Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate, finally journeyed to space at the age of 90, flying with Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin. Dwight, an Air Force pilot championed by President John F. Kennedy as a NASA astronaut candidate, wasn’t selected for the 1963 class. On Sunday, Dwight experienced a few minutes of weightlessness […]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country’s foreign minister, and other officials have been found dead after a helicopter crash in Iran’s East Azerbaijan province. The crash occurred in a foggy, mountainous region, and the cause is currently unknown. Here are the key points readers in the US should know: Victims: President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister […]

The “World’s Largest Bounce House” is coming to Hilton, New York, as part of the Big Bounce America 2024 tour. This event will take place at the Grace & Truth Sports Park on North Greece Road from Friday, May 31, through Sunday, June 2. The main attraction is the massive bounce house, covering 24,000 square […]

Ed Dwight, the United States’ first Black astronaut candidate, became the oldest person to go to space on Sunday as Blue Origin launched its New Shepard NS-25 spacecraft and completed its first human flight since 2022. The 90-year-old Dwight took his first trip to space more than 60 decades after President John F. Kennedy appointed […]

New York’s EBT system changes have been completed and the system is expected to become unavailable starting at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, May 19 and will last until the late afternoon the same day. The outage will only affect EBT cardholders, which means they will not be able to access food or cash purchases/withdrawals. The […]

Credit card delinquencies are on the rise, as research from the New York Federal Reserve shows nearly a fifth of borrowers are “maxed-out.” According the new report, issued by the bank’s Center for Microeconomic Data, household debt rose by 1.1 percent, or $184 billion, in the first quarter of the year, bringing the total to $17.69 […]