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Yelp closes 3 U.S. offices due to WFH preferences
(AP) — Yelp has decided to shutter three of its offices in the U.S. The reason: most of its employees don’t want to come in to work. In a blog post last week, Yelp co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman said the physical offices to be closed are in New York, Washington and Chicago. The company…
Pride parades march on with new urgency across US
NEW YORK (AP) — Pride parades kicked off in some of America’s biggest cities Sunday amid new fears about the potential erosion of freedoms won through decades of activism. The annual marches in New York, San Francisco, Chicago and elsewhere take place after at least one Supreme Court justice signaled, in a ruling on abortion,…
Hocul’s reaction to Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
“Today, the Supreme Court took away the right of millions of Americans to make decisions about their own bodies. This decision is a grave injustice. “I want everyone to know that abortion remains safe, accessible, and legal in New York. Just last month, in anticipation of this decision, I made an historic $35 million investment to…
Instagram seeking ways to verify users’ age
(AP) — How old are you? Everyone knows the answer for themselves — but people don’t always share their true age. Often it’s no big deal, but it can be when a person tries to access age-restricted websites. Now Instagram is trying to address the problem. People have to be at least 13 to use…
Setting gridlock aside, Congress set to OK gun violence bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is on the verge of approving a $13 billion bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago. House approval is expected Friday on legislation that would be lawmakers’ most sweeping answer in decades to brutal mass shootings that have come to shock yet not surprise Americans. The Senate approved…
NY leaders vow new gun limits after Supreme Court ruling
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s Democratic leaders aim to preserve as many restrictions as possible on carrying a handgun in public after a U.S. Supreme Court decision Thursday struck down key portions of the state’s gun-licensing law. State and New York City officials are zeroing in on specifying “sensitive locations” where people cannot carry…
Library restores Pride Month displays in children’s rooms
SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A library board on Long Island reversed a decision made earlier this week to remove Pride Month displays from the system’s children’s sections shortly after Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered a state human rights investigation. The Smithtown Library board of trustees had been under fire since voting Tuesday to remove the displays,…
Long Island Library removes Pride display and books
East Farmingdale, NY- A Long Island library is topping headlines after their Board of Trustees voted to remove LGBTQA+ books and displays, from the children’s section. The Smithtown Library, with locations in Smithtown, Kings Park and Nesconset, announced the change in a memo Wednesday after a 4-2 Board of Trustees vote on Tuesday night. The…
EXPLAINER: How Biden’s proposed gas tax holiday would work
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing stubbornly high gas prices that average about $5 a gallon nationwide, President Joe Biden has urged Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months. If savings from the 18.4 cents-a-gallon federal tax on gas are fully passed along to consumers, drivers would save about $2.76 for a 15-gallon…
Trumpet is 1st bloodhound to win Westminster show
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — A bloodhound named Trumpet has won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. Trumpet bested six other finalists Wednesday night to snare U.S. dogdom’s most coveted best in show prize. Trumpet beat a French bulldog, a German shepherd, a Maltese, an English setter, a Samoyed and a Lakeland terrier to take the…
Decades later, ‘Torso Killer’ charged in killing at Long Island mall
MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — More than five decades after Diane Cusick’s lifeless body was discovered in the parking lot of a mall on New York’s Long Island, authorities have linked her death to the so-called “Torso Killer.” The suspect, Richard Cottingham, is believed to be one of America’s most prolific serial killers. He was arraigned…