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Yesterday, on Thursday, October 16th, the first general election mayoral debate for New York City was held. The debate was between three candidates: Zohran Mamdani, the democratic nominee; Andrew Cuomo, the independent candidate; and Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee. Zohran Mamdani is a member of the Democratic Party and the...

Paul Daniel “Ace” Frehley, founding guitarist and one of the signature faces of the rock band KISS, died Thursday at the age of 74, his family announced.  Frehley passed away at home in Morristown, New Jersey, due to complications following a recent fall, according to his agent. His family said...

For a long time, men have been told to be strong and to handle things on their own. They can’t cry or talk about their feelings without being seen as weak. In reality, it’s not weak; it’s normal. We all go through hard times and emotions like stress, sadness and...

OpenAI is expected to ramp up the power of its AI, expending over $100 billion to increase the power available. ChatGPT, one of the most famous AIs under the company, is expected to be the focus of this expansion to meet the public’s heightened demand. OpenAI is an American artificial...

​Victoria’s Secret’s 2025 Fashion Show came and went, leaving viewers divided across the internet. This is the company’s second show after a five-year hiatus, when in 2019, the event came under fire for its lack of diversity. ​Victoria’s Secret’s 2025 show seemed to correct this mistake, but for many, that...

Most romance movies end right when life would actually start to get hard (go figure, right?). It usually goes something like this: someone falls in love, they kiss, the romantic music starts to play in the background and the screen fades to black. The end, right? What about the stories that begin after heartbreak, after losing...

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