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New Jersey girl kidnapped by man she met playing online video games including Roblox: Police
An 11-year-old girl in New Jersey was kidnapped by a man with whom she had interacted with while playing online video games like Roblox, according to law enforcement.
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Family demands answers after man killed by Jersey City police amid mental health crisis
The family of a man who was shot and killed by Jersey City police is demanding answers as to why their loved one had to die after they called for help while he was in the midst of a mental health crisis.
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HIV-Positive NYC Woman Becomes First To Get Heart Transplant From Donor Also With HIV
If there is a such thing as an ordinary heart transplant, this was not it. It marked the first time an HIV positive patient received a heart from an HIV positive donor.
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NYC's Oldest Gay Bar May Soon Get Landmark Status
Julius’ has been a bar since 1864. It was thrust into the forefront of the gay rights movement in 1966 — three years before the Stonewall riots — when activists staged a peaceful “sip in,” announcing they are homosexuals and asking to be served.
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COVID ‘Brain Fog': What To Know About the Newly Discovered Symptom
A recent study found one in three COVID-19 survivors received a neurological or psychiatric diagnosis within six months of infection, even in patients who didn’t have serious cases of COVID, and one of the common issues is described as “brain fog,” with symptoms like trouble concentrating or remembering things.
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NYC's Met Museum May Sell Artwork to Make Up for COVID Losses
With ongoing pandemic restrictions and a lack of tourism overall, museums across the country are grappling with the costs of COVID. Even major institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art are struggling to stay afloat.
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Tri-State Ramps Up State Capitol Security Amid Threat of Unrest Over Weekend
There have been threats of armed protests throughout the U.S. throughout the weekend and leading up to Inauguration Day, and police in Trenton, Albany and Hartford aren’t taking any chances, even if the threat isn’t believed to be as severe as other locations
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Child Care Centers Have ‘No Heightened Risk' of Spreading Coronavirus at Facilities: Study
Parents of young children may breathe a little easier and be more comfortable dropping their kids off at child care centers, after a new report found there was “no heightened risk” of the coronavirus spread at the facilities.
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Newborns in NJ Could Soon Get a $1,000 ‘Baby Bond,' Under New Proposal
New Jersey is proposing the first-ever statewide baby bond, which would put $1,000 into an account for every baby born starting in 2021, with all families earning up to $131,000 a year eligible for the program
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Fundraiser Helps NYC's Historic Stonewall Inn Survive Pandemic
More than three months without being able to open nearly led to the Greenwich Village symbol of pride closing its doors for good, so the owners put out a plea for help — and got plenty of responses
