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Rochester Regional Health has launched a new online vaccine eligibility and scheduling tool this week and officials are claiming that it works better than the tool the the New York State Department of Health has. According to RHH vice president chief nursing officer for ambulatory services Rebecca Alley, if someone answers “yes” to any of […]
Officials from the White House have announced that the Biden administration is planning on sending millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico and Canada. White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that the US was planning to send approximately 2.5 million doses with Mexico and 1.5 million with Canada, but the numbers aren’t […]
The IRS has announced late Wednesday that they are planning on delaying this year’s tax deadline to mid-May. According to Democratic Reps. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the new deadline will be May 17. The adjustment comes as a result of […]
According to a statement by Rochester Police Department, 1 person is now in custody after after a bomb threat was made at City Hall. Officials at City Hall are saying that the bomb threat was made around 12:30 pm on Wednesday. The building was evacuated and inspected – no explosive devices were found. No details […]
Megan Thee Stallion partnered with apparel retail company Fashion Nova to donate $100,000 to the Breonna Taylor Foundation on the first anniversary of her death. The Grammy winning artist said the core mission of the foundation is to support economic, social and racial justice through police reform. Breonna Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, created the foundation […]
A big announcement today from the Rochester Police Department. The RPD is banning its officers from using chokeholds unless there is an extreme circumstance. The situations considered extreme would be where “deadly physical force is authorized”. Some of the other changes announced on Monday are updated guidances on the officers’ duty to use excessive force […]
A national activist group called The Arc of Justice convened in Rochester on Tuesday and demanded that the Rochester Police Department be investigated and watched by a federal civil rights monitor due to frequent allegations of excessive force. In the last month, two women have been pepper sprayed and a man brandishing a knife was […]
Police have a man in custody that they believe is responsible for three deadly shootings that took place at massage parlors in the metro Atlanta area. The attacks left 8 dead and 1 wounded. Two of the locations were across the street from each other and the other one happened about 30 miles away to […]
Mississippi has become the second state to open up vaccines for all of its adult residents, age 16 and up. As the production and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine begins to increase, states like Mississippi and Alaska are beginning to allow anyone who would like a vaccine to be able to receive one. The increase […]
There are major developments in the case seeking justice for George Floyd who was killed by Minneapolis Police in May 2020. Former MPD Officer Derrick Chauvin is now facing manslaughter, 2nd degree AND 3rd degree murder charges. Judge Cahill reinstated the 3rd degree charge that was once deemed “unwarranted”. Prosecutors argue that it gives the […]
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