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Box of absentee ballots waiting to be counted at the Albany County Board of Elections, Tuesday, June 30, 2020, in Albany, N.Y.AP Photo/Hans Pennink
SNAIL MAIL: Officials are warning that New York State has some hurdles to get over to ensure it can handle a flood of absentee ballots ahead of November’s election. (Hans Pennink/AP Photo)
‘We’re just not ready’: Just hours after saying they weren’t ready to do it safely, 96 percent of teachers in the Syracuse City School District voted to tell the district they wanted a delay to in-person instruction.
How a pandemic laid bare CNY’s health care crisis: Black residents of Onondaga County are 3 times more likely to get Covid-19, and also see more deaths than whites from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and strokes. “This needs to be addressed,” said Dr. Mustafa Awayda, chief hospitalist at the VA Medical Center in Syracuse.
Wedding confusion: Wedding parties and everyone else involved have spent the last several days confused after a federal judge rejected Gov. Cuomo’s executive order limiting wedding receptions to just 50 people.
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What’s Trending
Strathmore break-ins: Three vehicles were stolen from one driveway last week as part of a sharp rise in crime in Syracuse’s Strathmore neighborhood.
Gouged: New York’s AG has charged one of the nation’s largest egg producers with illegally inflating prices up to four times per carton during the coronavirus pandemic.
Sports
Griffin to IU? Kentucky assistant Kenny Payne’s departure for the Knicks has set off a chain reaction in college basketball, and now Indiana’s Archie Miller could be looking for a reunion with Orange assistant Allen Griffin.
SU recruit transfers: Orange basketball recruit Benny Williams is leaving his Maryland high school for Florida’s IMG Academy this year with the hopes he can continue playing amid the pandemic.
Final 77: After the Big Ten and Pac-12 opted to postpone all fall sports, Syracuse is one of just 77 schools still hoping to play college football in 2020. Here’s a look at what happens next.
In Brief
Report: Amazon withdraws Grand Island project near Buffalo
$1 million Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Camillus: Are you the winner?
You’re not crazy, there are lots of chipmunks this year — and more are on the way
Syracuse woman gets 7 years for murder conspiracy after avoiding life for double murder itself
The Toast bakery moving from Canastota to Cazenovia
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