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After years of debate, the FDA has finally put its foot down on Juul. It has ordered the company to remove its vaping products from store shelves. The decision comes as a result of the staggering rise in vaping in young people. Current FDA studies show that nearly 10.7 million 12-17 year olds vape. Parent […]

Long has the push-and-pull of money plagued producers and creators. Bobby Shmurda, coming off his single “They Don’t Know,” is the latest in a long line of musicians to rebuff their producers for wanting more money than the creator thinks they are worth. In an interview with Complex, Shmurda said that producers nickel and dime […]

President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s are taking Higher Ground to Audible. Amazon-owned audio storytelling platform (Audible) set an exclusive, multiyear and global first-look production deal with the Obamas’ media company, covering multiple audio projects. The deal comes after the Obamas’ exclusive podcast pact with Spotify, originally inked in 2019, came to an end. Click […]

More than 100 million people in the U.S. have been saddled with health care debt. That includes about 40% of all adults, according to an investigation from Kaiser Health News & NPR. A Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that one-fourth of American adults with health care debt owe more than $5,000. One in five of those […]

Happy Juneteenth! This year marks the first year recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. This holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, but in recent years it’s been observed as a reason to celebrate Black culture. Like most holidays, you might have noticed several department stores selling items for Juneteenth, or just sale items […]

If you’re looking for sriracha, you might have a hard time finding it. Huy Fong Foods, the company that makes sriracha, wrote an email to customers in late April that it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to “severe weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers.” Several […]

Monroe County is offering cash incentives to keep recent college grads from from leaving the area. The pilot program is called Rochester Emerging Talent and Innovations Network, or RETAIN. It offers recent college graduates a $2,000 payment, providing they live and work in Monroe County for one year. Monroe County is currently accepting applications for businesses […]

In the latest list from the Best Workplaces in New York, Wegmans is number one of the best companies to work for that are based in New York state. According to a survey, 89 percent of Wegmans employees said it is a great place to work. Kim Peters, executive vice president of global recognition, research […]

According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a firearms trade association gun sales for Black Americans rose 58 percent in 2020. It was the highest bump in gun sales of any ethnic group that year. In the first quarter of 2021, another NSSF report revealed 90 percent of gun retailers reported a general increase of […]

Local college St John Fisher is getting a little bit of an ‘upgrade’ soon. Starting July 1st, the once college will now go by university. What’s the difference between the two? Colleges are often smaller, emphasizing undergraduate education in a broad range of academic areas, whereas universities are typically larger and offer a variety of […]