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'The Sale' to benefit the local Ronald McDonald House starts Thursday

RBTL's Auditorium Theatre gets walk-through metal detectors

First Alert Weather Snapshot: Breezy with some lake effect rain Wednesday

RCR conducting E. coli vaccine research study

Local UAW members reject deal that could end GM strike

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Monroe County executive candidates to square off in live debate on News10NBC

Monroe County executive candidates to square off in live debate on News10NBC

Monroe County executive candidates on the issues

Monroe County executive candidates on the issues

Water main break shuts down portion of East Avenue

Water main break shuts down portion of East Avenue

Deputies: Suspects stole more than $200K worth of jewelry from Pittsford store

Deputies: Suspects stole more than $200K worth of jewelry from Pittsford store

State police investigate 'accidental' death of Dansville man

State police investigate 'accidental' death of Dansville man

Police search for suspect who robbed Chinese restaurant on Lyell Avenue

Police search for suspect who robbed Chinese restaurant on Lyell Avenue

RCSD board commissioners discuss plans to fix budget issue

RCSD board commissioners discuss plans to fix budget issue

Communities rally for road safety after teacher dies on Route 260

Communities rally for road safety after teacher dies on Route 260

Crews respond to garage fire in Fairport

Crews respond to garage fire in Fairport

Brighton CSD, PD issue suspicious vehicle warning

Brighton CSD, PD issue suspicious vehicle warning

National & World News

Google claims breakthrough in blazingly fast computing

PolyMet opponents ask appeals court to overturn mine permits

FILE - In this May 29, 2019 file photo, Eric Olson, right, gathers his tools as contractor Robert Radotich uses a backhoe to dig areas so the soil stratification can be observed, which will help them engineer and design the infiltration pods for the PolyMet copper-nickel mine in Hoyt Lakes, Minn. The Minnesota Court of Appeals is deciding whether to grant requests by opponents of the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine to cancel two of its most important permits and order further proceedings. (Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Judge: Florida school shooting trial will begin in January

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2018 file photo, Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz listens during a status check on his case at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As his death penalty trial draws closer, a hearing is set for school shooting defendant Cruz in the 2018 massacre that killed 17 people. The hearing Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, likely concerns the setting of timelines leading up to the planned January trial of the 21-year-old Cruz. (Amy Beth Bennett/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

Prosecutor: Guards won't face charges after clash at protest

FILE -In this file still image from video provided by WLNE-TV, protesters blocking an entrance to the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility begin to move as a pickup truck approaches, Wednesday night, Aug. 14, 2019, in Central Falls, R.I. Rhode Island’s attorney general said Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019 that guards involved in a clash outside a detention facility during a protest of federal immigration policies won’t face charges. (WLNE-TV via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Cummings lying in repose at historically black college

Pallbearers walk with a casket carrying the body of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings as it arrives at Morgan State University ahead of a public viewing, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Prosecutors: Virginia city can move Confederate monument

FILE - This June 25, 2015, file photo shows the 15-foot figure of a Confederate soldier on top of a Norfolk monument commemorating the last reunion of surviving confederate soldiers. The commonwealth’s attorney of Norfolk, Virginia, says the city can remove a Confederate monument, despite a state law that bars the removal of war memorials. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)

In Scorsese and Coppola, Marvel meets formidable foes

This combination photo shows director Francis Ford Coppola at a screening of the 40th Anniversary of

Missouri farmer charged in killing of Wisconsin brothers

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Caldwell County, Mo., Detention Center shows Garland Nelson. A Missouri prosecutor and sheriff will give an update Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, into the disappearance of two Wisconsin brothers who have been missing since July and are presumed dead. Caldwell County Maj. Mitch Allen told the Kansas City Star that new charges will be filed against Nelson, the Missouri man already charged with tampering with a vehicle rented by Justin and Nick Diemel of Shawano County, Wisconsin. (Caldwell County Detention Center via AP, File)

Feds detain ex Russian Olympic official in South Florida

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2011 file photo Akhmed Bilalov speaks with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Bilalov, a former Russian Olympic Committee official, who fled the country following accusations by President Vladimir Putin was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, at his home in Sunny Isles, Fla., on an alleged immigration violation. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

PM Conte defends Italy's intelligence contacts with US

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte sits before testifying behind closed doors to COPASIR (Italian parliamentary intelligence committee) about a meeting between United States Attorney General William Barr and Italian intelligence, in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Media reports have indicated that Conte authorized the contacts -- one in August and one in September -- in violation of protocol. (Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP)

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News10NBC Investigates: Child with autism denied medical vaccine exemption again, dad vows to sue again

News10NBC Investigates: Child with autism denied medical vaccine exemption again, dad vows to sue again

News10NBC Investigates: Victim sues RPD over domestic violence policy: ‘A lot of females going through this’

News10NBC Investigates: Victim sues RPD over domestic violence policy: ‘A lot of females going through this’

RPD sued for not giving reports to victims of domestic violence

RPD sued for not giving reports to victims of domestic violence

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Good Question: How are authorities addressing bad behavior in local park?

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Good Question: Are guns tested after gun buyback events?

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Good Question: Could cashing in on discount compromise sensitive information?

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Inside the Evidence: Sodus double homicide

Inside the Evidence: Sodus double homicide

Inside the Evidence: Mother seeks justice in Finger Lakes homicide

Inside the Evidence: Mother seeks justice in Finger Lakes homicide

Inside the Evidence: A mother on a mission

Inside the Evidence: A mother on a mission

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Web Extra: Han-Tek employs several families

Web Extra: Han-Tek employs several families

Small Business Spotlight: Han-Tek

Small Business Spotlight: Han-Tek

Small Business Spotlight follow-up: The Solar Home Factory

Small Business Spotlight follow-up: The Solar Home Factory

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Rochester in Focus: Lyric Theatre’s 'Be Our Wings Gala'

Rochester in Focus: Lyric Theatre’s 'Be Our Wings Gala'

Rochester in Focus: Blackfriars Theatre presents 'Detroit '67'

Rochester in Focus: Blackfriars Theatre presents 'Detroit '67'

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Rochester in Focus: Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives

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Sabres win 4-3 over Sharks

Sabres win 4-3 over Sharks

News10NBC Scholar-Athlete of the Week: Grace Collins

News10NBC Scholar-Athlete of the Week: Grace Collins

Sutherland edges Thomas in field hockey

Sutherland edges Thomas in field hockey

Syracuse Orange to retire jersey of former star John Wallace

Syracuse Orange to retire jersey of former star John Wallace

Nazareth College dedicates Golisano Fitness Center

Nazareth College dedicates Golisano Fitness Center

Rochester man catches Josh Allen pass

Rochester man catches Josh Allen pass

Strange News

Illegal BASE jumper calls police after cell tower mishap

Illegal BASE jumper calls police after cell tower mishap

Wyoming man grows 1,491-pound pumpkin, breaks state record

In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 photo Andy Corbin poses for a photo with his 1,491 pound pumpkin in Cheyenne. Corbin now once again holds the state record for largest pumpkin. (Michael Cummo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle via AP)

False alarm: Retail tag prompts suspicious package response

A Georgia Bureau of Investigation bomb technician carries a security tag found in a garbage can in Atlanta Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. A person reported a beeping sound coming from the trash bin outside a state government building in the heart of downtown Police evacuated the building and summoned bomb technicians. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Trapper plays with 'gator until it tires, pulls it from pool

In this Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2019 handout photo shows Paul Bedard raising a 9-foot alligator over his head at a home in Parkland, Fla. Bedard, a local trapper, removed the nuisance reptile that had jumped into a customers pool. Bedard stars in the Animal Planet show

Pack of handsome wild dogs debuts at Bronx Zoo

In this recent photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, three male dhole, a species of Asiatic wild dog, that have debuted at the Bronx Zoo, stand in their new habitat adjacent at the zoo in the Bronx borough of New York. The trio, named Roan, Apollo, and Kito, siblings that were born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2016, are native to portions of southern and central Asia. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)

Giant pumpkin weighing 2,175 pounds sets California record

A massive pumpkin grin by Leonardo Urena of Napa, Calif., is lowered on a scale with a forklift on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The pumpkin weighed in at 2,175 lbs., a new California weight record. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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