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Foodlink employees team up to form union, call for recognition from organization

In a release Tuesday from the New York City-based OPEIU Local 153, it was announced the new partnership would be called "Foodlink United."

Toppled Main Street Frederick Douglass statue to be reinstalled Wednesday

The statue was toppled over on Sep.15.

The Frederick Douglass statue in Aqueduct Park, May 27, 2021.

Fact Check: IRS wants to track money sent via payment apps

Do you have PayPal, Venmo, Zelle or Cash App? A lot of us do to pay family or friends or to buy things online.

Police investigating after shooting victim arrives at Strong Hosptial

Rochester Police are investigating after a gunshot victim walked into Strong Memorial Hospital Monday night.

Senator: YouTube, TikTok, Snap offering only small changes

The Senate Commerce subcommittee on consumer protection is fresh off a highly charged hearing with a former Facebook data scientist, who laid out internal company research showing that the company's Instagram photo-sharing service appears to seriously harm some teens.

FILE- This Aug. 9, 2017, file photo shows the Youtube, left, and Snapchat apps on a mobile device in New York. The leaders of a Senate panel have called executives from YouTube, TikTok and Snapchat to face questions on what the companies are doing to ensure young users' safety. The hearing Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021, comes as the panel bears down on hugely popular social media platforms and their impact on children. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

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Olofsson scores twice to help Sabres beat Lightning 5-1

Buffalo Sabres center Drake Caggiula, center, celebrates with defenseman Will Butcher, left, after scoring a goal during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

Vilified in sports world, Astros begin another World Series

The Houston Astros World Series banner is seen Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Houston. The Astros face the Atlanta Braves in Game 1 of baseball's World Series tomorrow. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Bills sign UB alum Evin Ksiezarczyk to practice squad

Wilson out 2-4 weeks with knee injury; Jets trade for Flacco

New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson (2) is escorted to the locker room after an apparent injury during the first half of an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Section V football teams begin quest to Carrier Dome

Amerks hold first game with fans in stands in almost 2 years

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Wright Brothers, wrong design: Ohio mangles license plate

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, unveiled the new

Body scan reveals shotgun shell inside Alabama prisoner

This undated body scan provided by the the Morgan County Sheriff's Office in Decatur, Ala., shows an apparent shotgun shell inside the body of a person who was being booked into the lockup. Prisoners entering the Morgan County Jail routinely undergo a body scan when being admitted, and a recent image showed what appeared to be a shell from a .410-gauge shotgun that had been swallowed inside a person, spokesperson Mike Swafford said Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. He says medical staffers sent the man to a hospital rather than jail, and he was later released on his own recognizance. (Morgan County Sheriff's Office via AP)

For sleepy Hong Kong residents, 5-hour bus tour is a snooze

Passengers sleep on the upper deck of a double-decker bus in Hong Kong, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Travel-starved, sleep-deprived residents might find a new Hong Kong bus tour to be a snooze. The 47-mile, five-hour ride on a double-decker bus around the territory is meant to appeal to people who are easily lulled asleep by long rides. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Australian town overwhelmed by response to free land offer

Tom Hennessy, right, and his fiancee Tessa McDougall stand on their land in the Australian Outback town of Quilpie, on Oct. 2, 2021. Quilpie had hoped its offer of a free residential block of land to anyone who would make it their home might attract five new families to the remote community of 800. But authorities have been overwhelmed by more than 250 enquires in less than two weeks from around Australia and internationally. (Leon O'Neil via AP)

Rare coin made in Colonial New England could fetch $300,000

In this Sept. 9, 2021 photo provided by auctioneer Morton & Eden Ltd., a rare 17th century one shilling coin is displayed above a metal box containing other coins, at the auction house, in London. Morton & Eden Ltd. says the extraordinarily rare coin, with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England, could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it's put up for auction in London next month. (Menelaos Danellis/Morton & Eden Ltd. via AP)

NZ police answer 4-year-old's call, confirm toys are cool

In this photo released by New Zealand Police, an officer identified only as Constable Kurt sits on his patrol car with a 4-year-old boy who is not identified, in the South Island city of Invercargill, New Zealand, Friday, Oct. 15, 2021. An emergency call made by the 4-year-old New Zealand boy asking for police to come over and check out his toys prompted a real-life callout and confirmation from an officer that the toys were, indeed, pretty cool. (NZ Police via AP)

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