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• Official: Girl told 911 'send the police now' as cops waited

  27-05-2022 22:40
  
  Children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including one who pleaded: "Please send the police now."
  
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• State Police to crack down on impaired and reckless driving Memorial Day weekend

  27-05-2022 22:32
  
  New York State Police will increase patrols to combat drunk, impaired, and reckless driving throughout this Memorial Day weekend.
  
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• Police find one person dead inside Park Avenue home

  27-05-2022 22:14
  
  RPD is investigating after finding a dead body inside a Park Avenue home on Friday.
  
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• WATCH LIVE at 4:30 p.m.: Texas Governor Abbott provides update on Uvalde school shooting

  27-05-2022 22:09
  
  Texas Governor Greg Abbott is providing an update on the Uvalde school shooting. You can watch it live below at 4:30 p.m.
  
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• The Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Military Park reopens Memorial Day weekend

  27-05-2022 21:57
  
  The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park will be reopening to the public on Saturday, May 28.
  
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• New Yorkers can now choose an 'X' gender marker on driver license and ID cards

  27-05-2022 21:38
  
  Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday that New Yorkers will have the option to choose "X" as a gender marker on their driver's license, learner permit, or non-driver ID card at all Department of Motor Vehicle offices statewide.
  
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• Police waited 48 minutes in school before pursuing shooter

  27-05-2022 21:20
  
  Children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including one who pleaded: "Please send the police now."
  
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• Heavy police presence on Park Avenue

  27-05-2022 21:12
  
  There is currently a heavy police presence on Park Avenue.
  
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• RCSD: 6 teachers put on leave after text message exchange goes public

  27-05-2022 19:56
  
  The Rochester City School District has placed 6 teachers on leave after a text message exchange was made public.
  
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• Deadline to register to vote in June primary approaching

  27-05-2022 19:22
  
  The deadline to register to vote in New York's June primary is fast approaching.
  
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• Police Accountability Board names interim leader, readies for investigations

  27-05-2022 19:19 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Duwaine Bascoe will serve as interim leader of the PAB, as the agency prepares to review complaints of police misconduct on June 20.The Rochester Police Accountability Board has tapped Duwaine Bascoe, its chief of investigations, to serve as its interim leader during an independent investigation into personnel issues at the agency. Earlier this month, board Executive Director Conor Dwyer Reynolds was suspended over unspecified human resources complaints that came from within the agency.…
  
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• Police Accountability Board to start taking complaints June 20

  27-05-2022 19:10
  
  Duwaine Bascoe, director of the Police Accountability Board, said the board will have a system for reporting police misconduct starting on June 20.
  
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• CDC COVID tracker map shows widespread improvement in New York

  27-05-2022 19:03
  
  Only a couple weeks after most of the state was in the highest alert level, the latest CDC COVID-19 tracking map shows cases starting to come down.
  
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• VP Harris will be in Buffalo on Saturday for funeral of victim

  27-05-2022 19:00
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Buffalo on Saturday to attend the funeral of Ruth Whitfield, one of the 10 victims of the Buffalo shooting on May 14.
  
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• Official: Kids to 911 during siege: 'Please send the police'

  27-05-2022 18:51
  
  Children repeatedly called 911 asking for help, including one who pleaded: "Please send the police now."
  
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• Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit, allowing NY probe to go on

  27-05-2022 18:04
  
  A federal judge on Friday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, allowing her civil investigation into his business practices to continue.
  
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• Police Accountability Board said they'll start taking complaints June 20

  27-05-2022 17:01
  
  Duwaine Bascoe, director of the Police Accountability Board, said the board will have a system for reporting police misconduct starting on June 20.
  
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• RCSD staff members put on leave after text message exchange goes public

  27-05-2022 16:44
  
  The Rochester City School District has placed "several" staff members on leave after a text message exchange was made public.
  
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• RG&E, NYSEG request 'the largest rate increase in recent history'

  27-05-2022 16:03 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted the plan shortly after the utilities publicly announced it.Rochester Gas and Electric has proposed raising gas and electric delivery rates to a level that could increase its customers’ bills by around 15 percent on average by next year. But it appears the company will face an uphill battle to get what it wants.…
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Police Accountability Board will speak about its leadership at 10 a.m.

  27-05-2022 15:49
  
  Rochester’s Police Accountability Board will make an announcement on Friday at 10 a.m. about its leadership and about a plan to transform policing.
  
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• New York AG warns more than 30 retailers to stop price gouging for baby formula

  27-05-2022 15:29
  
  In the midst of a nationwide baby formula shortage, New York State Attorney General Letitia James is warning consumers of retailers overcharging for formula.
  
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• New York AG warns more than 30 retailers to stop price gouging for baby forumla

  27-05-2022 15:17
  
  In the midst of a nationwide baby formula shortage, New York State Attorney General Letitia James is warning consumers of retailers overcharging for formula.
  
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• Memorial Day parades and ceremonies honoring local veterans planned for Rochester area

  27-05-2022 14:44
  
  Towns across Monroe County and the city of Rochester have parades planned for Memorial Day Weekend and ceremonies to honor local veterans.
  
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• First Alert Weather: Rainy end to the week and warm for Memorial Day

  27-05-2022 13:59
  
  Plan on areas of rain through early afternoon on Friday before we see somewhat drier conditions later in the day into tonight.
  
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• Police Accountability Board will speak about its leadership on Friday

  27-05-2022 12:07
  
  Rochester’s Police Accountability Board will make an announcement on Friday at 10 a.m. about its leadership and about a plan to transform policing.
  
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• Missing Child Alert: 15-year-old Shaymaliz Velasquez

  27-05-2022 11:04
  
  The Monroe County Sheriff's Office needs your help to find a missing child, 15-year-old Shaymaliz Velasquez, who never returned home from school.
  
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• Teachers on leave over allegedly racist text messages about their students

  27-05-2022 10:00 via wxxinews.org
  
  Staff members at School 17 in Rochester have been placed on leave and face firing for allegedly racist texts about their students, Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small said in a statement Friday.
  
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• Fact Check: School shootings don't happen in other countries

  27-05-2022 05:24
  
  Over the past few days we've heard it over and over. School shootings are unique to the United States. Is that actually true? News10NBC's Nikki Rudd is checking the facts.
  
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• Lawmakers call for funding for more school resource officers

  27-05-2022 05:13
  
  Some lawmakers are hoping the Texas school shooting will mean new energy for a plan to keep students safe in New York schools.
  
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• RCSD focusing on safety and security protocols

  27-05-2022 05:11
  
  The Rochester City School District says the security and safety of both staff, and students is its highest priority.
  
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• RG&E asking for 13-22% rate hike next year

  27-05-2022 02:20
  
  If approved, the average customer would see their bill go up $10-$18 through an increase in gas or electric delivery costs.
  
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• Report of suspicious man outside Webster Thomas High

  27-05-2022 01:09
  
  Police say students at Webster Thomas High School were working outside on a class project when a silver SUV stopped and a man got out of it and started to walk toward them.
  
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• Gananda Schools, NYSP file "red flag" petition to remove guns from teen student arrested

  27-05-2022 00:32
  
  A 17 year old Gananda high school school student is charged with making a terroristic threat.
  
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• Nurses across NY push back against mandatory overtime

  27-05-2022 00:23
  
  Nurses say staffing shortages are leading to forced overtime and they’re already overstressed and overworked.
  
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