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Cheers to the new year! And what does a new year mean? Some new laws. From sports betting to Styrofoam, there are several laws that could impact your everyday life. Here are some of the following: On December 31, the minimum wage increases to $13.20 from $12.50 as part of New York States’ plan to […]

Yesterday, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul shared in a press conference that the state is seeing an uprise in new COVID-19 cases as the omicron variant continues to cause a surge in cases. According to Governor Hochul, on Tuesday the state had 67,000 new cases, which has broken the record for the highest number […]

As we see the spike in COVID-19 affect our community, we have also seen it increasingly affect pediatric hospitalizations. According to the state, pediatric COVID cases have increased from 22 to 109 from the week of December 5 to the week of December 19 and pediatric hospitalizations have doubled statewide, from 70 cases to 184 […]

With the surge in COVID-19 and the omicron variant, many Americans are on the hunt for an at-home COVID test. Given the aftermath of the holidays, drugstore shelves are bare in many places, and states that have offered free over-the-counter tests have run out. With surges rolling across the country, prompting more hospital overcrowding, many […]

Yesterday, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, anti-apartheid leader and voice of justice, died at age 90. Tutu was a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican priest whose humor, inspiring messages, and continuous work for civil and human rights made him a respected leader during the struggle to end apartheid, the South African official policy of racial segregation. Tutu’s death […]

On Christmas morning, Frank Ocean gifted all his fans and listeners with a special Christmas episode of his Apple Music 1-aired blonded RADIO show. In the show, the award-winning recluse shared an intimate conversation between himself and motivational speaker and extreme athlete Wim “Iceman” Hof about dealing with grief. This conversation comes from Ocean’s most […]

In the rise of the omicron variant, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is easing up on the quarantine rules for essential workers. According to Governor Hochul, most of the state’s essential workers can return to work just five days after a positive coronavirus test. Workers will only be able to do this if they’re fully […]

After discovering that the new COVID-19 variant, omicron, was discovered in Monroe County, more data has been released. Between December 1st and December 15th, 125 lab samples of COVID-19 were tested and it found 17 cases of the Omicron variant, according to UR Medicine. 12 of the cases are found in Monroe County, one was […]

After the fatal stabbing of LA rapper Drakeo The Ruler over the weekend, Snoop Dogg is calling for peace in hip hop. Snoop Dogg was scheduled to perform at the ‘Once Upon a Time in LA’ festival where this incident took place. He took to Instagram to share his call to change for peace: View […]

A new way to help combat COVID-19 has been created and it comes in a form of a pill. Yesterday, the FDA authorized the first pill in the U.S. to treat the effects of COVID-19 from home. According to reported studies, the Pfizer-made anti-viral pills are 89% effective at preventing serious illness or hospitalization when […]