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• Ukrainian American professor weighs in on tensions with Russia

  22-02-2022 23:51
  
  The crisis unfolding in Ukraine is devastating for Rochester's Ukrainian community, which is composed of about 20,000 Ukrainian Americans.
  
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• First Alert Weather In-Depth: What causes potholes?

  22-02-2022 23:50
  
  If you have lived in Western New York for any length of time you're probably very familiar with potholes, and it is even more familiar with them during this time of the year.
  
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• Biden sanctions Russian oligarchs, banks in Ukraine crisis

  22-02-2022 23:01
  
  The measures, accompanied by the repositioning of additional U.S. troops to the Baltic nations on NATO's eastern flank bordering Russia, came as Russian troops rolled into rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine...
  
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• Consumer Alert: How the invasion of Ukraine will hit you in the wallet

  22-02-2022 22:53
  
  Here's a question for you. What do your car, cell phone, TV, laptop and fridge have in common? They all use semiconductors.
  
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• Hochul signs bill creating provisional licenses to grow marijuana

  22-02-2022 22:26 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  But the licenses to grow weed will have a two-year life span and will only be available to the state's licensed hemp growers.Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Monday that will allow state-licensed hemp growers to apply for provisional licenses to begin cultivating recreational marijuana. The legislation created a Conditional Adult-use Cannabis Cultivator license, and existing hemp growers that receive one would be able to cultivate up to an acre of marijuana plants outdoors or 25,000 square f
  
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• Yellow Alert: Area-wide snow Friday

  22-02-2022 22:13
  
  We're at that time of the year where Spring and Winter battle for dominance.
  
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• COVID data: 139 patients in FLX hospitals admitted for COVID/complications, county updates death count

  22-02-2022 21:35
  
  COVID data released Feb. 22 shows 139 people in Finger Lakes Hospitals were admitted due to COVID or complications of COVID and 183 COVID-positive people were admitted for other reasons.
  
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• Large fire in Wayland damages businesses

  22-02-2022 20:43
  
  Fire crews battled a big fire in Steuben County Tuesday that they believe was started by an air fryer.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Biden says US sanctioning Russian oligarchs, debt in retaliation for action against Ukraine, warns of further sanctions

  22-02-2022 20:33
  
  Biden says US sanctioning Russian oligarchs, debt in retaliation for action against Ukraine, warns of further sanctions.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: President Biden speaks on Russia - Ukraine conflict, expected shortly

  22-02-2022 20:08
  
  United State President Joe Biden speaks on the conflict between Vladamir Putin and Russia against Ukraine.
  
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• Big fire in Wayland

  22-02-2022 19:55
  
  Fire crews have been battling a big fire in Steuben County Tuesday.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: President Biden speaks on Russia - Ukraine conflict, scheduled for 2 p.m.

  22-02-2022 19:54
  
  United State President Joe Biden speaks on the conflict between Vladamir Putin and Russia against Ukraine.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: President Biden speaks on Russia - Ukraine conflict

  22-02-2022 19:28
  
  United State President Joe Biden speaks on the conflict between Vladamir Putin and Russia against Ukraine.
  
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• Boyz II Men latest to announce NYS Fair performance

  22-02-2022 19:07
  
  It's not the "End of the Road" for summer concert announcements. In fact, we're really just getting started.
  
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• Jim Boeheim wants Dome mask mandate lifted by Saturday's Duke game

  22-02-2022 19:01
  
  Syracuse basketball head coach Jim Boeheim has never been afraid to speak his mind, especially pertaining to non-basketball related topics at hand.
  
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• Arbery killers convicted of federal hate crimes in his death

  22-02-2022 19:01
  
  Jurors have reached a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's slaying.
  
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• Jackson Cavalier goes post-Americana with ‘Defend Your Illusion’

  22-02-2022 18:44 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Sharp songwriting keeps the sound steady amid shifting styles on "Defend Your Illusion," Jackson Cavalier's new album with The Big Dead Waltz.It takes boldness to incorporate a well-known Beatles lyric into your own song. But Jackson Cavalier’s got it in spades.…
  
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• Person shot in Rochester Monday night, non-life threatening injuries

  22-02-2022 18:38
  
  RPD officers responded to Rochester General Hospital just before 9 p.m. on Monday for the report of a walk-in gunshot victim.
  
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• Person injured in shooting on Rochester's northeast side

  22-02-2022 18:38
  
  RPD officers responded to Rochester General Hospital just before 9 p.m. on Monday for the report of a walk-in gunshot victim.
  
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• Man hospitalized for smoke inhalation, burns after Gorham fire

  22-02-2022 18:30
  
  68-year-old James Baker is being treated at Strong Hospital and is in 'guarded condition.' Baker is in the trauma burn ICU unit at the hospital.
  
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• Teen seriously hurt in skiing accident at Bristol Mountain

  22-02-2022 18:15
  
  On Monday morning, a 15-year-old boy seriously injured his head and sustained facial injuries after landing face first following going over a ski jump.
  
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• Man in guarded condition after being burned in Ontario County fire

  22-02-2022 18:01
  
  The Ontario County Emergency Management Office say the victim was found on the floor of a two story home on Route 364 and pulled out by emergency crews.
  
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• Gun buyback event postponed to April

  22-02-2022 17:42
  
  Latino Youth Development and Resource Center is partnering with the Upper Room Family Worship Center for a gun buyback event ultimately help reduce violent crime. It was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but will now be postponed to early April.
  
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• Gun buyback event postponed

  22-02-2022 17:25
  
  Upper Room Family Worship Center was supposed to take in guns from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, partnering wth Rochester law enforcement to ultimately help reduce violent crime.
  
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• Siena poll points to crime issue, masking debate

  22-02-2022 17:06
  
  A Siena College research poll took to a number of ongoing discussions across New York State. It focused on mask mandates, crime, bail reform, and other politics.
  
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• Three Men convicted of hate crimes in Ahmaud Arbery killing

  22-02-2022 16:53
  
  Jurors have reached a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's slaying.
  
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• Verdict reached in hate crimes trial over Arbery killing

  22-02-2022 16:20
  
  Jurors have reached a verdict in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted in Ahmaud Arbery's slaying.
  
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• Early morning gas station fire at 7-11/Sunoco

  22-02-2022 15:46
  
  Just after 2 a.m. on Tuesday, crews were called to the 7-11/Sunoco on East Henrietta Road for smoke reported in the building.
  
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• Gov. Hochul signs Conditional Cannabis Cultivation Bill

  22-02-2022 15:28
  
  Gov. Hochul has signed a bill that creates a new license for adult-use cannabis growers, creating a pahtway for hemp farmers in New York to apply for a conditional license to grow cannabis in the current 2022 season.
  
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• Seina poll points to crime issue, masking debate

  22-02-2022 15:10
  
  A Siena College research poll took to a number of ongoing discussions across New York State. It focused on mask mandates, crime, bail reform, and other politics.
  
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• U.S. women's soccer players reach equal pay agreement

  22-02-2022 14:26
  
  U.S. women soccer players reached a landmark agreement with the sport’s American governing body to end a six-year legal battle over equal pay, a deal in which they are promised $24 million plus bonuses that match those of the men.
  
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• Canada extends emergency powers regarding COVID restrictions

  22-02-2022 13:48
  
  Canada lawmakers voted to extend the emergency powers of officials, giving police more authority to head off any potential restart of blockades by people who disagree with COVID restrictions.
  
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• First Alert: Rain today with slight threat for flooding and Yellow Alert for accumulating snows Friday

  22-02-2022 13:31
  
  Mild weather continues today with rain on the increase this morning into the afternoon.
  
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• Several Rochester houses hit by gunfire overnight

  22-02-2022 12:33
  
  Multiple homes in Rochester were hit by gunfire late Monday night and early Tuesday morning. No one was injured in any of the shootings.
  
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• Upper Room Family Worship Center holding gun buyback

  22-02-2022 11:53
  
  The local church on Joseph Avenue is taking in guns from 2 to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, partnering wth Rochester law enforcement to ultimately help reduce violent crime.
  
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• NXIVM's Salzman to begin prison sentence

  22-02-2022 11:15
  
  NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman is expected to report to a federal prison camp in West Virginia to begin her sentence on Tuesday.
  
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• Try a flight for better balance with your brew

  22-02-2022 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  In pursuit of a healthier relationship with beer, CITY beer columnist Gino Fanelli found it in the form of flights.Beer has been an inextricable part of my adult life, both the drink and the culture surrounding it. So the idea of telling you to consumeless beer to enjoy it more is hard to swallow.…
  
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• State data undercuts the bail reform backlash

  22-02-2022 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Over 18 months in Rochester, less than 2 percent of criminal defendants were arrested on violent felonies while free without bail.Tyquan Rivera was already a notorious criminal when he was arrested in December 2019 on a felony charge of selling fentanyl to undercover officers. He had been released from prison only eight months earlier after serving a 10-year stretch for shooting Rochester Police Officer Anthony DiPonzio in the head as a 14-year-old boy.…
  
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• Jennie Schaff moves on up in the Farash building

  22-02-2022 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Jennie Schaff comes to the foundation from Jewish Family Services. Prior to that, she was an education professor at Nazareth College.Two tiny figures in wheelchairs rest on a bookshelf in Jennie Schaff’s office. They were a gift, given to her when she completed her doctorate in education at George Mason University years ago.…
  
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• Adam Bello dishes on his turbulent first two years

  22-02-2022 11:00 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  County Executive Adam Bello faced a pandemic and a sometimes hostile Legislature in the first half of his four-year term.County Executive Adam Bello stood at the podium, straightening his gray suit while reporters set up their cameras and microphones around him. He had just announced some enhancements to the county’s child care subsidy program, but the reporters wanted an update on the homeless people living in the Civic Center Garage downtown, and what the county was doing to address it.&
  
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• Fact Check Follow-up: Are Hochul and the DOH still trying to create quarantine camps?

  22-02-2022 05:29
  
  News10NBC has been reporting on the talk of quarantine camps for months.
  
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• Mice, mold, bugs: Pines of Perinton fire sheds light on long-time issues at apartment complex

  22-02-2022 05:19
  
  Some tenants at a local apartment complex have some major concerns.
  
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• Rochester Fire Department crews save person from burning building on Lake Avenue

  22-02-2022 05:14
  
  Rochester Fire Department crews saved someone from a fire at a commercial and residential building on Lake Avenue Monday night.
  
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• Man hospitalized for smoke inhalation after Gorham fire

  22-02-2022 04:15
  
  One man was taken to the hospital after a house fire in Ontario County Monday afternoon.
  
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• Buffalo mother whose son was stabbed at school filing notice of claim

  22-02-2022 03:53
  
  The mother of the teenager stabbed at a Buffalo high school earlier this month has filed a notice of claim against the Buffalo Public School District and its superintendent.
  
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• Buffalo mother whose son was stabbed at school files notice of claim

  22-02-2022 03:53
  
  The mother of the teenager stabbed at a Buffalo high school earlier this month has filed a notice of claim against the Buffalo Public School District and its superintendent.
  
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• Deputies: Clarkson man hurt after argument leads to stabbing

  22-02-2022 03:27
  
  Deputies say a man is injured but expected to survive after he was stabbed during an argument that took place on Ridge Road Monday evening.
  
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• Rochester Fire Department crews save person from fire on Lake Avenue

  22-02-2022 03:12
  
  Rochester Fire Department crews saved someone from a fire at a commercial and residential building on Lake Avenue Monday night.
  
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• Missing Henrietta teen found safe

  22-02-2022 03:01
  
  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has located the missing teenager from Henrietta that deputies were looking for Monday.
  
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• War fears grow as Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine

  22-02-2022 02:01
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized the independence of separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and paved the way to provide them military support - triggering threatened new sanctions from the U.S. and Europe...
  
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