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Riders stuck on high roller coaster rescued in Texas after 4+ hours
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- Riders stuck on high roller coaster rescued in Texas after 4+ hours
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- 0:19
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Several people in Galveston, Texas who were stuck on a roller coaster roughly 100 feet were rescued Thursday evening after being stranded for more than four hours.
Pleasure Pier's Iron Shark roller coaster is the venue's tallest and has a 100-foot vertical lift hill.
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- Tentative 60-day US-Iran ceasefire deal would reopen Hormuz, open nuclear negotiations
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- 2:11
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- U.S. and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement Thursday to extend the ceasefire in the 3-month-old war by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran’s nuclear program, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
Iran did not immediately confirm any deal. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday evening confirmed there was a tentative agreement, but said it was unclear if President Donald Trump would approve it.
“It’s hard to say exactly when or if the president’s going to sign,” Vance told reporters.
He added: “We’re going back and forth on a couple of language points.”
The emerging memorandum of understanding came as the fragile ceasefire in the war between the U.S. and Iran appeared to be wavering. The latest flare-up in fighting happened less than a day earlier, when Kuwait intercepted missiles fired from Iran, according to U.S. Central Command.
The memorandum makes clear that Iran...
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- Rohrbach Brewing hosts Frühlingsfest (ARC Rochester, May 28, 2026)
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- 1:58:07
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Chris Lopez at Frühlingsfest/Tour de Cure/Happier at Home: Summertime activities for seniors/Truth or Trash/From the Ground Up: Garden mulch and moisture control/ADK Guys
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- RAW: Bessent teases $250 bill with Trump's face and signature
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Trump administration officials have pushed the office tasked with printing the nation's money to move forward with designing a commemorative $250 bill with President Donald Trump's portrait and signature, should legislation to create the new currency pass, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions.
It would mark the first time a living person has appeared on U.S. currency in more than 150 years. As of now, federal law explicitly states only deceased people can appear on United States currency.
But some Republicans in Congress are working to change that.
Republican Rep. Joe Wilson, of South Carolina, has introduced a bill ordering the Treasury Department to print $250 Federal Reserve notes featuring a portrait of Trump.
The bill has 15 Republican cosponsors, a small sum for legislation that was introduced more than a year ago.
The bill has not passed -- stuck in the House Financial Services committee for m...
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- Convicted felon charged after man shot to death inside apartment
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- 3:18
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- The Monroe County Sheriff's Office announced an arrest Thursday for a homicide in Perinton.
Sheriff Todd Baxter said Tyree Ross-Simmons, 35, of Rochester, shot and killed EzraJohn Nunez, 32, in Nunez's second-floor apartment in a multi-use building on Route 31 in Perinton early Wednesday.
During the overnight hours, the quiet neighborhood turned into a crime scene.
"I was sleeping, all of a sudden I hear a knock on the door, it woke me up," said Bobby Stuewe, who lives in the building. "It wasn't like a loud knock, it was just like a little slight knock."
"I opened it up, and it's the freaking Monroe County sheriff," Stuewe continued.
Deputies found Nunez's body was found inside his unit with a gunshot wound around 1:45 a.m., according to Sgt. Brendan Hurley.
Stuewe said Nunez was fairly new to the building.
"He was a bit of a loner, you know, kept to himself," Stuewe continued. "So, I only knew ...
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- Ex-officer sentenced to 16 weekends in jail for on-duty drug sales scheme
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- 2:27
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- A former Geneva police officer, who reached a guilty plea after being accused of selling drugs, received his sentence Thursday in Ontario County Court.
Authorities said Michael Tapscott, a 13-year veteran of the Geneva Police Department, sold dextroamp-amphetamine — a generic form of Adderall that requires a prescription — to someone at a used car dealership on Route 14 north of the city April 21, 2025. He resigned May 6, 2025, one day before he was charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance and official misconduct.
Tapscott pleaded guilty Feb. 19 to 40 counts of official misconduct and criminal possession of a controlled substance. Judge Frederick Reed sentenced him Thursday to 16 weekends in jail, starting this weekend.
"I hope this offers the community some closure, even if it is not the extent of the punishment they believed he should have received," special prosecutor Christine Callanan said.
Authorities announced O...
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- Jill Biden says she feared Joe Biden was having stroke during 'disastrous' debate with Trump
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- 2:35
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- It's been nearly two years since the event now commonly referred to as Joe Biden's "disastrous debate."
While his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, initially told her husband in public, "You did such a great job," we now know her thoughts in private were far different.
In an interview with CBS's "Sunday Morning," the former first lady said, "I wasn’t horrified. I was frightened because I had never ever seen Joe like that."
When asked, "What happened?" Biden replied:
"I don’t know what happened. As I watched it unfold, I thought Oh my God, he’s having a stroke."
The cognitive health of the 46th president took center stage in the 2024 Presidential race, which three weeks later, Biden dropped out of.
A 2023 investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents conducted by special counsel Robert Hur found no criminal wrongdoing, but characterized Biden as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor m...
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- FORECAST: Cooler temperatures settling in
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- FULL: Bessent leads White House briefing, talks ceasefire deal & 'Trump Accounts,' blasts Newsom
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- 31:42
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held the White House press briefing Thursday while press secretary Karoline Leavitt is on maternity leave.
The briefing comes as the Trump administration weighs major decisions involving Iran, including a tentative agreement aimed at extending a ceasefire by 60 days, as well as starting negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program. The proposal also includes steps to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore commercial shipping through one of the world's most important oil transit routes.
Bessent also addressed the newly launched "Trump Accounts," noting that nearly 6 million children already have accounts set up.
The app was created by Robinhood, the commission-free trading and investing platform, and the Bank of New York, both of which were selected by the Treasury Department to manage Trump Accounts in this initial phase.
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- Contamination concerns after deadly Washington chemical tank implosion as recovery effort continues
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Authorities resumed the painstaking search Thursday for nine workers feared dead at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured, devastating a community where many families have worked in local mills for generations.
Among the 11 people presumed dead, including the missing, are a grandfather who was always willing to help anyone and a young husband described as selfless and caring, according to friends who organized fundraisers for the victims’ families.
Authorities have said there was no hope of finding survivors of Tuesday’s tank rupture at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, which was of one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in recent decades.
The partially collapsed tank spilled more than 500,000 gallons (1.9 million liters) of a highly corrosive chemical mix called white liquor that is used to break down wood into certain types of paper products.
Fire officials said Wednesday that the recov...
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- Baby survives after pregnant woman killed in Greece house fire
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- 19-year-old Keira Johnson, who was pregnant, was one of two people killed in a Greece house fire Saturday. Her baby was successfully delivered.
"Even though she is fighting for her life, she's in critical condition, I believe that God is going to wrap his hands around the baby and she'll come on the other side because she did survive the fire."
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- Thune goes 'all in' for Paxton after bitter primary race ripped GOP apart
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- 0:29
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton added another endorsement to his growing field of backers in the Senate GOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
Thune announced his support of Paxton on the Hugh Hewitt show Wednesday afternoon, less than a day after the bloody primary fight in the Lone Star State concluded. And the main target now is Texas state Rep. James Talarico, the insurgent Democratic nominee waiting for Paxton in November.
The voters, Republican voters in Texas spoke last night," Thune said. "Ken Paxton is our nominee heading into November, and we got to pivot and go all in to make sure that we keep Texas red, that he wins, and that we keep a far-left liberal out of the United States Senate."
"And obviously, that seat is gonna be very key to our majority, which will determine the future of this country," he continued.
Paxton was neither Thune nor the majority of Senate Republicans' first choice, however.
Mo...
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- 5 villagers rescued from dark flooded cave in Laos after 9 days; 2 still missing
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- 0:49
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Five villagers who became trapped in a flooded cave in central Laos more than a week ago have been found alive by divers who discovered them sitting on a rock in the darkness, rescuers said Wednesday, but two others are still missing.
The seven villagers entered the cave in Xaisomboun province on May 19, but heavy rain triggered flash flooding that blocked the exit, according to Lao and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation.
Thai rescuer Chakkit Taengtang posted video of himself in the cave saying divers were delivering food and water to the five and planning to extract them as soon as possible.
All of the villagers are men, according to a Facebook post by the Lao group Rescue Volunteer for People.
“I’m still shaking. Our team made it happen,” Bounkham Luanglath, a member of the Lao rescue team, said in a voice message to The Associated Press. He said the search for the missing would continue.
A video posted b...
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- Trump dismisses anti-ICE protesters in Newark as 'paid activists' amid escalating clashes
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- 1:50
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday said they observed dire conditions within a federal immigration detention center in New Jersey where protesters have been demonstrating for days and asserting that detainees are on a hunger strike.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat, said detainees at Delaney Hall in Newark are being given small portions of food that “very often” contain maggots and that the only medication they receive is Tylenol.
One woman, he said, had a lump in her breast but was still waiting on a mammogram more than a month into her detention. Another detainee was suffering from colon cancer but wasn’t receiving any treatment.
“The bottom line is, if you are human, if you are American, you cannot support what is going on here,” said U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, another Manhattan Democrat who toured the facility Wednesday. “They’re living in jail conditions, and none of these people are criminals.”
U...
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- Man found shot to death at Perinton apartment
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Neighbors were shocked to learn of a homicide investigation after a man was found shot to death at an apartment on Route 31 in Perinton.
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- Baby survives after pregnant woman killed in house fire
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- 2:33
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Greece, N.Y. (WHAM) — A pregnant woman was one of the victims who lost their life in a house fire on Bancroft Drive over Memorial Day weekend, according to family members. Her baby was successfully delivered and survived.
Six people, including children, were inside the home when the fire broke out Saturday morning, according to the Barnard Fire District. Firefighters rescued three people who were trapped inside and took them to Strong Memorial Hospital, where two of them died.
One of those killed was 19-year-old Keira Johnson, according to her sisters. They said Keira was due to have her baby in June and were shocked to learn the baby survived the fire.
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- Iran launches retaliatory strikes on after U.S. downs drones near Strait of Hormuz
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 27 days ago
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- Iran launched a retaliatory strike on an American air base in the region on Wednesday after U.S. military officials confirmed they had shot down Iranian drones over the Strait of Hormuz.
The exchange marked the second time in three days that the United States has struck Iranian targets, with U.S. officials describing the operations as acts of self-defense even as the attacks complicated ongoing negotiations to end the war.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) did not confirm which base it targeted. However, U.S. Central Command said Kuwait — which hosts a U.S. base — intercepted the missiles, calling the Iranian attack on one of America’s top allies an “egregious ceasefire violation.”
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- LIVE: Perinton homicide investigation update
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- 14:17
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is sharing an update on a homicide investigation in Perinton.
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- US strikes Iran again
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- 1:12
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- More U.S. missile strikes in Iran, the Red Wings achieve their first 10-game hot streak since 1992 and homelessness rates in Rochester — @cloreports has the latest in this Thursday's Morning Minute.
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- "Fat Morning" perform on morning show
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- 10:39
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- A local indie rock group is captivating listeners with their multilingual vocals and potent guitar playing.
Kévin Le Blévec and Pete Goebel of Fat Morning joined ARC Rochester on Friday to play for us.
You can catch the group on the following dates:
May 29 at Bar Bad Ending on Monroe Avenue
July 28 at The Bug Jar
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- 9 still missing after deadly tank rupture at Washington paper mill as rescue shifts to recovery
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- 1:49
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Crews resumed the grim search Wednesday for nine people presumed killed at a Washington state paper mill where a chemical tank ruptured a day earlier in one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in years.
The likely death toll rose to 11, including the missing, after another person who was injured died, authorities said Wednesday.
Authorities said there was no hope of finding more survivors following Tuesday’s tank failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, which also injured another eight people, including a firefighter who was treated and released by a hospital.
If the 11 deaths are confirmed, it would be one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the U.S. in recent decades — alongside a series of blasts that killed 16 people at an explosives plant in Tennessee last fall; a fire and detonation that killed 14 people at a fertilizer plant in Texas in 2013; the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion that killed 11 people in 2...
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- Backlash over Trump’s $1.7B anti-weaponization fund & who it may reward
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- 2:32
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- The Trump administration’s newly announced “Anti-Weaponization Fund” is already facing backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike, raising questions about how taxpayer money could be used — and who may ultimately benefit.
The Department of Justice says the fund is designed to compensate people who claim they were unfairly targeted by politically motivated investigations or prosecutions by the federal government. The program would reportedly total roughly $1.776 billion.
The money stems from a settlement tied to the leak of President Donald Trump’s tax information, after IRS records were improperly disclosed to media outlets. But while supporters argue the fund is needed to restore trust in government institutions, critics say major details remain unclear.
According to the Justice Department, the fund would allow individuals to file claims alleging they were victims of political “weaponization” by federal agencies. Attorney General...
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- US carries out new strikes on Iran military site, shoots down Iranian attack drones
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- 1:44
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- The U.S. carried out a new round of strikes on Iran on Wednesday, testing a fragile ceasefire between the two countries, according to multiple reports.
A U.S. official confirmed to CBS News that the strikes were defensive and targeted a military site that was a threat to American forces and commercial traffic. The official added that the ceasefire is still holding.
Reuters first reported the news of the strikes.
Reports of an unofficial draft agreement between the two countries shared by Iranian state media were circulating. The reports are said to include the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to commercial maritime traffic in exchange for the United States lifting its naval blockade in the region.
Iran's state broadcaster reportedly claimed the draft memorandum of understanding (MOU) included an agreement for the U.S. to end its naval blockade. At the same time, Tehran would allow shipping traffic to return to previous levels.
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- Rochester Red Wings aim to win 10th consecutive game (ARC Rochester, May 27, 2026)
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- 2:04:15
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Red Wings/Mental Health Treatment for Cancer Patients/Style That Serves: Runway to Benefit the Arts/At Ease With Brother Wease/Senior Health & Fitness Day
ARC Rochester: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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- Primary results signal tough road ahead for moderate candidates amid growing polarization
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Primary results across the country are signaling a tougher road for moderate candidates as both parties grapple with energized voters on the ideological edges.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, conceded his Republican primary loss to Ken Paxton, who received President Donald Trump’s endorsement last week. Cornyn, who has served in the Senate since 2003, was seeking a fourth term.
“I've said throughout this race that I trust the voters of Texas. And they've made their decision and I must respect it," he told supporters.
Paxton was a steady Trump loyalist, casting the race as the start of a broader political fight.
“Tonight is the beginning of the fight to preserve every value we hold dear. The future of Texas and the future of America is on the line, and I intend to do everything I can to expand our movement," he said during his victory speech.
Cornyn was described as an establishment Republican who cut deals across the ais...
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- Hasim 'The Rock' Rahman eyes comeback at age 53, set to fight in July
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- Two-time world heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman wants to become the oldest heavyweight champion in boxing history, with Rochester serving as a stop along his comeback trail.
The 53-year-old is scheduled to headline a card July 14 at ESL Ballpark, facing an opponent yet to be named, organizers announced Wednesday.
Rahman acknowledged some would call him a "delusional man" and his goal a "pipe dream."
"I feel stronger, I feel better, I feel more knowledgeable, my legs are stronger, my arms are stronger, my endurance is insane right now," he said.
Rahman fought professionally from December 1994 until June 2014 — including five fights in Rochester — compiling an overall record of 50-9-2 with 41 knockouts.
He first earned the heavyweight title in April 2001 with a stunning upset of Lennox Lewis, who took the title back in a rematch seven months later. Rahman later regained the title from November 2005 until August 2006.
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- Trump says Iran 'negotiating on fumes,' insists nobody will control Hormuz as talks intensify
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump asserted Wednesday that Iran is “negotiating on fumes” and insisted that November’s midterm elections won’t make him rush into a deal to end the nearly three-month-old conflict that’s spurred unease across the global economy.
Speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting, Trump expressed confidence that a deal is near. Over the weekend, he even declared that his administration and Tehran had “largely negotiated” a settlement, though the talks are still in flux.
The president is looking for a settlement that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and provide him with a credible argument that Iran’s nuclear capability has been diminished enough to declare victory, winding down a conflict that’s been politically unpopular for Republicans.
But as things stand, Trump also risks finding that closure to his war of choice comes with an unsatisfactory ending.
The emerging deal puts off many critical issues to be...
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- FULL: Trump holds Cabinet meeting while seeking breakthrough in ending Iran war
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- 1:19:05
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- President Donald Trump is asserting that Iran’s “negotiating on fumes” and insisting November’s midterm elections won't factor in shaping his approach to the nearly three-month-old conflict that’s spurred unease across the global economy.
Speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Trump expressed confidence that a deal is near. Over the weekend, he even declared that his administration and Tehran had “largely negotiated” a settlement, but the negotiations were still in flux.
The president is looking for a settlement that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and provide him a credible argument that Iran’s nuclear capability has been diminished enough to declare victory, winding down a conflict that’s been politically unpopular for Republicans.
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- Sergeant receives life-saving kidney donation from East Rochester Police Department clerk
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Sgt. Noah Fast from the East Rochester Police Department needed a kidney transplant. The department’s clerk, Tammy Elliott, stepped up to become his donor.
"Things like this certainly put it into perspective that we really do not just say that we’re a family — we act it out."
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- Biden sues DOJ to block release of audio, transcripts tied to special counsel probe
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Former President Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday in an effort to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interview with a ghostwriter that were obtained by the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified documents.
Biden's lawyers said in a lawsuit filed in Washington's federal court that the Justice Department plans to release the files to Congress and a conservative group, the Heritage Foundation, after the department had previously argued that they were exempt from disclosure under the public records law.
Biden's lawyers argued that the disclosure would “constitute an unwarranted invasion of President Biden’s privacy.”
At issue in the case are audio recordings and transcripts of Biden's interviews at his home in 2016 and 2017 with Mark Zwonitzer, who worked with Biden on his two memoirs. The files were scrutinized by special counsel Robert Hur as part of his investigation into the pres...
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- Texas AG Ken Paxton wins Republican runoff for U.S. Senate, ousting longtime Sen. John Cornyn
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
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- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn tried for more than a year to show Donald Trump and Texas Republicans that he and the president were on the same team.
Cornyn posted a photo of himself reading Trump's “The Art of the Deal.” He proposed legislation to rename a stretch of interstate in Trump's honor. Perhaps most glaringly, the Senate institutionalist who long supported the filibuster reversed his position in a failed effort to advance voting restrictions that are a priority for the president.
None of it worked. On Tuesday, Cornyn became the latest in a line of Republicans who lost their primaries after falling out of favor with a president with little tolerance for dissent and a seemingly insatiable appetite for retribution. The four-term senator lost by double digits to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who Trump endorsed last week as “a true MAGA Warrior.”
Cornyn, on the other hand, “was VERY disloyal to me,” Trump wrote on social media.
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- Sergeant receives life-saving kidney donation from police department clerk
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- 3:06
- Date posted
- 28 days ago
- Description
- Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — A selfless donation from one East Rochester Police Department employee to another is changing a family’s life after a long wait for a kidney transplant.
Sgt. Noah Fast underwent a kidney transplant Tuesday at Strong Memorial Hospital. The department’s clerk, Tammy Elliott, served as his living donor.
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- Radio legend Brother Wease talks memoir 'At Ease with Brother Wease'
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- 10:31
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Brother Wease, a legend of Rochester radio, is out with a new memoir called "At Ease with Brother Wease: The Last Great American Disc Jockey Recalls When Radio Was Fun." Wease and co-author Marshall Fine joined ARC Rochester to talk about the book.
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- Dredging in Rochester Harbor
- Runtime
- 1:09
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- The International Airshow, Rochester's city budget and dredging in the harbor — all this in this Wednesday's Morning Minute from @cloreports
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- Red Wings Wrestling Night, Professional Women's Bowling (ARC Rochester, May 26, 2026)
- Runtime
- 1:58:56
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- ARC Rochester: Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Red Wings Wrestling Night, Professional Women's Bowling, FLX Toy & Collectors Expo to back Wayne County Humane Society, Eastman School to host 50th Trumpet Guild Conference
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- 1 dead, 9 missing after tank implosion at Washington paper mill
- Runtime
- 1:18
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one worker and leaving nine others unaccounted for, authorities said.
Nine other people were injured in the spill, some severely. Emergency responders were still working on recovery efforts at Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, but hours after the implosion, some liquid remained in the collapsed tank, complicating efforts to reach victims, the Longview Fire Department said Tuesday evening.
“The tank remains unstable, creating hazardous conditions for emergency personnel,” the fire department said in a written statement. “Responders are continuing efforts to structurally reinforce and stabilize the site before additional recovery operations can safely proceed.”
Among those injured was a responding firefighter. Some victims suffered burns or inhalation injuries, and the severity of...
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- Peace deal progress murky as Iran accuses US of 'grave' violation of fragile ceasefire
- Runtime
- 1:29
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war, and the Islamic Republic began restoring internet access after one of the longest nationwide shutdowns ever.
The U.S. military characterized Monday’s strikes in southern Iran as defensive, with targets that included missile launch sites and minelaying boats, and said the U.S. acted with “restraint” in light of the weekslong ceasefire.
Iran’s foreign ministry called the strikes a ceasefire violation and warned that Washington would bear responsibility for “all consequences,” without elaborating.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will leave no act of aggression unanswered,” it added in a statement.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday that it shot down at least one drone and deterred another drone and a fighter jet that entered its airspace, according to ...
- Title
- Paxton defeats Cornyn in Texas Senate primary runoff, marking another MAGA win
- Runtime
- 4:01
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating four-term Sen. John Cornyn in the latest contest where President Donald Trump sought to oust an incumbent he saw as not sufficiently loyal.
Trump endorsed Paxton last week, calling him a “true MAGA warrior.” Paxton’s victory in Tuesday’s runoff makes Cornyn — who was first elected to the Senate in 2002 — the first Republican senator from Texas to lose the party’s nomination for reelection.
Cheers rang through the ballroom at Paxton’s election night party when the race was called, as the stage filled with supporters holding Paxton campaign signs.
Paxton took the stage to chants of “Ken, Ken, Ken,” and he quickly gave credit to Trump.
“When everyone in Washington told him to abandon me and abandon the people of Texas, he didn’t listen,” Paxton said. “President Trump is the leader of our party, and his ...
- Title
- RFK Jr. wrangles two snakes bare-handed
- Runtime
- 0:50
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A video of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrangling two snakes bare-handed captured the internet’s fascination Tuesday, the latest animal encounter the U.S. health secretary has shared publicly that has sparked intrigue and in some cases concern.
Kennedy shared the clip of himself grabbing the tails of the non-venomous black racer snakes on his personal social media accounts, noting in the caption that he was removing them from the patio of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz.
An avid outdoorsman, Kennedy has posted numerous photos and videos over the years of himself interacting with wild animals. He’s also shared tales of such interactions, including admitting once planting a bear carcass in New York’s Central Park as a prank.
Internet users reacted with joy, incredulity and outcry at Kennedy’s latest clip, which shows the snakes biting in the direction of his fingers as Oz asks questions about the snakes. Kenne...
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- White House shooting suspect had several prior run-ins with authorities
- Runtime
- 2:29
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- The man who opened fire near the White House Saturday evening before being killed in a shootout with the Secret Service has been identified as Nasire Best, 21, according to a law enforcement official speaking with the Associated Press.
Investigators said Best approached agents in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest, just after 6 p.m. He pulled a gun from his bag and began firing. Officers returned fire, hitting Best. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died.
A bystander was also hit in the exchange of gunfire and said to be in critical condition. It was not immediately clear who fired the shots that struck the bystander.
Saturday's shooting was not Best's first encounter with Secret Service near the White House.
Best lived in the Prince George’s County suburb of Glenarden with his family, according to virtual records reported by The Baltimore Sun.
Court records show that the 21-year-old w...
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- Russia warns US diplomats to 'leave Kyiv now' as Putin threatens major attacks
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Russia fired more than 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight, the Ukrainian air force said Tuesday, as the country’s foreign ministry noted that Moscow’s recent threat to hit Kyiv especially hard from the air brought nothing new.
Russia on Monday urged foreign citizens, including members of diplomatic missions, to leave the Ukrainian capital as quickly as possible and told residents to steer clear of military and government facilities. It said that “systemic strikes” on Kyiv were being prepared.
Russia has regularly bombarded Kyiv, often causing dozens of civilian casualties with every attack, since it launched an all-out invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio by phone Monday that the U.S. should evacuate its diplomatic staff from Kyiv, a foreign ministry statement said. Rubio didn’t say whether the U.S. State Department wou...
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- DHS secretary calls Newark ICE protests a 'political stunt' by lawmakers
- Runtime
- 0:52
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Protests continue outside Delaney Hall in Newark after there were violent clashes outside the federal immigration center where ICE is housing detained immigrants.
The federal agency brought in reinforcements a day after demonstrators clashed with agents wielding rubber bullets, pepper spray and batons.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill blasted ICE and called for accountability after she was turned away, but the head of DHS called it a political stunt.
For most of Tuesday, demonstrators have stood face to face up against a line of ICE agents.
No pepper spray or rubber bullets were deployed Tuesday, but batons have been at the ready and tensions have been simmering.
The chaos outside Delaney Hall on Monday involved pepper spray, rubber bullets and protesters creating a human chain to block vehicles from leaving the ICE detention center in Newark.
Heavily armored military vehicles were back on the perimeter Tuesday with feder...
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- UFC ring construction begins on White House lawn for America 250 bout
- Runtime
- 0:43
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Yet another White House construction project is underway, though this one is meant to be only temporary.
Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month’s UFC bout, helping mark the nation’s 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump ‘s 80th birthday.
Online renderings depict what the completed, wire-mesh-fence-ringed fight space is expected to look like ahead of the June 14 event. It will be ringed by a red, white and blue stage under a towering arch featuring stars and stripes patterns and two large screens carrying the action live.
The cage and stage will themselves be surrounded by thousands of temporary seats, including ringside space for a full marching band that can set the entire scene to blaring music.
The project is part of a series of events celebrating the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence’s signing on July 4, 1776. Other planned functions include an I...
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- Police chief placed on leave, deputy chief resigns following 'extremely serious' allegations
- Runtime
- 1:40
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- The Town of Greece is preparing to investigate allegations stemming from a New York State Police report that led to Greece Police Chief Michael Wood being placed on administrative leave and Deputy Chief Naser Zenelovic's resignation.
The report, compiled in 2024, said an officer alleged instances of misconduct against Zenelovic — including stalking, falsifying records and creating a hostile work environment — between 2019 and 2022, when Zenelovic was a supervisor for the Rochester Police Department.
Attorney Cory Missell, senior counsel for Tully Rinckey who is not affiliated with the case, said the allegations are heavy.
"It's extremely serious," Missell said. "I mean, we're talking about criminal conduct that a normal citizen would be charged for."
Missell said it appeared the Monroe County District Attorney's office, then led by Sandra Doorley, declined to prosecute the case.
"I don't know if they had a personal re...
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- Man convicted of attempted murder as hate crime for unprovoked trail stabbing
- Runtime
- 1:14
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A man is now awaiting sentencing after a jury convicted him Tuesday of attempted murder and assault, both as a hate crime, following a stabbing on a Perinton trail last summer.
Authorities said Derrick Van Epps stabbed Dylan Ghaemi — a first-generation American whose parents are from Iran — multiple times with a hunting knife June 23 on the Indian Hill Trail.
Ghaemi testified Thursday that he said hello to Van Epps as they passed each other on the trail, before Van Epps ran at him from behind and started stabbing him before Ghaemi managed to wrestle Van Epps off him.
During the third and final day of testimony in the trial Friday, a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the investigator who interviewed Van Epps following his arrest took the stand. The jury watched the recorded interview, during which Van Epps could be heard telling the investigator he "doesn’t like people who aren’t white" and "I should have kept hitting him."
Ass...
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- Man convicted of attempted murder as hate crime for unprovoked stabbing on trail
- Runtime
- 2:08
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A man is now awaiting sentencing after a jury convicted him Tuesday of attempted murder and assault, both as a hate crime, following a stabbing on a Perinton trail last summer.
Authorities said Derrick Van Epps stabbed Dylan Ghaemi — a first-generation American whose parents are from Iran — multiple times with a hunting knife June 23 on the Indian Hill Trail.
Ghaemi testified Thursday that he said hello to Van Epps as they passed each other on the trail, before Van Epps ran at him from behind and started stabbing him before Ghaemi managed to wrestle Van Epps off him.
During the third and final day of testimony in the trial Friday, a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the investigator who interviewed Van Epps following his arrest took the stand. The jury watched the recorded interview, during which Van Epps could be heard telling the investigator he "doesn’t like people who aren’t white" and "I should have kept hitting him."
Ass...
- Title
- Police chief placed on leave, deputy chief resigns following 'extremely serious' allegations
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- The Town of Greece is preparing to investigate allegations stemming from a New York State Police report that led to Greece Police Chief Michael Wood being placed on administrative leave and Deputy Chief Naser Zenelovic's resignation.
The report, compiled in 2024, said an officer alleged instances of misconduct against Zenelovic — including stalking, falsifying records and creating a hostile work environment — between 2019 and 2022, when Zenelovic was a supervisor for the Rochester Police Department.
Attorney Cory Missell, senior counsel for Tully Rinckey who is not affiliated with the case, said the allegations are heavy.
"It's extremely serious," Missell said. "I mean, we're talking about criminal conduct that a normal citizen would be charged for."
Missell said it appeared the Monroe County District Attorney's office, then led by Sandra Doorley, declined to prosecute the case.
"I don't know if they had a personal re...
- Title
- Teen lured and raped by crossing guard while waiting for driving lesson, police say
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A crossing guard for the City of Rochester faces several charges following a sexual assault over the weekend, according to police.
An 18-year-old woman took a bus from downtown to the area of State Street and Lyell Avenue for a driving school appointment, according to police. When she showed up for her appointment, the business was closed, so she waited outside.
"There are some circumstances leading up to it in terms of appointment times and things like that that led her to be off of the normal routine with the driving lessons," said Captain Greg Bello from the Rochester Police Department.
While she was waiting outside the school, 58-year-old Wayne Plummer pulled up in a car, according to police.
"Plummer begins a conversation with her, leading her to believe that he's a driving instructor," Bello said. "I want to make this perfectly clear — he is not, and so he's not employed by the driving agency as far as we know. He has nothing ...
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- Teen lured and raped by crossing guard while waiting for driving lesson, police say
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- A crossing guard for the City of Rochester faces several charges following a sexual assault over the weekend, according to police.
An 18-year-old woman took a bus from downtown to the area of State Street and Lyell Avenue for a driving school appointment, according to police. When she showed up for her appointment, the business was closed, so she waited outside.
"There are some circumstances leading up to it in terms of appointment times and things like that that led her to be off of the normal routine with the driving lessons," said Captain Greg Bello from the Rochester Police Department.
While she was waiting outside the school, 58-year-old Wayne Plummer pulled up in a car, according to police.
"Plummer begins a conversation with her, leading her to believe that he's a driving instructor," Bello said. "I want to make this perfectly clear — he is not, and so he's not employed by the driving agency as far as we know. He has nothing ...
- Title
- Iran condemns US 'self-defense' strikes as peace deal momentum slows, ceasefire in question
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 29 days ago
- Description
- Iran on Tuesday denounced the most recent U.S. strikes as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations pressed on toward a possible deal to end the war, and the Islamic Republic began restoring internet access after one of the longest nationwide shutdowns ever.
The U.S. military characterized Monday’s strikes in southern Iran as defensive, with targets that included missile launch sites and minelaying boats, and said the U.S. acted with “restraint” in light of the weekslong ceasefire.
Iran’s foreign ministry called the strikes a ceasefire violation and warned that Washington would bear responsibility for “all consequences,” without elaborating.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will leave no act of aggression unanswered,” it added in a statement.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday that it shot down at least one drone and deterred another drone and a fighter jet that entered its airspace, according to ...
