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Tenants' rights advocates demonstrate outside the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in Boston. An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

More Than 400 Broome County Residents Apply For NY Rental Assistance Program

The legislation that created the program dictated that a minimum of 35 percent of the funds are reserved for applicants outside of New York City, but only through its first 30 days.

Lifting COVID Restrictions Opens The Upstate Economy

The good news is that the local economy is improving and more tourists are coming to town. The bad news is there is a shortage of workers to staff businesses and serve those tourists.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA- JUNE 10: The Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of The Seas arrives at Port Everglades on June 10, 2021 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Odyssey of The Seas will hold its first passenger cruise on July 3rd through the Caribbean. The ship was scheduled to set sail last fall, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused the cancellation of cruise ship voyages. Before Royal Caribbean starts to cruise again, it announced crew members would be vaccinated, and the company said guests are strongly recommended to be fully vaccinated. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Royal Caribbean's Launch Of Its New Megaship Just Got Sidelined By COVID Cases

The Odyssey of the Seas had been slated to carry passengers for the first time on July 3. Instead, all 1,400 crew members are being quarantined.

SAN ANTONIO - MARCH 5: Visitors walk around outside of the Alamo the night before the 168th Anniversary of the 1836 Fall of the Alamo March 5, 2004 in San Antonio, Texas. The events begin at dawn the following day to commemorate the final day of the Alamo conflict. (Photo by Jill Torrance/Getty Images)

'Forget The Alamo' Author Says We Have The Texas Origin Story All Wrong

In a new book, Bryan Burrough and co-writers Chris Tomlinson and Jason Stanford challenge the historical lore of the Alamo — including the story that Davy Crockett refused to surrender.

This School District Erased All Holiday Names After Dropping Columbus Day

Some institutions have dropped the name Columbus Day or switched to celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day. One New Jersey school district came up with a new solution: eliminate all holiday names.

Within the first 12 hours of the launch, more than 62,000 Pennsylvanians had filed claims and the Department of Labor & Industry deemed the new system a success. David Maialetti / Philadelphia Inquirer

PA Celebrates New Unemployment System, But Advocates Say Problems Remain

The official launch of a new state unemployment benefits portal last Tuesday was riddled with technical hiccups.

A New Mural Welcomes Visitors to the Tanglewood Nature Center

Artist Chris Longwell has created a ceramic mural that welcomes visitors to theTanglewood Nature Center in Elmira. The mural depicts pond life in all…

A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as arguments are heard about the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obamacare Wins For The 3rd Time At The Supreme Court

The 7-2 decision threw out the challenge to the law, saying Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision and thus lacked standing.

FILE-This Thursday, June 25, 2020 file photo shows the electric Endurance pick-up truck at Lordstown Motors Corporation, in Lordstown, Ohio. Lordstown Motors Corp. said it already has begun metal stamping and welding for the Endurance All-Electric Pickup Truck prototypes, which will be used for testing. Full production of the Endurance pickups is slated to begin in September 2021 at the former General Motors assembly plant near Youngstown, which Lordstown Motors bought in 2019. The company took over the plant after GM ended its more than 50 years of car manufacturing at the plant. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

Startups Like Lordstown Wanted To Upend The Car Industry. It's Now Do Or Die For Them

The electric vehicle startup had a string of terrible news, capped by the abrupt departure of its CEO. Its troubles are raising questions about the startups that have entered the auto industry.

In this April 25, 2011 photo, a "We're Hiring!" sign is shown at Office Depot in Mountain View, Calif. More people sought unemployment benefits last week, the second rise in three weeks, a sign the job market's recovery is slow and uneven.(AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Unemployment Rates For New Yorkers With Disabilities Rose During The Pandemic

"It was a cycle that individuals were kind of in the hamster wheel on, and some of them are just getting back to comfortable being in the stores now."

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