Miami Beach Police Sgt. Michelle Sayegh caught the Zika virus while on duty on Ocean Drive, one of the only two Zika “active transmission zones” throughout the entire state of Florida. Along with the Fraternal Order of Police, Sayegh is fighting for workers’ compensation for her hospital bills, but the City of Miami Beach is […]
Netflix plans on spending roughly $6 billion over the next year on new content, making the streaming service one of the highest spending media companies in the content creation category. CNBC states that Netflix is currently in second place among TV network and subscription organizations. The Boston Consulting Group estimates that ESPN will spend $7.3 […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo has just launched a statewide campaign to help fight addiction across New York State. Dubbed #CombatAddiction, the campaign uses many different media outlets to urge New Yorkers to join the fight against addiction. There were five new public service announcements launched, each emphasizing the effects of addiction. The campaign also gives New […]
Ira Glass, the creator of NPR’s popular “This American Life” weekly broadcast, is being sued by his condo board due to an unaddressed bed bug and rodent infestation in his Chelsea apartment. The condo board alleges that Glass and his wife, Anaheed Alani, have allowed an ongoing infestation of bed bugs in the apartment they […]
Approximately 5.21 million mothers and 214,000 fathers identify as stay-at-home parents, but even those who stay at home to care for their children may be making a critical error when it comes to medicine. A new study suggests that parents are making dosing errors when giving medicine to their children. Luckily, a syringe could be […]
New tech partnership is changing the way users maneuver through the ecommerce industry. Etsy and Intuit just formed a new partnership to enable online merchants the option of exporting their own sales expense data directly into Intuit’s platform. ZDNet reports that users can now easily track their profits and losses, differentiate between person and business […]
Early black bear hunting season is upon us in New York State. The season runs from September 10th through the 25th in specific wildlife areas throughout Southeastern region of the state, and from September 17th to October 14th in the Northern areas. In some parts of the state, bear hunting continues through the end of […]
Approximately 35% of on-site injuries are caused by construction machine accidents annually, and as the rate of those accidents has surged in New York City, prosecutors are looking to go up against builders who they say have sacrificed safety for progress. In late August, prosecutor Diana Florence gathered a group of worker advocates and foreign-consulate […]
In Portsmouth, the City Council unanimously voted to outlaw watering lawns in the city beginning Thursday, September 8 to battle the recent drought facing the city. “The public knows the seriousness of the issue,” said John Bohenko, Portsmouth City Manager. According to Seacostonline, Bohenko could have passed the ban himself on the basis of an […]
The issue of women’s rights in the workplace is an ever-present one. Women already face immense pressures to be taken seriously in positions that are considered by some to be traditionally male, and female athletes have it especially tough. Not only do they often have to work harder than their male counterparts in order to […]