Rappers exaggerate their lives all the time in their lyrics, but one New York City rap group based one of their songs on credit card schemes that they actually committed. According to The New York Times, Pop Out Boyz, a Brooklyn-based rap group, were recently indicted in Manhattan on grand larceny charges. Members of the […]
Discount carrier Allegiant Airline is cleared for landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, where it announced last week that it will begin providing non-stop service between the New Jersey hub and four other cities at deep bargain rates starting in mid-November. “It’s been something we’ve talked about for years, and now we’re just so excited […]
Crucial evidence in the “Bridgegate” scandal may be lost to the digital abyss as prosecutors continue to forage for information pertaining to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s whereabouts and cell phone communication at the time of the incident. Investigations of Bridgegate are ongoing as both sides prepare to go to trial just over two months […]
Ecommerce is growing faster than just about any industry, and, according to The Wall Street Journal, consumers now make more than half — 51% — of all their purchases online. The United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) released a study, noting that for the first time in history, consumers purchased more products on the Internet than […]
A person’s trustworthiness is determined in only a tenth of a second. But according to some laws in states all over the nation, a transgender individual is not able to be trusted enough to go to the bathroom corresponding with the gender they identify with. However, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is aiming […]
There are approximately 10.4 million residential and 309,000 public swimming pools nationwide, and now one of them is coming under fire for breaching the constitutional separation of church and state. Ever since the 1990s, the Metropolitan City Pool in Brooklyn has maintained women-only pool hours four times a week. This was created to accommodate Hasidic […]
The average American will indulge in an ice cream treat 28.5 times per year. But many consumers are not aware of exactly what comes in those frozen treats, so one manufacturer is trying to do what they can to change that. Mars Inc., the manufacturer of popular Snickers bars, Milky Ways, Dove chocolates, Skittles, Starbursts, […]
Medical malpractice results in about 85,000 lawsuits each year, but one woman won’t be filing any lawsuits due to current New York state laws. In 2012, Lissy McMahon seemed to be a healthy 42-year-old single mom raising her son. An ultrasound revealed a fibroid in her uterus that needed to be removed, so she decided […]
There are currently 26.5 million businesses in the United States, and according to a recent infographic released by The Local Search Association, 2016 may be a big year for small businesses in particular. The infographic contains a significant amount of information concerning small business and small business marketing, which helps sum up the areas that […]
The U.S. media has been dominated by news of mass shootings, terrorism, and the U.S. presidential election, yet a major piece of news flew largely under the radar this spring. A new U.S. nuclear power plant went online for the first time in two decades, officially bringing the nuclear sector into the 21st century. On […]