#5-year-old boy critically injured in Brooklyn crash

#5-year-old boy critically injured in Brooklyn crash

“#5-year-old boy critically injured in Brooklyn crash” A 5-year-old boy was critically injured after being struck by a driver in Brooklyn on Sunday night, police said. The youngster was walking along Ocean Avenue near Avenue S in Gravesend when he was struck by an out-of-control car just before 5:30 p.m., according to cops. The driver,…

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#NY colleges increase cannabis courses amid weed legalization

#NY colleges increase cannabis courses amid weed legalization

“#NY colleges increase cannabis courses amid weed legalization” Higher education is taking on a new meaning in New York after the state legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Colleges and universities are adding new courses about cannabis to the syllabus to prepare students for jobs in the budding industry. And they’re not just offering tokin’…

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#There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business

#There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business

“#There’s no stopping the GOP’s divorce from big business” American conservatism was for too long under the spell of what might be called “market fundamentalism”: It mindlessly treated all private-sector action as good and all government action as bad. At worst, this fundamentalism gave rise to corporate boosterism and outright cronyism that repelled voters from…

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#Wannabe serial killer who killed classmate dies in Florida

#Wannabe serial killer who killed classmate dies in Florida

“#Wannabe serial killer who killed classmate dies in Florida” A wannabe serial killer who was in middle school when he fatally slit the throat of a 14-year-old classmate has died behind bars in Florida, online records show. Michael Hernandez was a 31-year-old inmate at Columbia Correctional Institute outside Jacksonville when he collapsed and died Thursday…

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#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary

“#Minneapolis is becoming ‘Murderapolis’ again and other commentary” Minneapolis update: Back to ‘Murderapolis’ “With the gigantic outpouring of global attention” to the George Floyd case, Michael Tracey argues at his Substack newsletter, “it would be foolish to not also notice the comparatively minuscule attention that other instances of unjust killings receive.” Violence in Minneapolis has…

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