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Yesterday, the Rochester Strong Museum announced its twelve finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame in Rochester. The World Video Game Hall of Fame received thousands of nominations for consideration for the 2022 class. Video game fans can vote online till March 24 as part of a “Player’s Choice” ballot at worldvideogamehalloffame.org. Once […]
A North Carolina super attendant and school board had to apologize to parents after a group of white students held a mock slave auction in a baseball field selling their black classmates. The incident came to light after one of the students told their mother what had happened and the school district’s Facebook page was […]
Anyone who collected New York State Pandemic Unemployment Assistance after December 27th 2020 is being required to provide proof they had been employed or self employed right before applying for the benefits. People who don’t show proof of employment will be required to pay back the money. To Read More Click Here. Source: WHEC-TV
With the start of March Madness college basketball championship tournament starting this week. The gambling industry’s national trade group predicts, wager will estimated $3.1 billion this year. That figure includes legal bets as well as those placed with illegal bookies or offshore websites, the American Gaming Association (AGA) said in a new report. An estimated […]
For Love & Country is a new Amazon Music documentary that will uncover and explore the history of country music and the Black artists attached to the genre. The documentary is directed by Joshua Kissi and is set to peel back the many layers of the latest generation of Black country artists dominating Nashville. Kissi […]
The days of sharing passwords on Netflix are coming to a end. Netflix announced on its site that it has “been working on ways to enable members who share [their Netflix accounts] outside their household to do so easily and securely, while also paying a bit more.” Netflix’s director of product innovation Chengyi Long, confirmed […]
We might see the end of daylight savings in 2023 if everything goes as planned. The US Senate passed legislation that would make a change to daylight savings from every 6 months to permanent. The Senate approved the bill called the “Sunshine Protection Act” unanimously by vote, all that’s waiting is to be passed though […]
Deferred federal student loan payments, maybe back on. President Joe Biden’s third extension of the pause on student loan repayments expires on May 1. Federal student loan payments have been paused, interest waived, for two years now as part of pandemic relief. A recent survey by the student debt crisis center found that 89% of […]
R&B singer who was best known for his 1973 anti-war song, “Why Can’t We Live Together,” Timmy Thomas, has passed away at age 77. Thomas’ family confirmed his death on Facebook, stating: “With appreciation and gratitude, the family extends a thank you for the prayers, support, precious words and other expressions of love and kindness […]
Pfizer and BioNTech are seeking authorization from the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a second COVID-19 booster shot for people 65 and older. They plan to seek emergency authorization for this additional booster for older adults to strengthen protections against the omicron variant. Even though restrictions have been lifted, vaccines do still provide protection […]