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• FBI: Dental records of remains found at Florida park are those of Brian Laundrie

  21-10-2021 23:50
  
  The Federal Bureau of Investigation Thursday said that dental records of human remains found at a Florida park on Wednesday are those of Brian Laundrie.
  
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• Family of Hilton man accused in US Capitol riot write letters of support

  21-10-2021 23:33
  
  The Hilton man accused of pepper-spraying police during the U.S. Capitol riot is due back in court Friday.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Storms tonight lead into a Friday chill

  21-10-2021 22:34
  
  Wet weather has made a return to WNY, and this is the beginning of the end of our most recent bout of mild October air.
  
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• Rochester Police: Lamont Place homicide suspect in custody after he fired at officers

  21-10-2021 22:23
  
  Rochester Police have a suspect in the Wednesday morning homicide on Lamont Place in custody after police say he fired at officers Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Vacancy study: Rochester doesn’t qualify for rent control

  21-10-2021 22:04 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  The survey says that the group of apartment buildings studied has a vacancy rate of about 9 percent.The city of Rochester does not qualify to opt into state rent control laws, according to the results of an apartment vacancy survey it conducted. The Rent Stabilization and Emergency Tenant Protection Act, which New York lawmakers passed in 2019, allows local governments in thestate to implement laws limiting annual rent increases in qualifying buildings and granting tenants in good standing the r
  
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• Cannabis Control Board approves home growing for medical cannabis patients

  21-10-2021 21:52
  
  New York State's Cannabis Control Board Thursday approved a big step in the growing of pot at home.
  
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• Greece Police searching for motorcyclist, witnesses to deadly crash on Sept. 11

  21-10-2021 21:33
  
  The Greece Police Department is asking for help with its investigation into a deadly motorcycle crash that happened on Sept. 11.
  
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• Monroe County schools to start offering on-site rapid PCR tests soon

  21-10-2021 20:23
  
  Monroe County Executive Adam Bello Thursday announced that schools will soon start offering rapid PCR COVID-19 tests on-site.
  
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• Rochester Police investigation underway on Joseph Avenue

  21-10-2021 19:40
  
  A portion of Avenue is shut down due to the investigation.
  
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• Start your engine-ers: RIT engineer students join self-driving racecar team at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

  21-10-2021 19:36
  
  Yes, you read that right, the cars are autonomous, and helping to lead the charge, are engineering students from the Rochester Institute of Technology.
  
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• How would you spend $144 million? Monroe County wants to hear, and you have your first say Thursday

  21-10-2021 18:19
  
  A public hearing will be held Thursday night on how Monroe County should spend the $144-million it received in federal COVID relief money.
  
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• WATCH: CDC advisory board talks Moderna, J&J boosters/ 'mix and match' vaccines

  21-10-2021 16:33
  
  A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory board Thursday is meeting to look at which Americans will need extra doses of the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccines.
  
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• With spotlight on Black maternal health crisis, efforts underway to eliminate disparities

  21-10-2021 16:17 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Black pregnant women face a medical system which often feels as if it's working against their needs, and advocates say it's time for change.Just days after delivering her daughter at Highland Hospital four years ago, Tashe Brown-Sanders was in so much pain that she had to go back to its emergency room. “I told the doctor I'm in pain and he says, ‘Oh, you just had a baby.’ I'm like, ‘No, something's wrong,” Brown-Sanders said.…
  
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• US unemployment claims fall to new pandemic low of 290,000

  21-10-2021 16:02
  
  Unemployment claims dropped 6,000 to 290,000 last week, the third straight drop.
  
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• UR Thompson Health to hold job fair Thursday

  21-10-2021 14:30
  
  Thompson will host a job fair Thursday afternoon from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  
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• New York high school athletes can profit off name, image, likeness

  21-10-2021 13:55
  
  Over the summer, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) implemented a rule that allows student-athletes to profit off of their name, image, and likeness.
  
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• Warm and rainy Thursday leads into big cool down heading into the weekend

  21-10-2021 13:54
  
  We'll start the day with some decent weather which will then turn to rain, and possibly some thunder later.
  
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• Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging?

  21-10-2021 13:22
  
  With more than half the world still not vaccinated, the virus will likely keep finding people to infect and replicating inside them for several months or years to come.
  
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• Rochester City School unions ask district to address safety concerns with police, parents balk

  21-10-2021 13:20 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Student resource officers were eliminated in 2020, but growing issues with violence have some calling for a return.Days after leaders from four Rochester City School unions asked the district to address growing security concerns – including an incident when someone fired a gun outside All City High — residents spoke out at Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting. One of the unions’ requests was to end the ban of school resource officers, but resident Carly Fox said she
  
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• Trump announces launch of media company, social media site

  21-10-2021 12:02
  
  Trump says his goal in launching the Trump Media & Technology Group and its "Truth Social" app is to create a rival to the Big Tech companies that have shut him out and denied him the megaphone that was paramount to his national rise.
  
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• Fact Check: Tech that saves you gas

  21-10-2021 05:23
  
  Have you ever been at a red light and it sounded like the driver next to you turned their engine off and then when the light turns green they turn it back on?
  
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• Family of victim of abduction in Ogden tells her story

  21-10-2021 05:11
  
  Relatives of the woman abducted in Ogden are rallying around her after she escaped her ordeal safely and her ex, who police say abducted her, killed himself.
  
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• CDC: Salmonella outbreak linked to onions

  21-10-2021 04:30
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans about a salmonella outbreak linked to onions.
  
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• Fall Foliage Report: What's at peak this week?

  21-10-2021 04:21
  
  New York's weekly fall foliage report was released Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Man dies from injuries after shooting on Lamont Place

  21-10-2021 04:04
  
  The man who was shot on Lamont Place Wednesday morning has died from his injuries, police say.
  
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• Rochester man convicted of ongoing sexual abuse of child younger than 13

  21-10-2021 03:47
  
  A Rochester man is guilty of ongoing sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13.
  
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• Police investigating double shooting near Dewey Avenue

  21-10-2021 03:28
  
  Police are investigating a double shooting on Magee Avenue near Dewey Avenue.
  
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• Rochester Public Market holding flu shot clinic Saturday

  21-10-2021 02:56
  
  The City of Rochester Public Market is holding a free flu shot clinic on Saturday, Oct. 23.
  
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• Rochester Board of Ed. to continue outside presence of police officers amid concerns over violence

  21-10-2021 00:48
  
  Rochester's Board of Education Wednesday decided on a plan to help ease worries over violence at schools.
  
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• New Rochester Regional program aimed to help alleviate wait times at hospitals while also increasing access for pediatric COVID-19 testing

  21-10-2021 00:31
  
  A new Rochester Regional Health program is aimed to help decompress long wait times and overcrowded emergency departments and urgent cares while also increasing access to COVID-19 testing.
  
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• Police: 2 injured after shooting on Rochester's north side

  21-10-2021 00:26
  
  Two men are injured after a shooting on Rauber Street near North Clinton Avenue Wednesday.
  
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• How to capture nature’s beauty with your phone or camera

  21-10-2021 00:05
  
  The full “Hunter’s Moon" is out and many of us want to capture the beauty of nature on our handheld devices, but how can we do so without over-exposing it or having the image turn out blurry?
  
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• Local civilian organization helping law enforcement agencies with next generation of recruits

  21-10-2021 00:02
  
  A local civilian organization is continuing its mission of helping local law enforcement agencies identify and develop a diverse pool of police candidates.
  
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