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With less than a week before Inauguration Day. President-elect Joe Biden announced he plans to spend $1.9 trillion to speed distribution of the coronavirus vaccines and provide economic relief. A $1,400 stimulus checks and expanding unemployment insurance supplements to $400 per week. The proposal also includes investing $20 billion in a national vaccination program. The […]

According to the County of Monroe Industrial Agency, a meeting is scheduled to be held to discuss a multi-million-square foot Amazon facility in the Town of Gates. Homeowners and local business representatives are expected to attend the public forum to air their concerns about the proposed project. Charles Parsons lives right across from the proposed […]

According to Deadline, Netflix has closed a long-term deal with Kevin Hart and his HartBeat Productions. Hart will star in least four films he’ll produce. Last time Netflix made a film commitment this big was the with $150 million Adam Sandler deal. Hart’s latest stand-up special Zero F*cks Given was the No. 1 Netflix comedy special […]

Naomi Osaka is one of the first Black women to hold the mantle of brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton.The three-time Grand Slam champion posted the photo to Instagram with a caption that reads: “Wow, this is crazy. Honored to be @louisvuitton newest House Ambassador. Funny story: I first bought my mom an LV bag when I […]

Officials at Twitter have announced that they have made the decision to suspend over 70,000 accounts that have been sharing QAnon content since Friday, after the riots at the U.S. Capitol. Accounts that have engaged with the content have also been limited, and new technology has been implemented for “potentially harmful tweets for urgent human […]

Twins that were raised in Rochester have just made it onto Oprah’s Favorite Things List. Feven and Helena Yohannes were born in 1981 in a refugee camp in Sudan before their parents (who were originally from Eritrea,) were granted political asylum by the U.S. The twins started their education in city schools, No. 28 and […]

According to documents filed in California Tracy Chapman has accepted a $450,000 offer. After Chapman filed a copyright lawsuit against Nicki Minaj. The trial will not be heading to court. In a statement to E! News, Chapman reacted to the settled case. “I am glad to have this matter resolved and grateful for this legal outcome which […]

With NFL Playoffs Starting This Weekend. The NFL Regular-season ratings saw a decline this season following two straight years of increases. NFL games averaged 15.6 million television and digital viewers, according to the league and Nielsen. The league averaged 16.5 million regular-season viewers last season after posting 5% gains in both 2018 and ’19. NBC’s […]

TMZ reported a lawsuit being filed against Nicki Minaj for the song “Rich Sex”. Queens rapper Brinx Billions is suing Universal Music Group, Cash Money Records, Young Money and Nicki Minaj for damages of around $200 million. Apparently, he has known Minaj since 2007 when they met on MySpace. His story is that he played […]

A new study shows that thousands of minority-owned businesses were last on the list when it came to receiving the government’s coronavirus relief loans. According to the Associated Press, data from the Paycheck Protection Program shows minority-owned small businesses didn’t receive a relief loan until the last few weeks of the program. White business owners […]