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A Virgin Australia worker uses his phone at the check-in counters at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Virgin Australia is seeking bankruptcy protection, entering voluntary administration after a debt crisis worsened by the coronavirus shutdown pushed it into insolvency. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Airlines, Banks And Other Companies Across The World Hit In Latest Web Outage

This is the second major web outage to hit large corporations around the globe this month.

'Left At The Altar': New York Climate Activists Lament Unapproved Bills

The Students for Solar Act passed with unanimous support in the state Senate, but never reached the floor of the Assembly for a vote.

A Little Known Connection Between Upstate And The First Juneteenth

“Hard to believe its 2021, and no marker has even been erected and that’s one reason so few people know about his story and his significance in history.”

Congressman Jamaal Bowman outside of Gun Hill Houses in the Bronx, New York City on Wednesday June 2, 2021.

How A Former New York Principal Tries To Make Congress Work For His Community

Freshman New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman joins a class of younger Black lawmakers working to broaden representation and progressive power in Congress, as well as in the Democratic Party.

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington. Seated from left are Associate Justice Samuel Alito, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Stephen Breyer and Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Standing from left are Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch and Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Before the Supreme Court this is week is an argument over whether public schools can discipline students over something they say off-campus. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Supreme Court Rules Catholic Group Doesn't Have To Consider LGBTQ Foster Parents

The decision marks a triumph for a new brand of conservatism on the court, which is putting the Constitution's guarantee to the free exercise of religion at the highest level of protection.

The Debate Over 5G In Ithaca

"Why would you want to install 100 facilities when you can do it with three?"

Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research, on May 7, 2020, in Blaine, Washington. - The new Asian hornets that have been found in Washington state may be murder on already stressed-out honeybees, but for humans its like a repeat of the sensationalized scare that turned Africanized killer honeybees of the 1970s: a real and nasty bug hyped into a horror movie motif that didnt quite fulfill its scary billing. Numerous bee and insect experts tell people to calm down about the so-called murder hornets, unless you are a beekeeper. (Photo by Elaine Thompson / POOL / AFP) (Photo by ELAINE THOMPSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The First 'Murder Hornet' Of 2021 Has Been Discovered In Washington State

Because of its withered condition and the fact that male giant hornets don't typically emerge until July, officials believe the hornet was likely from a previous season and just recently found.

Did COVID-19 Leak From A Lab? A Reporter Investigates — And Finds Roadblocks

President Biden has asked the intelligence community to investigate whether or not the virus leaked from a lab in Wuhan, China. Vanity Fair reporter Katherine Eban shares her findings.

This 14-Year-Old Family Breadwinner Is Part Of The Rise In Child Labor

His father left with their savings, and the mother isn't able to work. A new report points to an increase in child labor, with millions of kids working. And COVID has likely made matters worse.

Regional Food Bank Calls Proposed SNAP Benefit Changes Harmful

ROCHESTER (WXXI) - Changes proposed by the Trump administration would reduce the amount of choice those who use SNAP benefits to buy food would have. Currently, people who use SNAP benefits get money loaded onto an EBT card, which they can take to a grocery store and shop with, buying items that fall under certain guidelines.

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