Researchers at Yale are taking a new approach to try and understand mental health. A smartphone app allows people to play games, learn about scientific research and help psychologists uncover an equation for happiness.

The leader of the New York State Senate, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, is calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign, and the Assembly Speaker said the governor should consider voluntarily stepping down, after two new allegations of inappropriate behavior from more women over the weekend. But Cuomo said he has no plans to voluntarily leave office, and he said he has too much important work to do to let the accusations “distract” him.

Of all the many devices we have found to distract ourselves during the epidemic, radio is surely one of the most accessible, flexible and reliable. It is everywhere, and it is absolutely virus-free. No mask or distancing is required to listen to Morning Edition, and you don’t even have to wash your hands afterwards. You don’t even have to look at your radio while you listen to it. In the old days, before television came into our lives, my parents did watch the radio because it was a handsome and expensive piece of furniture, and I think they felt it was only polite to face towards it when somebody was speaking. But really, it’s not necessary. It’s true that everyone on the radio is exceptionally good looking, but we are invisible, so you can’t be distracted by our beauty. As we have all discovered with Zoom and Skype, visibility is not always an asset.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has eased some COVID-19 restrictions. He has eliminated indoor dining capacity limits for restaurants and increased the capacity for sports and entertainment venues beginning March 19.

Long Island schools have some of the worst fountain water in the state, the COVID-19 relief package could be a big help to Connecticut, the latest on the Thomas Valva case in Suffolk County, and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo could be stripped of emergency powers today.