#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021” Limits of EMSAs a former volunteer with Emergency Medical Services, I have responded to quite a few calls involving Emotionally Disturbed Persons (“NYC expands no-police mental-health program,” April 27). I can tell you that EMS and social workers alone are not adequate for a lot of these…

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#New York’s COIVD-19 rate hits new low

#New York’s COIVD-19 rate hits new low

“#New York’s COIVD-19 rate hits new low” Enlarge Image Just 1.6 percent of the 232,942 tests reported on April 30, 2021 came back positive, the lowest since Nov. 3, 2020, Gov. Cuomo said. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Pool New York’s COVID-19 positivity rate continues to slide, hitting numbers not seen since November, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday. Of…

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#Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan pick up 600 acres in Hawaii

#Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan pick up 600 acres in Hawaii

“#Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan pick up 600 acres in Hawaii” Mark Zuckerberg is again expanding his empire in Hawaii. The billionaire Facebook founder and wife Priscilla Chan bought 600 more acres of land in Hawaii, according to local business journal Pacific Business News. The pair purchased the land, which includes Larsen’s Beach, for $53 million…

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#COVID lockdowns cost jobs, don’t appear to have saved lives

#COVID lockdowns cost jobs, don’t appear to have saved lives

“#COVID lockdowns cost jobs, don’t appear to have saved lives” We’ve locked down the economy instead of the virus. Jobs are recovering slower in New York and other states holding on to stringent COVID-19 restrictions than in states that fully reopened their economies, even though continued lockdown measures don’t appear to be saving lives, an…

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#NYC-based company sued over offensive penis pranks

#NYC-based company sued over offensive penis pranks

“#NYC-based company sued over offensive penis pranks” Pranks for nothing. Queens-based Ruin Days will anonymously offend your enemies, ex-lover, boss and even the old lady down the block for a price. “Just give us their name and address. We’ll take care of the rest,” the website touts. But not everyone’s laughing at the harassment-like hijinks of Ruin Days,…

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#New intel points to dad’s shady past

#New intel points to dad’s shady past

“#New intel points to dad’s shady past” Did Jeff Pelley really massacre his family? For 32 years, most people have thought the sullen Lakeville, Ind., teenager killed his pastor father, stepmother and two little half-sisters in the grisly tragedy known as “The Prom Night Murders.” But a just-released 20-episode podcast, Counterclock, digs deep into the…

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#’What our quality control team does’

#’What our quality control team does’

“#’What our quality control team does’” Sex doll manufacturer Real Doll released a photo of its “Westworld”-style factory this week on Instagram, and it’s just as strange you’d expect. The sex dolls have the capability to carry on conversations.REUTERS/Aly Song Looking like a scene from the gruesome procedural, “Criminal Minds,” there are rows of realistic-looking…

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