Health
People Reach For CBD To Treat Pain, Other Symptoms
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Local health care practitioners say they’re seeing an increased interest in a product often touted as a source of relief for everything from arthritis to depression.
Education
New York Toughens Law Requiring School Bus Drivers To Be Tested For Drugs And Alcohol
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – New York State is strengthening its law requiring school bus drivers to submit to random drug and alcohol screening.
binghamton
Start Kids On School Sleep Schedule Now, Experts Say
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – With a few weeks left before the start of a new school year, sleep experts say now is the time to get kids back on an earlier sleep schedule.
History
Recent Discovery Highlights Frederick Douglass, The Businessman
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Local scholars say a recent discovery found among the personal artifacts of Frederick Douglass broadens our understanding of the famed abolitionist.
Arts & Culture
An Homage To Humor: National Comedy Center Opens In Jamestown
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – What some may have once written off as a pipe dream is about to get real for a small western New York city.
Food and Farms
Trade, Not Aid, Say New York Farmers
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Farmers in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region are nervous about President Trump’s so-called trade wars.
Education
Health Disparities Put Deaf Community At Risk
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Deaf individuals are up to seven times as likely as their hearing peers to have heart disease, high blood pressure, and strokes.
Energy
Schuyler County Reverses Position On Propane Storage Project
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ROCHESTER, NY (WSKG) – Already facing opposition from local municipalities and hundreds of businesses and property owners, a Houston company’s plans to store propane and natural gas in abandoned salt mines on the shore of Seneca Lake has been dealt another blow.
Government
New York State Establishes Team To Investigate Sexual Abuse Of People With Special Needs
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Reports of sexual abuse of individuals with disabilities in New York State funded and licensed facilities will now be investigated by a newly created response team.
Environment
Trash Incinerator Opponents Increase Pressure On New York Lawmakers
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Opponents of a proposed Finger Lakes waste-to-energy facility are increasing pressure on the New York State Legislature to pass legislation to ban the operation before the end of the legislative session next week.