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Society & Culture News tagged with New York

Teen Gets 18 Months for Roasting Kitten - UPI.Com
Society & Culture  (tags: police, crime, kitten, murder, brutality, activists, cruelty, New York, sentence, law )

Raffi
- 102 days ago - upi.com
A 14-year-old New York girl was sentenced to 18 months in a juvenile facility for putting a kitten in an oven and leaving it to roast alive, officials said. The New York Law Department said Whitney B. pleaded guilty to burglary and animal cruelty
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Low-Flying Planes Cause Panic in NYC
Society & Culture  (tags: society, New York, fear, panic, planes near ground zero, usa )

Dee
- 207 days ago - calgarysun.com
NEW YORK (AP) -- A low-flying Boeing 747 escorted by two fighter jets as part of a federal government photo opportunity over lower Manhattan caused a brief panic among workers near ground zero on Monday.
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New York Moves Toward Lighter Sentences for Potheads
Society & Culture  (tags: pot, marijuana, drugs, laws, New York, Rockefeller, war on drugs, prohibition, smoking, joint, society, police, government, humans, freedoms, culture, americans, rights )

Tom
- 253 days ago - nbcnewyork.com
The state Assembly has struck a blow for the state's stoners by voting to repeal the Rockefeller drug laws that have threatened so many tokers with the wrong kind of joint. Drug policy will be based on the premise that drug addiction is a health problem.
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Brooklyn Woman Dies IIGNORED on Mental Hospital Waiting Room Floor
Society & Culture  (tags: USA, New York, Brooklyn, Kings County Hospital, state-run facility, mental health, abuse, neglect, death, emergency room, hospital staff, lawsuit, neglectful hospital )

ON VACATI
- 507 days ago - cnn.com
<p>Only in America!! Esmin Green, 49, had waited in emergency room for 24 hrs when she toppled onto floor &amp; died. Staff kicked her to arouse her. Staff had ignored her. Abuse/neglect of other patients same hospital.</p>
51 comments
Millionaire Couple Convicted for Keeping Slaves - USA
Society & Culture  (tags: usa, new york, millionaires, slaves, conviction, society, women, family )

Chrissy
- 703 days ago - news.com.au
A JURY has convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their New York mansion to work as housekeepers, subjecting them to repeated psychological and physical abuse and forcing them to work 18 hours or more a day.
13 comments
Follow-Up Story to Some People Don't Deserve to Have Children
Society & Culture  (tags: drug addicts, homeless, children, cocaine, New York, Rochester, child neglect )

RC
- 784 days ago - firstcoastnews.com
A judge in Rochester, NY ruled that a homeless couple of drug addicts with four children in foster care, three of whom tested positive for cocaine at birth, couldn't have any more kids. The appellate court reversed the decision. What a shame!
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