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The State Fair broke its opening day attendance record Thursday with 138,875 visitors. To put that in perspective, that’s more people than the entire population of Rochester — around 125,000 — the state’s third largest city.
Robert F. Kennedy says he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said Friday in Arizona that his internal polls had showed that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris.
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