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BUFFALO, NY (WBFO) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a briefing at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Monday afternoon that Western New York is doing much better in dealing with COVID-19 than it has been. He said that means the ban on elective surgery has been lifted and the state Health Department on Wednesday may ease the restrictions of Orange status for most of the region.
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) - President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday reversing a ban that prohibited transgender people from serving in the military. Former President Trump implemented the ban in 2019.
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HARRISBURG, PA (WSKG) — U.S. Rep. Scott Perry (R-York, Dauphin and Cumberland) said he introduced former President Donald Trump to Department of Justice lawyer Jeffrey Clark — who, the New York Times reported, was part of Trump’s plan to pressure Georgia to overturn its certified election results. In a statement Monday afternoon, Perry also said he talked with Trump and Clark about claims of election fraud.
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BINGHAMTON, NY (WSKG) — Results in the election lawsuit over New York’s 22nd Congressional seat will take a few more days than initially expected. The Oswego County Supreme Court justice presiding over the case granted a two-day extension to the Oneida County Board of Elections, which was set to report corrected vote counts this Wednesday.
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ALBANY, NY (WSKG) - Several State Senators and Assembly members say they were surprised to learn that Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration does not provide Internet access to people living in state run groups homes and other congregant settings, and they want that fixed immediately. Senator James Skoufis, the chair of the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations, says two of his constituents alerted him to the lack of Wi-Fi at the state-run group homes .