Afternoon Briefing: Health insurers propose double-digit-percentage price increases

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The family of the third child who drowned last week after a boat capsized in Geneva Lake during a massive storm said the young girl’s “kindness and joy touched everyone she met” in an online fundraiser.

The family identified Kathryn Schmidt, 10, of Batavia, on the verified GoFundMe that launched late Wednesday. Her two cousins, 7-year-old Abigail Oswald and 6-year-old Caleb Oswald, also died in the July 3 boating incident.

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