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• Consumer Alert: Getting a loan will cost more, Fed hikes rates to try to quell inflation

  15-06-2022 23:55
  
  The Federal Reserve just made it more expensive to borrow money. It raised interest rates three-quarters of a point, the biggest hike since 1994. I read more than a dozen articles on Wednesday about this move. It appears that economists are exhibiting a collective anxiety I’ve not seen since the Great Recession of 2008.
  
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• Yellow Alert: storms possible late tonight, better chance for a severe storm Thursday

  15-06-2022 23:43
  
  Our Yellow Alert now includes overnight tonight, with the possibility of an earlier cluster of thunderstorms as a warm front approaches.
  
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• Juneteenth performance by Garth Fagan Dance announced

  15-06-2022 23:03
  
  Monroe County Executive Adam Bello announced on Wednesday an upcoming Juneteenth performance by Garth Fagan Dance.
  
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• World Health Organization: Monkeypox is getting a new name

  15-06-2022 22:28
  
  According to the World Health Organization, Monkeypox is getting a new name.
  
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• FDA advisers move COVID-19 shots closer for kids under 5

  15-06-2022 22:17
  
  COVID-19 shots for U.S. infants, toddlers and preschoolers moved a step closer Wednesday.
  
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• Gibbs Street is transforming into Jazz Street

  15-06-2022 22:09
  
  The start of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is just two days away, and work is underway downtown to transform Gibbs street into Jazz Street.
  
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• Jan. 6 panel releases video of Capitol tour before attack

  15-06-2022 21:37
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection released video on Wednesday of a Capitol tour led by a Republican lawmaker the day before the attack, showing participants taking photos of stairwells and tunnels in the complex.
  
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• NIAID Director Fauci Tests Positive for COVID-19

  15-06-2022 21:20
  
  On Wednesday, Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and Chief Medical Advisor to President Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 on a rapid antigen test.
  
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• NYS Tax Dept. Supervisor accused of illegally collecting unemployment while on the job

  15-06-2022 20:47
  
  The A.G. says Johnny Neal, of Troy, N.Y., stole more than $17,000 in unemployment insurance benefits while working for the State Department of Taxation and Finance.
  
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• Attorney General Garland: accused Buffalo shooter could face death penalty for federal charges

  15-06-2022 19:49
  
  The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes and could face the death penalty if convicted.
  
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• Second arrest made for body found in Geneva

  15-06-2022 19:46
  
  Police announced a second arrest for an investigation into a dead body in a parking lot behind Geneva General Hospital.
  
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• Sheriff Baxter testified about gun trafficking before House subcommittee

  15-06-2022 19:42
  
  Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter testified before Congress about gun trafficking at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  
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• Attorney General Garland said accused Buffalo shooter could face death penalty for federal charges

  15-06-2022 18:56
  
  The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes and could face the death penalty if convicted.
  
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• Seneca Park Zoo welcomes its first successful Canada lynx litter

  15-06-2022 18:45
  
  A new litter of lynx kittens arrived at the Seneca Park Zoo on Tuesday.
  
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• Attorney General Garland said accused Buffalo shooter could face death penalty

  15-06-2022 18:38
  
  The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes and could face the death penalty if convicted.
  
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• Attorney General Garland said accused Buffalo could face death penalty

  15-06-2022 18:34
  
  The white gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Buffalo supermarket was charged Wednesday with federal hate crimes and could face the death penalty if convicted.
  
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• Republican candidates for NY governor debate in Rochester next Tuesday

  15-06-2022 18:15
  
  Republican frontrunners for New York state governor will go head to head in Rochester next Tuesday.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Sheriff Baxter testifies about gun trafficking before House subcommittee

  15-06-2022 18:08
  
  Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter will testify before Congress about gun trafficking at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  
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• RPD makes arrest in crash that killed two children last November

  15-06-2022 18:01
  
  Police have made an arrest for a double fatal car crash that killed two children in Rochester the day before last Thanksgiving.
  
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• Republican candidates for New York state governor will face off during debate in Rochester next week

  15-06-2022 17:26
  
  Republican frontrunners for New York state governor will go head to head in Rochester next week.
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Sheriff Baxter will testify about gun trafficking before House subcommittee at 11:30 a.m.

  15-06-2022 17:09
  
  Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter will testify before Congress about gun trafficking at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
  
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• Accused Buffalo shooter charged with 26 federal counts, including 13 hate crimes

  15-06-2022 16:32
  
  The man accused of killing ten people in Buffalo in a racism-motivated mass shooting will be federally charged with 26 counts.
  
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• Divided City Council passes budget with an eye on the Police Accountability Board

  15-06-2022 16:12 via rochestercitynewspaper.com
  
  City Council passed a $627 million spending plan Tuesday that makes investments in public safety and libraries.A divided City Council on Tuesday passed a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that begins July 1. The $627 million spending plan marks the first of May Malik Evans' term and a $55 million increase over the previous year’s budget.…
  
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• Two tribute bands will kick off Party in the Park on Thursday

  15-06-2022 15:32
  
  The 2022 Party in the Park season will kick off with two tribute bands.
  
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• Yellow Alert Forecast: Severe storms expected Thursday

  15-06-2022 14:28
  
  It will be mostly sunny and warmer today with temperatures heading into the 80s to near 90 this afternoon with the humidity inching up a bit.
  
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• Bills' Isaiah McKenzie sings with NFL Players Choir on America’s Got Talent

  15-06-2022 14:10
  
  Buffalo Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie sang a powerful performance of “Lean on me” with other former and current NFL players on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night.
  
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• Bills' Isaiah McKenzie sings with NFL Players’ Choir on America’s Got Talent

  15-06-2022 14:03
  
  Buffalo Bills receiver Isaiah McKenzie sang a powerful performance of “Lean on me” with other former and current NFL players on America’s Got Talent on Tuesday night.
  
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• Good Question: No cash accepted at checkout?

  15-06-2022 13:07
  
  Let's answer a good question about shopping. This is about how payment at self-checkout at the grocery store.
  
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• Attorney General Garland will meet with families of Buffalo shooting victims

  15-06-2022 12:37
  
  U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will be in Buffalo Wednesday morning to meet with the families of the Tops supermarket shooting victims.
  
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• Investigators are looking for this man

  15-06-2022 11:39
  
  Monroe County sheriff’s deputies are asking for your help to find a man with information that may be relevant to an ongoing investigation.
  
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• Gunfight on same block as school on Rosewood Terrace

  15-06-2022 11:23
  
  Police said several men were firing gunshots at each other in northeast Rochester on Tuesday evening, including on the same block as John James Audubon School No. 33. No one was shot and one person is in custody.
  
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• RCSD continuing its 'Each One, Reach One' campaign

  15-06-2022 06:04
  
  The Rochester City School District is continuing its 'Each One, Reach One' campaign.
  
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• JP Morgan Corporate Challenge 2022

  15-06-2022 05:50
  
  The JP Morgan Corporate Challenge ran through downtown Rochester Tuesday night.
  
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• Albion woman facing fraud charges

  15-06-2022 05:34
  
  An Albion woman is facing fraud charges and was arraigned in court on Tuesday.
  
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• Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter to testify before Congress, Rep. Morelle to hold subcommittee hearing

  15-06-2022 05:33
  
  Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter will testify before Congress Wednesday morning in Washington D.C.
  
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• Rochester City Council votes to pass the City's budget

  15-06-2022 05:32
  
  The Rochester City Council voted to pass the city's full city budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year on Tuesday night.
  
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• Consumer Alert: Tenant and homeless advocates quit Mayor Evans’ Housing Quality Task Force

  15-06-2022 03:25
  
  "I quit."Those words come from two members of Rochester’s newly-formed Housing Quality Task Force or HQTF.Those members were the only ones on the HQTF who represent renters.
  
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• SEC says that the City of Rochester sold $119 million of bonds to investors without disclosing financial distress

  15-06-2022 03:01
  
  The Security Exchange Commission charged Rochester, NY, and the city’s former Executives and Municipal Advisor with Misleading Investors on Tuesday.
  
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• NYS approves name change to St. John Fisher University

  15-06-2022 00:45
  
  If you have anything that says St. John Fisher College on it—save it. It will be a local collector's item soon.
  
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• J-Mac remains in guarded condition at Strong after bicycle accident

  15-06-2022 00:41
  
  Local high school basketball legend Jason McElwain, or J-Mac, is in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital tonight.
  
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• Rochester City Council is set to vote on full city budget

  15-06-2022 00:31
  
  The Rochester City Council is set to meet Tuesday night to vote on the full city budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
  
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• All RPD Cars to be Outfitted with beanbag guns

  15-06-2022 00:07
  
  All Rochester Police Officers will soon have beanbag firing shotguns in their patrol cars.
  
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