Google, Gates Foundation join digital payments initiative
A new nonprofit charity unveiled plans Wednesday to promote digital payments for people outside the financial system, with support from Google and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Mojaloop ReadMore
NYC Education Dept. reinstates Zoom after security and privacy upgrades
City teachers can once again use Zoom for remote instruction after the Education Department Wednesday reversed a ban of the videoconferencing software. Schools chancellor Richard Carranza put the kibosh on ReadMore
Madman stabs two strangers with massive knife on Manhattan bus, nearly killing them: cops
A man with a massive knife went on a stabbing rampage inside a city bus in Harlem, targeting two strangers in a slashing frenzy that left both victims critically injured, ReadMore
Owners of Harlem nursing home under scrutiny for coronavirus deaths made notorious sale of Rivington House
The corporate owner of a Harlem nursing home under scrutiny for a bodycount not reflected in state data on coronavirus deaths was involved in the Rivington House scandal that rocked Mayor de ReadMore
Cuomo encourages voters use absentee ballots as judge reinstates New York Democratic presidential primary
Democratic voters should use absentee ballots in next month’s presidential primary, Gov. Cuomo said Wednesday. The governor spoke a day after a Manhattan federal judge ruled that the primary must ReadMore
NYC commuters grumble over MTA’s coronavirus scrubdown shutdown replacement bus service
When subways closed for four hours early Wednesday, some late-night commuters were stuck far from work or home — and grumbled that while the city and MTA took care of ReadMore
Coronavirus pandemic could last beyond 2022: Report
The coronavirus pandemic is likely to continue in waves that could last beyond 2022. The coronavirus pandemic is likely to last as long as two years and won’t be controlled ReadMore
COVID-19 vaccine hunt heats up globally, still no guarantee
Hundreds of people are rolling up their sleeves in countries across the world to be injected with experimental vaccines that might stop COVID-19, spurring hope — maybe unrealistic — that ReadMore
