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RG&E recently spoke out about the possibility of more than 319,000 of its natural gas customers seeing a 33% increase in their heating bills compared to last winter. According to the average projected by New York State Public Service Commission, this is higher than the statewide average as the commission released a projection of a […]

The family of Henrietta Lacks is suing a biotechnology company. The Lacks family is accusing Johns Hopkins Hospital of selling cells that doctors took from the Black woman in 1951 without her knowledge or consent as part of “a racially unjust medical system.” Tissue taken from the woman’s tumor before she died of cervical cancer, […]

Would you take less money to work from home? Three in 5 workers (61%) said they were willing to take a pay cut to maintain their remote working status, according to a survey of 3,500 adult Americans by Goodhire. According to the survey, 68% of Americans would choose remote working options over in-office work. 85% […]

Governor Kathy Hochul is responding to criticism that she received after her Tuesday new conference where she made comments about religion and COVID. At a church in Brooklyn, Governor Hochul stated that the COVID-19 vaccine is “from God,” as well as referring to parishioners as “apostles” while urging them to get the COVID vaccine, which […]

During a news conference yesterday, Governor Kathy Hochul announced that she has expanded a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to include people working in the Office of Mental Health and the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities who work in hospital settings. The employees that were added to this mandate must have their first dose of the […]

Like The Drake Song Oprah Winfrey has “No New Friends”! One of the most powerful people in media, said her fame made it hard to trust new friendships. Appearing on Hoda Kotb‘s new podcast, Making Space, the talk show legend admitted that she doesn’t “have a lot of friends.” She has barely “expanded that circle” since meeting […]

A former Facebook product manager who released tens of thousands of pages of internal research and documents was revealed on a 60 Minutes interview. Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen worked on civic integrity issues at the company says the documents show that Facebook knows its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation. Plus, the […]

American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and Jet Blue will now be joining the club, alongside United, in requiring their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This announcement goes along with the Biden administration’s pressure on major US carriers to require the shots. Employees can seek waivers from the vaccines on medical or religious exemptions. American Airlines […]

Today marks the day for Governor Kathy Hochul’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. While the majority of healthcare workers are vaccinated in New York State, thousands across New York who chose not to get the vaccine have lost their jobs. However, healthcare workers who are unvaccinated and claiming a religious exemption are still in the […]

The Monroe County Public Health Department has now opened two booster covid shot clinics in Chili and downtown Rochester. The two locations are the Fleet Center and MCC’s downtown campus. Monrow County Public Health Planner Michael Sayers says that the county plans to open a clinic on the east side, one on the west side, […]