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  1. 6 minutes ago

    A Fairport High School graduate made space history last night.

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  2. 21 minutes ago

    Check out today's lineup for day three of the Fringe Festival in Rochester.

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  3. 36 minutes ago

    September is Sepsis Awareness Month and experts say, in short, sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to an infection.

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  4. 36 minutes ago

    The widow of a U.S. Marine killed in a bombing in Afghanistan has given birth to a baby girl. $1 million has already been raised to support the widow and child.

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  5. 1 hour ago

    The video of a woman who appears to verbally and physically assault a member of the military at a Connecticut restaurant on Sept. 11 has now gone viral.

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  6. 1 hour ago

    UPDATE: New York State Police officials identify man killed after struggle with U.S. Marshals yesterday in Rochester.

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    "The support... it really means a lot" On World Lymphoma Day, the girls soccer team played for Paige as their junior defender battles Stage IV Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

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  8. 2 hours ago

    Homicide on Lake Avenue, Frederick Douglass statue vandalized, summer weather returns, plus more to start your day.

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  9. 2 hours ago

    “She always had a deep sense of just wanting to help people." Family of 23-year-old Trystan Sylvester mourning after fatal crash claims the life of aspiring law enforcement officer.

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  10. 3 hours ago

    Drier air and sunnier skies are on the way! Expanding high pressure across the Great Lakes should clear out skies today with temperatures into the middle 70s. More on today's forecast and beyond here:

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    Did you see the sunset last night? I totally missed it... So here's your morning twilight instead! Official time 6:52a.

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  12. 3 hours ago

    One of the can’t miss shows of this year’s KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival is the Cirque du Fringe: AfterParty. Here's why it's so highly anticipated.

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  13. 4 hours ago

    Bills and Sabres fans 12 and older will need to have at least one shot of a vaccine to enter the stadiums starting Sept. 25, and they must be fully vaccinated to enter starting on Oct. 31.

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    Homicide scene this morning on Lake Ave and Glendale Park. A 25 y/o man found dead in this apartment building. Police responded around midnight.

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  15. 4 hours ago

    Correction: The victim was 25-years-old, according to police.

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  16. 4 hours ago

    New York states very own Chobani is donating 300,000 products to Hurricane Ida victims, and Afghan evacuees.

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  17. 4 hours ago

    BREAKING OVERNIGHT: 26-year-old man found dead in Lake Avenue apartment building after being shot, police say.

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    9 hours ago

    Large police presence on lake Ave. near Glendale Pk. Unsure what has happened here yet but a large portion of Lake Ave. is blocked off in both directions for this investigation

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  19. 5 hours ago

    Health care workers in France face suspension from their jobs if they haven't been vaccinated against COVID-19. With about 300,000 workers still not vaccinated, some hospitals fear staff shortages will add to their strain.

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  20. 6 hours ago

    The economic ravages of COVID-19 are forcing some families in Zimbabwe to abandon the age-old tradition of taking care of older people.

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