by Ella Welsh




Tennis is one of the highest waste-producing sports, due to the sheer demand for tennis balls and their short lifespan. Over 330 million tennis balls are manufactured each year, with only about 1% ever being recycled. Additionally, the ball’s inability to biodegrade has resulted in massive rubber waste being added...
Lawmakers in New York have recently proposed Senate Bill S7263, which would ban AI chatbots from providing users with legal or medical advice. The bill would apply to “AI chatbots that mimic or impersonate licensed professionals such as lawyers or physicians”. Essentially, the bill is aimed at protecting people from...
Sad news was announced by WABC-TV on Thursday, March 12, 2026, as beloved longtime anchor of Eyewitness News, Ernie Anastos, died at the age of 82. According to his wife, Kelly Anastos, he passed away from pneumonia at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, NY. Ernest Alexander Anastos was born...
Bribing and influencing by wealthy people in politics is, unfortunately, a largely common occurrence. That said, as the years have gone on, more of these instances have been played in citizens’ faces. That said, with how prevalent these stories are on the news and documented on official records, the number...
Mike Schultz, known better as “Monster Mike” in the racing world, lost his leg in 2008 after suffering a catastrophic knee injury during a snowmobile competition. Doctors told Schultz, “the only way he would survive was by amputating his left leg above the knee”. “To hear that as a top-level...
Early yesterday morning, a large fire broke out on the Brooklyn waterfront. Firefighters were quickly dispatched and arrived to find a factory engulfed in flames. The burning building, located in the Sunset Park neighborhood on 53rd Street between First Avenue and Dead End, was identified as Universal Food Distributors, Inc....
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