faith. But the intoxicating return of live performances this summer, largely at outdoor venues, has theater lovers banking on getting indoors when the weather turns,
  
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• White House details plans to improve housing affordability

  01-09-2021 18:03
  
  Millions of Americans are getting priced out of ownership or stuck spending the bulk of their income on rent.
  
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• Deputies searching for missing Henrietta man

  01-09-2021 17:31
  
  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says 51-year-old Landon Hairston was last seen Tuesday in the area of Erie Station Road and East River Rd around 5 p.m.
  
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• Judge prepares to rule on Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement

  01-09-2021 17:20
  
  A federal bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to accept a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the states and thousands of local governments over an opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the last two decades.
  
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• 5 missing after Navy helicopter crashes off California

  01-09-2021 16:01
  
  A search and rescue operation was launched after the MH-60S helicopter crashed around 4:30 p.m. about 60 nautical miles off San Diego, the Navy's U.S. Pacific Fleet said in an initial statement.
  
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• Rochester Rhinos become 'Rochester New York FC'

  01-09-2021 15:30
  
  The Rochester Rhinos soccer team has been re-imagined, and will now be called "Rochester New York FC" or RNY FC, the team announced Wednesday.
  
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• Judge set to rule on Purdue Pharma's opioid settlement plan

  01-09-2021 14:28
  
  A federal bankruptcy judge is expected to rule Wednesday on whether to accept a settlement between OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, the states and thousands of local governments over an opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the last two decades.
  
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• Hochul calls lawmakers back to Albany

  01-09-2021 13:58 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The New York State Legislature is set to extend the eviction moratorium and confirm officials to oversee the rollout of cannabis legalization Wednesday.Democrats in New York will return to Albany Wednesday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium, confirm officials to lead the state’s marijuana legalization roll-out, and approve changes to the state’s open meetings law, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday evening. A deal was struck between Democrats who control the state Legislatur
  
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• Gov. Hochul calls lawmakers back to Albany

  01-09-2021 13:58 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The New York State Legislature is set to extend the eviction moratorium and confirm officials to oversee the rollout of cannabis legalization Wednesday.Democrats in New York will return to Albany Wednesday to extend the state’s eviction moratorium, confirm officials to lead the state’s marijuana legalization roll-out, and approve changes to the state’s open meetings law, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday evening. A deal was struck between Democrats who control the state Legislatur
  
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• Cloudy and cool and dry Wednesday, tracking a little warm-up into the Labor Day weekend

  01-09-2021 13:47
  
  Even though we miss the rain we will see some cloud cover and a bit of a breeze developing off of Lake Ontario this afternoon into tonight
  
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• Recovery advocates install emergency Narcan boxes around Monroe County

  01-09-2021 13:43 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Opioid addiction recovery advocates have begun to install emergency Narcan boxes at local businesses in an effort to prevent overdose deaths.Opioid addiction recovery advocates are installing their own version of “break glass in case of emergency” at some businesses. A Boost Mobile phone store at 570 W. Main St. was the first to set up an emergency box stocked with Narcan, a nasal spray medicine used to reverse an opioid overdose.…
  
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• Good Question: Am I included in the switch to 10-digit dialing?

  01-09-2021 12:23
  
  News10NBC's Brennan Somers heard from some of you asking" what's this 10 digit dialing about? why the change?
  
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• Texas 6-week abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum

  01-09-2021 12:05
  
  If allowed to remain in force, the law would be the most dramatic restriction on abortion rights in the United States since the high court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalized abortion across the country in 1973.
  
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• The best live music this fall that won't cost you a fortune

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  These six concerts — ranging from Americana and jam-band rock to hip-hop and soul — offer you serious (head)bang for your buck.Rochester has long been a stop for national headliners and remains fertile ground for producing local gems. After an autumn without live music, we’re heading into a concert season with lots of in-person shows.…
  
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• Six art shows you shouldn’t miss this fall

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Get these exhibits in your calendar, get gussied, and get off the couch. This is a fingers-crossed fall arts preview.…
  
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• Seven new-ish restaurants to check out this fall

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  If you’re dining out again, here’s where you need to go now. You could be forgiven for missing some of the changes to Rochester’s food scene over the last year.…
  
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• Rochester bedroom pop musicians are connecting with fans on Twitch

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Rochester musical artists Kitchen and Shep Treasure are embracing the live-streaming platform Twitch to expand their reach with fans. Sabrina Nichols sat before a camera and a computer with headphones on and an acoustic guitar in hand in the corner of a dimly-lit bedroom in her Brooklyn apartment. Behind her, plants rested on a shelf and a curious cutout of a Boxer dog face clung to the wall.…
  
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• Nine new books we’re excited to read this fall

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  As we enter the curl-up-with-a-good-book months, these recommendations are ripe with intrigue, humor, and escape.I was working as a literary arts coordinator when the pandemic hit, and a huge part of the job was recommending books to customers and working with small press publishers to ensure theirwork wasn’t pushed to the margins. Readers, even the most avid, suddenly had a shorter attention span for books.…
  
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• Let nature nurture you with these fall recreation activities

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Hike, paddle, and picnic your way through fall with these regional events in the great outdoors.I can’t tell you how many times in the last year that friends of mine have reacted to the madness of the world by joking that they just want to walk into the woods and never come out. Well, why not?…
  
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• Get your groceries from around the globe at these markets

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Foreign food markets in Rochester diversify our pantries with special, hard-to-find items.When a person or a family comes from afar to settle in a new place, they crave the familiarity of the food back home. Fortunately for the diverse and growing immigrant communities in our community — and adventurous food lovers around town — Rochester is home to a variety of ethnic grocery stores that offer ingredients from around the world that are otherwise hard, or impossible, to find locally.
  
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• Calicoco’s new album ‘Underneath’ is an uncompromising indie rock exorcism

  01-09-2021 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  "Underneath" — the second full-length album from Calicoco — is full of intelligent, intense indie rock and post-breakup catharsis.Long Island-based multi-instrumentalist Giana Caliolo makes bracing, stream-of-consciousness art rock on “Underneath,” the second full-length album from their recording project Calicoco. Following 2018’s “Float,” “Underneath” amps up Calicoco’s angst-ridden lyrics and non-formulaic song structures.…
  
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• Transgender men tell of discrimination at Highland

  01-09-2021 10:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Two transgender men describe being "degraded" during their time at Highland Hospital.Trey Lowery had already undergone all the blood tests and pre-operation screenings he needed when he was admitted to Highland Hospital in July for his scheduled bariatric surgery. But as he prepared to go under the knife, he said, a nurse notified him that one more test was needed.…
  
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• Families prepare to go back to school, some as soon as Wednesday

  01-09-2021 05:45
  
  Rochester area students have been counting the hours before they return to school, Wednesday for Penfield students, Thursday for Brockport students, with more than the usual back-to-school jitters.
  
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• Saint's Place working to help Afghan refugees in the Rochester area

  01-09-2021 05:25
  
  An estimated 500 families from Afghanistan will be resettled right here in the greater Rochester area.
  
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• NY special session on eviction moratorium, legal marijuana set for Wednesday at noon

  01-09-2021 04:15
  
  New York State lawmakers’ special session to address the expiring eviction will be at noon on Wednesday, Assemblyman Harry Bronson (D-Rochester) confirms.
  
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• News10NBC Anchor Brett Davidsen wins Marge and Doug Murray 'Spirit Award'

  01-09-2021 03:49
  
  News10NBC Anchor Brett Davidsen was presented with this year's Marge and Doug Murray “Spirit Award” during Episcopal SeniorLife Communities’ annual golf tournament Monday.
  
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• Consumer Alert: The doctor is in! Dollar General is jumping into the healthcare market

  01-09-2021 02:17
  
  If you live in America, you likely live within five miles of a Dollar General.
  
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• New York lawmakers weigh in on push to extend eviction moratorium

  01-09-2021 01:18
  
  New York’s eviction moratorium ended Tuesday, which means landlords can begin filing eviction notices for the first time since last year.
  
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• Tractor-trailer driver injured in rollover crash on I-490, troopers still investigating

  01-09-2021 01:11
  
  A tractor-trailer driver is injured and traffic on I-490 eastbound near Clinton Avenue was at a near standstill during the evening commute after a crash Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Genesee County Deputies searching for stolen decorative cow

  01-09-2021 01:09
  
  Deputies are searching for a stolen decorative cow in Genesee County.
  
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• Tractor-trailer driver injured in rollover crash on I-490

  01-09-2021 01:05
  
  A tractor-trailer driver is injured and traffic on I-490 eastbound near Clinton Avenue was at a near standstill during the evening commute after a crash Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• 2 Orleans County men charged in 2 Albion shootings

  01-09-2021 00:56
  
  Two Orleans County men have been arrested in connection with two shootings in Albion this month.
  
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• Gates to Recovery encouraging business owners in high-impact areas to get Narcan boxes

  01-09-2021 00:33
  
  Amid a COVID-19 pandemic, there is still an ongoing opioid epidemic that is getting some fresh attention.
  
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• DA sends out subpoenas in upcoming campaign finance trial of Mayor Warren

  01-09-2021 00:28
  
  The Monroe County District Attorney's office sent out subpoenas to potential witnesses in the upcoming campaign finance trial of Mayor Lovely Warren and two of her top campaign officials from 2017.
  
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