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The Hall of Famer, and Legendary Georgetown College Basketball Head Coach John Thompson has passed away. Initially reported by DC Radio station, The Team 980. Thompson was the first black coach to win the NCAA championship. He led the Hoyas to the title in 1984. Thompson coached many NBA players, including Patrick Ewing, Alonzo Mourning, Dikembe Mutombo […]
The coronavirus pandemic is still affecting millions American’s ability to earn an income. Even people with jobs are struggling to get by, now that they need to afford child care as schools are slowly re-opening with limited in person teaching. The government has thrown around the idea another stimulus check, but lawmakers are deadlocked and […]
At the virtual 2020 Brooklyn Loves Michael Jackson party, director Spike Lee debuted a new rendition of “They Don’t Care About Us.” The film combines footage from “HIStory, Past, Present and Future, Book 1” with video depicting protests against police brutality from cities like Osaka, Helsinki, Paris, Madrid, Atlanta, Tunis, London and many more. Lee […]
Free the People ROC held a rally in downtown Rochester on Sunday afternoon, with the goals of ending racism and holding law enforcement accountable for incidents that have occurred within the Black community. The march began in Martin Luther Jr. Memorial Park and ended at the Public Safety Building on Exchange Boulevard. Coverage is still […]
Twitter has just announced the Chadwick Boseman’s last tweet is now officially the most liked tweet of all time. The tweet that let the world know that Boseman lost his battle with cancer was made by his estate. It has since set a new record with over 5 million likes and 2 million retweets in […]
Monique Mendes is the first Black Female Graduate of U of R’s Neuroscience Ph.D. program. Mendes started her undergraduate work at University of Florida, majoring in biology and then worked her way up to Rochester to study neuroscience at U of R and finished in five years. During an interview with Spectrum Local News, she […]
DMV’s all across New York state have been open by appointment only for months now, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Locations are backlogged and customers are more frustrated than usual but Monroe County Clerk Jamie Romeo says that Monroe county is doing the best that it can do. According to Romeo, DMV’s are set up […]
On Thursday prosecutors charged a 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse from Illinois in the fatal shooting of two protesters and the wounding of a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The shooting happened Tuesday Night during a night of unrest following the weekend police shooting of Jacob Blake. Rittenhouse faces five felony charges, that include first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree […]
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, enrollment at four-year universities has dropped significantly, and many students are instead enrolling at community colleges. Even with this factored in, Monroe Community college is still seeing a decline in enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year. WHAM interviewed a couple of MCC school ambassadors that are in charge of greeting […]
Rochester is now a three time winner of the All-American City Award. The National Civic League held a virtual competition that used metrics like civic engagement, collaboration, inclusivity, and innovation to successfully address local issues and determined that the City of Rochester embodies these characteristics. Doug Linkhart, president of the National Civic League made a […]
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