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Controversial Cleanup: Could ‘Acid Tar' Explode at NJ Toxic Chemical Dump Site?
Two lagoons next to the Raritan River are filed with 44,700 tons of “acid tar” which the EPA labels Principal Threat Waste — meaning the material presents a significant risk to human health
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I-Team: No Tuition Refund at NYU Despite Pandemic Hardship
A student says she paid a $5,000 tuition deposit just days before the pandemic began — but then her father lost his job, and despite losing all family income, the dental school has denied her request to refund the deposit
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I-Team: PPP Loan Recipients Take Cash, Still Lay Off Tri-State Workers
An I-Team analysis shows 64 NY and NJ companies filed notices to lay off or furlough more than 8,400 workers in June and July, despite being approved for millions in forgivable PPP loans in April and May
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I-Team: 8 Years Later, Occupy Wall Street Protesters Still Suing NYPD over Free Speech
An attorney for Occupy Wall Street protesters who were arrested says he believes many of the protesters detained during this summer’s Black Lives Matter demonstrations have also been falsely arrested
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I-Team: Heat on Carl Heastie to Schedule Rape Reform Vote in NY Assembly
With just hours left in the legislative session, New York Assembly Speaker is facing calls as to why the bill that would close the so-called “rape intoxication loophole” has yet to receive a vote
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I-Team: Blood Clots Closely Associated with COVID-19 Deaths, Research Says
The findings suggest the possibility that — for some patients — COVID-19 could resemble more of a blood disease than a disease primarily targeting the lungs
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Rescue or Retail? Lawmaker Slams Nonprofit Adopting ‘Designer' Puppies for $1,500
An Albany lawmaker is calling for In Our Hands Rescue to lose its charity status after learning the animal adoption group pays breeders for “designer” puppies and charges up to $1,500 to families who want to give the dogs homes
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I-Team: ‘Designer Breed' Puppies Adopted as $1,500 Rescues
While the nonprofit says they save the dogs with slight imperfections, like overbites, from certain death, critics question how the high-end breeds are rescued at such young ages, and why the adoption fees are so high
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I-Team: Diet Noodles Blamed for ‘Unholy Levels of Gastric Upset and Rage'
According to a doctor, another person ate a single package of the noodles and suffered a 10-day bout of vomiting and nausea — and needed surgery that required using a drill to break up the noodles after forming a gastric obstruction.
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I-Team: Anti-Semitic Trolls Impersonate Rabbis, Stoking Hate after Hasidic Attacks
Fake accounts, which claim to be of U.S. rabbis, have been posting messages seemingly geared at pitting Jews against African Americans — but why aren’t social media sites stepping in sooner to stop them?
