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NY to overhaul Office of Cannabis Management

FILE - Marijuana plants are seen at a growing facility in Washington County, N.Y., May 12, 2023. New York will evaluate its troubled recreational marijuana licensing program after lawsuits and bureaucratic stumbles severely hampered the legal market and allowed black-market sellers to flourish, Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)

RBTL holds annual Stars of Tomorrow showcase

RIT commencement recognizes pandemic Class of 2024

38 arrested during MCSO Retail Theft Detail

Constellation Energy volunteers at Habitat for Humanity

New bill announced to fund child care for police

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Albert the Alligator has a new home – in Texas

NY Equal Rights Amendment removed from ballot

Proposed changes to 2024 NYS Farm Bill

A combine harvests corn, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023, at a farm near Allerton, Ill. On Wednesday, the Labor Department releases producer prices data for October. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

New York’s EBT system will be down May 19 temporarily

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FILE - Police pepper spray protesters near Seattle Central College in Seattle during a march and protest in support of Black Lives Matter in Seattle, July 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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The Flores agreement has protected migrant children …

FILE - In this July 9, 2019, file photo, immigrants line up in the dinning hall at the U.S. government's newest holding center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas. The Biden administration plans to partially end the 27-year-old court supervision of how the federal government cares for child migrants, shortly after producing its own list of safeguards against mistreatment. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

NYC’s Rikers Island jail gets a kid-friendly visitation …

Inmate Nadine Leach, 43, right, visits with her grandchildren and daughter Lashawna Jones, 27, in the newly opened preschool play and learn visitation hub in the Rose M. Singer Center at the Rikers Island jail complex in the Bronx borough of New York, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

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McQuaid grad, Caledonia native gets shot with Bills

Amerks fall in Game 5, season ends with 5-2 loss

Primetime 585: Irondequoit vs Canandaigua boys lacrosse

High School Huddle: East, Victor dominant of late

Irondequoit flag football wins playoff opener

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Shrek the Musical coming to Rochester

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Weekend celebration honors local musician Paul Smoker

Restaurants serving Mother’s Day brunch

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