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Baseball bats were very prevalent in the Attica prison collection.

In the initial wave of the uprising on Sept. 9 the prisoners had succeeded in securing the whole prison, including the kitchen.

A football helmet recovered from Attica, part of the recreational equipment.

The only surviving copy of a manifesto drafted by prisoners at Attica in 1971.

A makeshift explosive device, known as a Molotov cocktail.

A prison crank key that would open a bank of cell doors at Attica.

A makeshift rocket launcher was built in the yard at Attica by prisoners working under the guidance of Samuel Melville who had been a member of The Weathermen.

Items that were used to create a public address system in the Attica yard during the uprising.

A tear gas projectile recovered from the prison yard, tagged with a NYS police evidence tag.

A weight belt grabbed from an exercise yard and wrapped in tape. The belt was worn by prisoners guarding hostages during the Attica uprising as a form of intimidation.

A prison issue shirt that could have been worn either by a prisoner or a hostage during the Attica uprising in 1971.

When I visited Sunray, I never thought I’d be able to get into Tim Dean’s house — the place where the video of Tim hitting his daughter was recorded, and where he and Charlene Childers planned how they'd kill Josh Niles. We were there in the driveway, taking photos and peeking in windows, when someone walked across the street. She asked what we were doing — and then offered to let us in.

I've never had the chance to speak with Tim Dean and he declined every opportunity to speak during his trial or at his sentencing. That's why I find the body camera footage from his crash in Kansas to be so valuable — it’s the only time I've ever gotten to hear Tim speak about the plan and what was going on in his life in the days leading up to the shooting.

After sitting through the entire trial, sifting through dozens of crime scene photos and spending hours, on multiple occasions, with Josh Niles' family, I knew I wanted to make sure people understood how unusual this killing was. It's unlike any other story I've written about, and I want readers to know how that day has haunted Josh's family ever since.

I learned a lot about Tim Dean by talking to the people who knew him. Tim and Charlene met while working at the Dumas Police Department, where Tim was an officer and Charlene was a dog catcher. I met their supervisor, Lt. Tom Flood, while I was in Texas, and he gave me a glimpse into what they were like before any of this happened.

Aside from supervising Tim and Charlene, Tom Flood assisted with Tim's arrest in Texas. I learned from Tom that Tim and Charlene were suspects from the very beginning, and that on the night police arrested Tim, they wondered if he contemplated suicide before surrendering.

USA Today Network journalists Sarah Taddeo and Georgie Silvarole recorded their conversations as they reported from the locations of the fatal limousine crash in central New York, that occurred a year ago.

A second annoying droning sound heard in Rochester's Highland Park neighborhood. This recording was made July 11, 2018 in the evening. The audio has been enhanced to make the drone more easily heard.

In this edition, Patti Singer updates moves by New York counties to sue opioid manufacturers, whether america can take advantage of its aging population to boost the economy and a new study conducted across 20 counties reinforces the value of open green space to the health of residents.