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Local News for June 29, 2023
– New Air Quality Alert From Ongoing Canadian Wildfires – A new air quality alert is in effect for today. The state Department of Environmental Conservation, the DEC issued the warning for the entire state. They consider the particulate level especially bad for people with special sensitivities. That includes anyone like asthma, heart or respiratory…
Read MoreJune 24, 2022 Daily Headlines
The Supreme Court overturned New York’s concealed carry law in a six to three vote yesterday morning. ABC 7 said the justices ruled that requiring people to demonstrate a need to carry a gun in public violated the Second Amendment. The ruling will have implications for gun restrictions across the country. Here in New York,…
Read MoreJune 23, 2022 Daily Headlines
The Tompkins County Health Department says local pediatricians are preparing to administer COVID vaccines to children at least six months old, now that they have been approved by the FDA The Pfizer vaccine is available for children ages six months to four years old, and the Moderna vaccine is available for children ages six months…
Read MoreJune 21, 2022 Daily Headlines
According to NPR, new legislation banning the sale of body armor to civilians in New York may not be effective. The new legislation will not affect the sale of the armor like that worn by the gunman at the Buffalo supermarket shooting. The gunman wore a steel-plated vest which does not fall under the category…
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