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In the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, May 19, 2022, guests from NAMI Rochester discuss the problem with conflating racism with mental illness.

Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors will play the slot Wynonna Judd formerly held.

The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo appeared in court Thursday, standing silently during a brief proceeding attended by some relatives of the victims after a grand jury indicted him.

Here's what's coming up on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, May 19, 2022.

For about 100 years, some Seneca people have worked to revitalize their language, which was nearly wiped out when the U.S. government forced generations of Native American children to attend more than 400 boarding schools that operated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The goal of those boarding schools was identity erasure.

A plethora of emergency mental health and food services have descended on the predominantly Black East Side neighborhood surrounding Tops in the days since the shooting.

Local political and other civic leaders along with members of the faith community gathered Thursday night for a vigil at the Aenon Missionary Baptist Church on Rochester’s southwest side.

Voters in suburban school districts across New York state decided the direction their school boards will take in the coming years. Local schools may see a dramatic juxtaposition in ideologies on school boards around the region.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new measures aimed at fighting the twin crises of the growth of white supremacist beliefs and easy access to dangerous weapons.

If you’ve been thinking, “Wow, my allergies seem worse this season,” one local specialist said you’re not imagining it.