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HOUSEWORK DISPARITY
A new Pew study shows that men and women are making about the same amount of money in their careers, but women are picking up a heavier load when it comes to housework and caregiving. Meanwhile, men are spending more time on leisure and at work. The number of women who earn as much or significantly more than their husbands has tripled over the last 50 years.
100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE
Time has released its annual list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023. The list was divided into different categories, including artists, innovators, and titans. The list included a range of individuals, from actor Michael B. Jordan to Disney CEO Bob Iger, as well as Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelensky.
TIKTOK BAN
Montana could become the first state to completely ban TikTok. The bill moving through the state legislature proposes a $10,000 fine for anyone who violates the ban, each day they do so. It's worth noting that Montana's governor has already banned TikTok on government devices.
The largest drag brunch show ever took place right here in New York City this past weekend. The event was organized by H&M and the Marcia Institute in an effort to stand with the LGBTQ community and drag performers as a number of states across the country have introduced anti-drag legislation.
A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre said Wednesday that she saw her right arm “get blown open in two places” by a gunman and cried “Mommy” after realizing her 97-year-old mother had been shot and killed by her side in the nation’s deadliest attack on Jewish people.
Earlier this morning, a News 12 crew witnessed a very unexpected scene unfold on Long Island, as a police officer and a firefighter rescued a man from a submerged car. The drama happened at Mascot Dock, Patchogue at about 5 a.m., as reporter Caroline Flynn was reporting on an unrelated story.
Daniel Penny was charged last month in the death of Jordan Neely, who Penny put in a chokehold for more than three minutes after Neely reportedly began yelling that he was hungry and thirsty and that he didn't care if he went to jail.
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At least 79 died after a boat capsized off the coast of southern Greece.
The conflict in Sudan has displaced more than 2 million people, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as a U.N. official warned that escalating attacks in Darfur city could amount to “crimes against humanity.”
A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.
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