The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will stop selling its MetroCard after Dec. 31, 2025. The agency plans to switch to a fully contactless tap-and-go payment system that will save it $20 million a year. The tap-and-go payment system will allow riders to pay fees directly with digital wallets and contactless...
Today, Thursday March 20, President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order shutting down the Department of Education (D.O.E.) and returning all education-related decisions to the hands of the state. To begin this process, Education Secretary Linda McMahon slashed the D.O.E.’s workforce in half in compliance with the...
The case that has inspired many conspiracy theories, the JFK assassination, is finally brought to light. President Trump issued an executive order that prompted the long-awaited release of the final batch of documents on the assassination more than 60 years later, BBC reported. According to reports, Trump’s national security team...
On Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump made a post on his social media site,Truth Social, calling for the impeachment of the U.S. District Judge James E. Boasbergafter the judge issued an order blocking deportation flights. Trump invoked the AlienEnemies Act of 1798, previously only used during wartime to deport members...
A man was found dead alongside a severely decomposing woman’s body inside of a home in Queens, NYPD sources say. Authorities responded to a 911 call around 1 p.m. Saturday afternoon and discovered the two bodies in the 80th Street Queens home. According to the police, the man was a...
Two Federal Judges passed orders requiring the Trump Administration to rehire tens of thousands of probationary workers who were fired because of the President’s efforts to significantly downsize the government, AP News Reported. The two judges found legal issues with Trump’s mass firing and ordered that those employees be rehired...
The prospects of launching people into space have always been risky for the astronauts involved, but getting stranded in space is debatably more terrifying of a concept. Unfortunately for Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, this will be their reality for a little while longer, as the scheduled launch for their...
In the wake of Pro-Palestinian groups, there has been awful lot of silencing towards the cause. Almost as if it is against the law to speak up about atrocities being committed. Among the protesters, Mahmoud Khalil has been a known figure in these developments. As reported by ABC News, Khalil...
The flu season is the time of runny noses and fevers, which is never fun to deal with when the world is so busy. Luckily, there are always experts willing to devote their time to new ways of preventing illnesses. As it turns out, mushrooms might be the key to...
This month will be a treat for anyone paying attention to the night sky, as experts say a special lunar eclipse will occur this week. According to NASA, a “Blood Moon” appears during the event of a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse happens whenever the moon is aligned with the...
South Carolina is preparing to execute Brad Sigmon, convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents, by firing squad on Friday evening, the New York Times reported. According to the state’s execution methods, three volunteer corrections staff members will point rifles at Sigmon’s chest as he is strapped to a chair with...
Following a phone call with President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, President Trump announced a month-long suspension on tariffs of Mexican goods until April 2. While this is a slight reprieve for Mexican and American citizens who would be affected by said tariffs, there are still important questions left unaddressed. Some...
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