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[Link] Here’s the real reason the EPA doesn’t want to test for toxins in East Palestine

Read: 4/3/2023 www.theguardian.com

The decision to release and burn five tanker cars of vinyl chloride and other chemicals at the site of a 38-car derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, just over three weeks ago unleashed a gigantic cloud full of particulates that enveloped surrounding neighborhoods and farms in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

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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] Father and Son Help Crack Unsolved 1969 Bank Robbery

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

Theodore J. Conrad pulled off one of the biggest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history. The case eluded officials for decades, until an obituary appeared online and family secrets began to unravel. The boy watched as his father, John K.

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[Link] To-go orders are ruining restaurant workers' lives

Read: 8/11/2021 www.businessinsider.com

The COVID-19 pandemic closed dining rooms and led to a boom in to-go orders across the restaurant industry — but they're making things unbearable for workers.

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[Link] She Owes Over $12K for 911 Calls. Now She Could Lose Her Home.

Read: 27/9/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. When Gloria Parker dipped into her retirement savings to purchase a home in a suburb of Cleveland nearly a decade ago, she thought it’d give her a bit of security as she aged.

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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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