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Coronavirus represents new normal of health care caution

By EMIL PATRICK LESHO | January 31, 2020

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus has reached the United States. Is Rochester ready?

For the nonprofits that serve the homeless and hungry, providing shelter and food to the needy today is only one challenge. They also must find ways to reach younger potential donors to fund operations in the future.

Justice & Public Safety

RDC wants insurer to cover legal costs

By WILL ASTOR | January 29, 2020

Rochester Drug Co-operative, hit with criminal charges last year, is suing its insurance company, citing the deferred prosecution agreement RDC reached with prosecutors.

GUEST OPINION

Bail reform’s likely impact? Evidence from an upstate county

By DON PRYOR | January 28, 2020

Tompkins County adopted bail reform two years ahead of the controversial new state law. The results so far: a sharp drop in jail occupancy without compromising public safety.

Four Questions

His job is funding RIT’s future

By SMRITI JACOB | January 27, 2020

When Phil Castleberry takes over as vice president for development and alumni relations, a key task will be completing the $1 billion campaign launched in 2018.

Policy Wonk

What Vietnam can teach us about personal mobility

By KENT GARDNER | January 24, 2020

‘Motos’ rule the chaotic roadways in Southeast Asia. There are lessons for New York as it eyes legalizing e-scooters and e-bikes.

Education

Learning from the Holocaust

By PAUL ERICSON | January 23, 2020

On Jan. 27, heads of state from more than two dozen countries are expected to attend the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial. However, there is reason for concern that awareness of the Holocaust is fading and anti-Semitism is on the rise again in this country—including Rochester—and abroad.