By CARICOM The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has remembered the late Trinidad and Tobago Energy Minister Mr Franklyn Khan for his genuine interest in advancing the sector and the development of the Region. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in a Message of Condolence to Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the recent passing […]
More Than 67,000 Complaints to Federal Trade Commission, Up 85 Percent from Previous Year.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli addresses during Governor Andrew Cuomo inauguration for third term at Ellis Island. – New York, NY – January 1, 2019 (Shutterstock) Identity thefts in New York surged during the pandemic with more than 67,000 complaints filed statewide in 2020, which was 85 percent more than the previous year and more than […]
By Center NYC When eight leading candidates vying to be mayor of New York City appear this evening for the season’s first official televised debate, they will argue over how best to manage schools, housing and police. Largely absent from the platforms to date have been how the candidates would approach the city’s 8,000 children […]
THE CITY is co-hosting the candidate face-off with NY1 and WNYC/Gothamist. Adams, Donovan, Garcia, McGuire, Morales, Stringer, Wiley and Yang are set to appear in the potential make-or-break event, which starts at 7 p.m.
Candidate for Mayor of NYC Maya Wiley speaks during Martin Luther King celebration at NAN headquarters. – New York, NY – January 18, 2021 (Shutterstock) By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY After an endless array of Zoom panels, the eight top contenders in the Democratic mayoral primary are set to square off on TV and radio […]
Her ouster is a sign of the Republican Party’s growing discomfort with democracy.
‘Dangerously anti-democratic’ The Republican Party’s big recent moves — the ouster of Liz Cheney from a leadership position and the passage of new state voting laws — do not have much immediate impact on Americans’ lives. Cheney’s removal doesn’t change congressional Republicans’ approach to President Biden’s agenda, and the voting laws will mostly start to […]
What COVID nails look like, and if you should worry if you notice them.
By Korin Miller, Health There are so many weird things that can happen after you’ve recovered from COVID-19, from a persistent cough to hair loss. Now there’s a new side effect to keep on your radar: COVID nails, aka Beau’s lines. Tim Spector, a British epidemiologist and principal investigator of the Zoe COVID Symptom Study app, recently […]
By Travel Agent Central Leaders of 23 global travel companies sent a letter to President Joe Biden Tuesday urging greater progress toward reopening international travel—as is successfully happening elsewhere in the world — and warning of dire economic consequences if U.S. borders remain shut. The letter notes that current science, the success of the U.S. vaccine rollout, and the Centers […]