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New York pulls the plug on public internet after kiosks are used for porn
Want to know why we can’t have nice things? Because apparently, the public — or at least parts of New York — is not to be trusted. Eight months after the appearance of the first LinkNYC hubs, which are — or were — internet kiosks meant to help bring the Big Apple into the 21st century, the city has taken a step back. Some of these kiosks were not used to “save data on their mobile plans, call relatives across the country, and get a much-needed quick charge” as they were originally intended. Instead, they were used to watch pornography.
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After 9/11, turbans made Sikhs targets
Earlier this month, Prabhjot Singh sat down with his 4-year-old son Hukam and tried for the first time to explain the horrific incident that altered the Manhattan family's life. "A few years ago, a few men hurt me because of what I looked like, because they thought I was bad," Singh said. Hukam stared back, confused. "Why?" he asked. "Their hearts were asleep and they were not thinking about Papaji as a person," Singh said, using a Punjabi term of respect for father.
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Bookworms, This Is What Heaven Looks Like
If this doesn't make you want to get a library card, nothing will.
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New York bombs 'were both shrapnel pressure cooker devices'
A suspicious device found near a New Jersey railway station exploded as a bomb squad was attempting to disarm it with a robot, officials say. It was one of up to five devices found in a backpack inside a rubbish bin near the station in Elizabeth, according to the city's mayor. No-one was hurt. The discovery came after three attacks at the weekend - bombs in New York and New Jersey, and stabbings in Minnesota. The explosion in New York's Chelsea area injured 29 people.
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NYPD to buy 1,000 body cameras in response to nationwide outrage over fatal police shootings
The New York Police Department, the largest city police force in the United States, has agreed to buy 1,000 body cameras, officials confirmed. The move is part of a nationwide push to equip more police with the technology in response to a national outcry over the deaths of unarmed — often African American — men at the hands of police in disputed circumstances.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-Wall Street)
Left populism is the answer to Trumpism. But all incoming Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has is more favors for Wall Street. By Branko Marcetic.
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Law Banning Conversion Therapy Named After Homophobe VP Pence
“Flatly, whether they are gay or not, it’s abuse. Then you have a man who is going to have enormous power over all of us, who advocates for it,” said Burke.
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In the Chappaqua woods, a search for Hillary Clinton
She was a politician running. Now she’s a person hiking. By Stephanie McCrummen.
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The Paramedic Murderer of Narrowsburg, N.Y.
A small town upstate, a Queens ambulance veteran, and a murder. By Nina Burleigh. (Apr. 10, 2014)
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The NYPD just made turbans part of their official police uniform
Sikh officers in the New York Police Department (NYPD) will now be allowed to wear their turbans while on duty. A navy blue turban with a badge will replace the traditional cap worn by other personnel – but wearers will need approval from senior officers. “We want to make the NYPD as diverse as possible, and I think this is going to go a long way to help us with that,” the NYPD Commissioner, James O’Neill, announced.
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Hundreds call for justice for suffocated toddler found surrounded by faeces
Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling for justice for a two-year-old who suffocated as he tried to escape from a room in his home that was covered in dirty nappies and animal faeces. Ellyah Elvidge was found with his head lodged in hole cut into a piece of plywood that was serving as a makeshift baby gate at his home in AuSable Fork, New York. His mother Patricia Giddings, 21, and her 24-year-old boyfriend Brandon Bushey, who was not the boy’s father, have been charged with criminally negligent homicide.
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NYC Adopts License Plate Readers, Facial Recognition
New York City recently launched initiatives to track drivers and passengers entering and leaving the city, as well as where cabs and ride-hailing services pick up and drop off their customers. “At each crossing, and at structurally sensitive points on bridges and tunnels, advanced cameras and sensors will be installed to read license plates and test emerging facial recognition software and equipment. These technologies will be applied across airports and transit hubs — including the Penn-Farley Complex — to ultimately develop one system-wide plan,” according to New York State’s website.
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New York City has released its proposal to outfit police officers with body cameras
After months of delays, the New York City Police Department issued its proposal to outfit its entire force with body cameras. Once approved by its court-appointed monitor, it will dictate how officers will be required to use the cameras. The proposal outlines when the cameras should be used, and how the resulting footage will be stored and accessed. The policy dictates that all cameras will be activated during “all enforcement and investigative encounters,” and that officers must inform their subjects that they’re recording.
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[New York Governor] Andrew Cuomo Managed to Pass a Pretty Lame Free College Program
This weekend, New York lawmakers agreed to a first-in-the-nation deal that would make public colleges tuition-free for students whose families earn less than $125,000 a year. By Jordan Weissmann.
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The Genesis of the Gang
“The cry ‘Get the boys off the street’ that has been raised in our cities, as the real gravity of the situation has been made clear, has led to the adoption of curfew ordinances in many places…” (Sep. 1899)
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3 New Bridges Rise in New York, With Looks That Could Stop Traffic
The home of past-century wonders like the Brooklyn Bridge returns to building cable-stayed bridges, which are designed to “stand the test of time.”
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Habitual sub eater may move lunch spot because of Tonawanda [New York] resident’s gripe
The Zimmerman Boulevard submarine sandwich standoff could end after this week. By Stephen T. Watson. (May 16, 2017)
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New York finally bans marriage of 14-year-olds
Children aged 16 and younger will no longer be able to marry in New York state, thanks to a law signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Under a previous, nearly 80-year-old state law, children as young as 14 were allowed to marry if they obtained permission from both their parents and the court. Now, marriage under the age of 17 will be banned, and children aged 17 to 18 will need parental and court approval.
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No Arrests If Calling 911 During Drug Overdose: NYPD
An NYPD public service campaign aims to alert drug users - and witnesses - that they won't be arrested if they call 911 during an overdose emergency. The campaign will be focused on areas like Staten Island and the Bronx where drug use is highest. Under the state's 911 Good Samaritan Law, people who need emergency care for a drug or alcohol overdose can call 911 without fear of arrest. That also applies to someone who witnesses an overdose.
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Subway Derailment in Manhattan Injures Dozens
A southbound A train between 135th Street and 125th Street came off the tracks and crashed into a wall; the Fire Department said 34 people were injured.
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