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New York State assemblyman Demond Meeks along with Monroe County executive Adam Bello and City of Rochester Mayor Malik Evans and Pastor Warren Meeks Jr. will be giving away free at home rapid COVID test kits. This is a free event to the community and it’ll be happening from 3pm – 5 PM at Rochester […]

If you were a fan of the musical-comedy tv show Glee or just a fan of Amber Riley, then you may be familiar with her iconic role as Mercedes Jones. After the show ended in 2015, Riley is still being called ‘Mercedes’ and she is not happy with it. Riley took to Twitter to say: […]

As the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. kicked off earlier this week, many demonstrators demanded politicians take up the push for federal voting rights reform. In the demonstrations, King’s family joined the cause, stating there could be “no celebration without legislation.” The Freedom To Vote Act was created to set new minimum standards […]

Yesterday afternoon, Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her first state budget address. In her address, Hochul stated that there is no money set aside for the new Buffalo Bills Stadium that has been requested from the team. However, Hochul had said money for a new home for the Buffalo Bills would be part of the 2023 […]

400 million free N95 masks are coming next week. The Biden administration is planning to give out the masks, as the nation is facing a record surge in COVID-19 cases. The free masks will be made available to the public at thousands of local pharmacies and community health centers, according to a White House official. […]

Nominees for the 53rd NAACP Image Awards are officially in, with Netflix taking the lead with 52 noms overall for titles across film and TV including The Harder They Fall, Passing, Bruised, The Upshaws and Maid. The show announcing marquee winners is set to place February 26 at 8 p.m. ET/PT live on BET. The […]

Dwayne Wade was recently interviewed on Dax Shepherd’s Armchair Expert podcast  and made a comment that a lot of people disagreed with. Wade believes Michael Jordan’s legacy as the G.O.A.T will be forgotten by the younger generation when it comes to bringing up NBA greats. I think Dwayne Wade got this one wrong because Michael […]

Prince’s estate has ended it’s six-year legal battle over the distribution of the artist’s wealth. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the Internal Revenue Service and the estate’s administrator, Comerica Bank & Trust, agreed to value Prince’s estate $156.4 million, a figure that the artist’s heirs have also accepted. To Read More Click Here. Source: […]

A group of men detained at Washington County Detention Center in Arkansas say that the jail’s medical staff gave them the anti-parasite drug ivermectin last year, without their consent, to treat COVID-19, while telling them the pills were “vitamins.” The American Civil Liberties Union, on behalf of the inmates, filed a federal lawsuit against the […]

With a “Code Blue” in effect the county wants to make sure that anyone who doesn’t have a warm place to stay can get shelter, especially in the midst of a major winter storm. People can go to 210 W Main St. for warmth and shelter. Capacity has been increased ahead of the storm. If […]