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Today will be a warm and very humid day with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing this afternoon. Any storm on Thursday could be strong to severe, capable of producing heavy rain, damaging wind gusts, hail and an isolated tornado. Highs will be in the 80s.
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Around New York
1. Salina taking applications for home improvement repairs and improvements
Salina residents have an opportunity to apply for up to $15,000 in American Rescue Plan funds to help make improvements to their home exteriors. Residents of Galeville, Lyncourt and Mattydale get the first shot at applying.
2. Ithaca's public safety reform headed by newly formed justice center
Questions still surround the Reimagining Public Safety initiatives. The city of Ithaca and Tompkins County plans differ but the same group is helping put them together.
3. Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor clash in Spectrum News debate
Former New York City council member Diana Reyna, immigration advocate Ana Maria Archila and Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado participated in New York's Democratic lieutenant governor's debate on Wednesday in the Spectrum News NY1 studio in New York City. Also, check out play-by-play coverage of the 90-minute debate in our live blog.
Around the Nation
2. Biden says U.S. will send $1 billion more in aid to Ukraine
3. Reagan shooter John Hinkley Jr. freed from court oversight after decades