Month: March 2026

Upcycling Used Tennis Balls

Upcycling Used Tennis Balls

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 to landfills. In fact, used […]

NY Lawmakers to Ban AI from Giving Professional Advice

NY Lawmakers to Ban AI from Giving Professional Advice

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 potentially incorrect or harmful advice […]

Popular NY News Anchor Ernie Anastos Dies at 82

Popular NY News Anchor Ernie Anastos Dies at 82

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 in Nashua, New Hampshire, on […]

Ultra Wealthy Billionaires Are Openly Influencing Local Politics Why Does The Public Overlook It?

Ultra Wealthy Billionaires Are Openly Influencing Local Politics Why Does The Public Overlook It?

​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 of times the public overlooks […]

This Paralympian Gives Competitors a Leg Up

This Paralympian Gives Competitors a Leg Up

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 athlete is something you’re not […]

5-Alarm Fire Tears Through Brooklyn Factory

5-Alarm Fire Tears Through Brooklyn Factory

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. The situation rapidly escalated, and […]

Why Are We Still Reading Colleen Hoover?

Why Are We Still Reading Colleen Hoover?

Okay, I just saw a trailer for a new movie, “Reminders of Him” (2026), and I remember thinking to myself how the plot for the film sounds and looks really similar to films like “Regretting You” (2025) and “It Ends With Us” (2024), which are adaptations of novels previously released.  And after a quick Google […]

How “Sinners” and “The Hate U Give” Represent Racism in Different Lights

How “Sinners” and “The Hate U Give” Represent Racism in Different Lights

One of the most majestic things about cinema is its ability to tell the same story in different ways. Each component of a cinematic text adds to its underlying theme, giving directors the ability to control the narrative that they want to push through the use of different elements such as soundtrack, characters, setting, dialogue, […]

Done Very Soon

Done Very Soon

As the war between the U.S. and Israel against Iran, American citizens are already feeling the war efforts heat up right here on U.S. soil.  With gas prices rising every passing day and new attacks being made against U.S. Soldiers in the Middle East, the ongoing conflict seems to be doing anything but stopping or […]

Carolyn Bessette: The Original “Cool Girl” Aesthetic

Carolyn Bessette: The Original “Cool Girl” Aesthetic

Not just America’s Sweetheart, or John F. Kennedy Jr’s wife, but Carolyn Bessette, a woman who defined a fashion aesthetic that would still linger decades later. Since the release of Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette, audiences have not only been exposed to their love story and lives, but fashion gurus are […]

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