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[Link] Multiple People Shot and Explosive Devices Found in Brooklyn Subway Stop

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates. Emergency responders answered a call about reports of smoke in the subway station at 36th Street and 4th Avenue servicing the D, N and R lines, the email continued.

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[Link] NYPD Have Named a ‘Person of Interest’ in the Brooklyn Subway Mass Shooting

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

The individual is Frank R. James, 62. James rented a U-Haul vehicle in Philadelphia that officials have connected to the shooting, and vehicles’ keys were found at the incident.

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[Link] Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid for new trial denied, judge rules

Read: 3/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

Ghislaine Maxwell’s bid for a new trial has been denied, the judge in her Manhattan federal court sex-trafficking case said. Former British socialite Maxwell repeatedly requested a new trial after a juror on her case failed to disclose childhood sexual abuse during jury selection.

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[Link] Brother and sister charged with cryptocurrency fraud in New York

Read: 9/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

US authorities on Tuesday filed criminal charges against a cryptocurrency executive and civil charges against him and his sister, accusing them of defrauding retail investors out of millions of dollars with a digital token known as Ormeus Coin.

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[Link] Reminder: Telling Cops to ‘Fuck Off’ Is Completely Legal

Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com

When cops confronted Michael Wood while wearing his “fuck the police” T-shirt at a local county fair in Dayton, Ohio, six years ago, he tried to explain he was well within his rights. He even removed the shirt. But the officers still asked him to leave.

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[Link] Wu-Tang Clan Producer Suing NYPD After Wrongfully Spending 4 Years in Rikers

Read: 3/3/2022 www.vice.com

Former Wu-Tang Clan producer “True Master” spent four years at Rikers Island after being falsely accused of a rape that DNA evidence proved he didn’t commit. Now, he wants justice—with the help of star civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

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[Link] Donald Trump criminal probe in question after prosecutors suddenly resign

Read: 23/2/2022 www.abc.net.au

The criminal case is related to but separate from a parallel civil case being run by New York's Attorney-General. Both started on the probe under former District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr and were asked to stay when Mr Bragg took office in January.

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[Link] US girl missing since 2019 found alive in hidden room

Read: 16/2/2022 www.abc.net.au

Two years after she went missing, a 6-year-old girl in the United States has been found alive and in good health.

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[Link] Amazon Staten Island Workers Withdraw Request for Union Vote

Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com

The workers had spent months collecting signatures to call for an election.

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[Link] Why are so many NYPD officers fighting vaccination?

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

In New York City, the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) tried and failed to block the city’s vaccine mandate for all city workers. New York City police officers have been on the wrong side of public health for most of the pandemic.

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[Link] Trump Invokes Presidential ‘Absolute Immunity’ in Electric Avenue Copyright Suit

Read: 1/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

Last month, lawyers acting for Donald Trump failed to have a court dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by musician Eddy Grant over the unlicensed use of his track Electric Avenue in a campaign video.

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[Link] Starbucks Temporarily Closes Two Stores That Are Trying to Unionize

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

The company said that the two temporary store closures in Buffalo have nothing to do with the union drive—one is for a remodel and the other is for training new hires.

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[Link] Rikers Island Inmate Calls Into Radio Show to Talk About How Bad It Is

Read: 1/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. “The only way you get a medical appointment is by laying on the floor, and they have to come get you in a stretcher.

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[Link] ‘AntiVaxMomma’ Allegedly Sold Fake COVID Vaccine Cards on Instagram

Read: 31/8/2021 www.vice.com

Jasmine Clifford, the 31-year-old “AntivaxMomma,” allegedly sold about 250 forged COVID-19 vaccine cards on Instagram from May 2021 to July, according to the Manhattan DA. The scheme involved selling these cards over Instagram that falsely stated an individual had received a COVID-19 vaccine.

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[Link] FCC Proposes Record Fine Against Pro-Trump Robocall Scam, But Will It Collect?

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

The FCC this week announced that partisan disinformation merchants Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman could face a record $5 million fine for illegal robocalls placed during the run up to the 2020 elections.

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[Link] ‘What He Did to Me Was a Crime’: Cuomo Accuser Brittany Commisso Speaks Up

Read: 9/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Brittany Commisso, the woman who last week filed a criminal complaint against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for groping her, is going public and pushing back against the governor’s claim that he never touched anyone inappropriately.

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[Link] Repealing the “Walking While Trans” Ban Is Part of the Struggle to Decriminalize Sex Work

Read: 7/8/2021 theintercept.com

After years of tireless organizing, advocacy, and struggle led by trans women of color, the state of New York has finally repealed the pernicious anti-loitering statute that was widely known as the law against “walking while trans.” On Monday, New York Gov.

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[Link] Cuomo Is Now Facing Potential Criminal Charges For Sexual Assault

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. A woman who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her has now filed a criminal complaint against him, a move that could ultimately land the embattled governor in handcuffs.

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[Link] Town Puts 90-Day Ban on New Bitcoin Mines Because They're 'Unsightly'