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Organizers for the Rochester International Jazz Festival have decided they can better meet COVID-19 guidelines this year by pushing back to date and relocating the 9-day festival to RIT. This news comes as a shock to local businesses in Rochester’s East end, many who have closed their doors until the outdoor festival season begins. In […]

After the successful result of the Buffalo Bills playoff game model, Governor Andrew Cuomo is going to let large arenas begin hosting music and sporting events again after February 23. “We’re going to now extend the Buffalo Bills example: Any large stadium or arena can open on February 23,” Gov. Cuomo said. “Their plan has […]

The first few days after the Super Bowl highlight some of the best deals on food all year. Today, Feb. 9 is National Pizza Day, so if you want to celebrate, there are plenty of businesses across the nation offering specials and discounts. National Bagel Day used to fall on the same day, but it […]

It’s been a frustrating 16 months for Section V high school football. While their season was cancelled, some of the schools in the southern tier were only miles away from the NY / PA border, where teams played every Friday night. Scott Barker, the Section V football chairman said this about the situation: “The frustration […]

Okonjo-Iweala has spent most of her career as an economist and as the finance minister for Nigeria, but now that the candidate from South Korea has dropped out of the race, she is slated to become the worlds first Black woman to become president of the World Trade Organization. At first, the South Korean Trade […]

Apple recently released a statement to all of its iPhone and iPad users, highly encouraging them to download and apply the latest system update. The update fixes security bugs that hackers might have already been able to exploit. The statement on the website says there are three main security flaws and that they “may have […]

The Madam Vice President Elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in today by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Harris has chosen to be sworn in using two bibles: the first belonged to her childhood neighbor who was like her second mother. The second bible belonged to the late civil rights […]

Plug Power Inc is an alternative energy provider that is building a $125 million giga factory in Henrietta. The factory will bring 377 new jobs with it. the factory will be the world’s first Gigafactory for proton exchange membrane technology, according to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The technology that will be manufactured there will […]

An award winning Black female writer will become the youngest inaugural poet when she recites her work at president Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, January 20. Amanda Gorman, 22, has been breaking down barriers all her life. In 2014, she became the first Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angles. After that she was named the […]

As more details about the January 6 insurrection, federal officials are preparing for the worst as Joe Biden’s inauguration draws near. Evidence supporting the fact that the insurrectionists may have had support from Capitol Police, current and former members of the military and even some members of Congress. Some lawmakers are still nervous about their […]