Forgiving Medical Debt
January 14, 2019Currents News Staff According to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one in five Americans are currently weighed down with delinquent debt […]
Topic: Queens, NY
Currents News for Thursday, January 10, 2019
January 11, 2019On the newscast: Trump heads to the border to do battle over the wall; The Pennsylvania Grand Jury report about clergy sexual […]
Brooklyn Gets First Medical Marijuana Dispensary
January 10, 2019By Emily Drooby Brooklyn gets first medical cannabis dispensary on Flatbush Avenue right across the street from the Barclays Center. Citiva sells […]
Queens Sisters Attending World Youth Day in Their Homeland
January 10, 2019By Tim Harfmann Second graders at Saints Joachim and Anne School in Queens Village learned about their teacher’s homeland. Yariela Reid-Thomas was […]
State of the City: De Blasio Announces New Initiatives
January 10, 2019Currents News Staff Mayor Bill De Blasio delivered his sixth annual State of the City Address Thursday. De Blasio announcing initiatives to […]
Currents News for Wednesday, January 9, 2019
January 9, 2019On the newscast: A local parish steps in when a family suffers a devastating loss; The government shutdown continues; A Saudi woman […]
Saudi Teenager deemed a refugee by the UN
January 9, 2019By Emily Drooby A Saudi teenager has been recognized as a refugee by the United Nations after her story gained international attention. […]
Currents News for Tuesday, January 8th, 2019
January 8, 2019On the newscast: President Trump is set to address the nation tonight – it’s a battle over the border wall; NYC residents […]
Queens Teen Selected for World Youth Day Procession
January 8, 2019By Tim Harfmann Nineteen-year-old Vivian Argoty and her church’s youth minster, Angelica Taveras, were preparing to attend World Youth Day in Panama […]
Film Tells Former Planned Parenthood Employee’s Story
January 8, 2019By Emily Drooby Abby Johnson worked at Planned Parenthood for eight years, but left in 2009 after witnessing something that changed her […]