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Newark sues New York City to stop homeless relocation program

Newark, N.J., is suing New York City’s mayor to court in hopes of ending a controversial...

Civil rights icon Rosa Parks honored in downtown Montgomery

Sixty-four years ago, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Ala. This week, a commemorative...

Disgraced Baltimore ex-mayor pleads guilty to federal crimes

Catherine Pugh, Baltimore’s ex-mayor who three years ago ran on a pledge to stamp out...

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Newark sues New York City to stop homeless relocation program

Newark, N.J., is suing New York City’s mayor to court in hopes of ending a controversial program that sends homeless families to live in the state. The legal battle is the most recent of many similar conflicts going on across the country. According to NJ.com, New York City offers a one-time assistance program to homeless […]

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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks honored in downtown Montgomery

Sixty-four years ago, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Ala. This week, a commemorative statue of Parks was unveiled in the city’s downtown square. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks, an African American seamstress, refused to give her seat on a public bus to a white passenger, according to Politico. That evening, she was arrested for […]

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Philly builds urban composting facility

In partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center, the city of Philadelphia is building the state’s first urban composting facility. The new facility is expected to open in the spring. According to WHYY, the facility will compost food scraps from 30 to 35 city recreation centers, with the […]

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NYPD pulls fingerprint database offline due to ransomware scare

The New York Police Department (NYPD) pulled its LiveScan fingerprint tracking system offline after a ransomware virus spread to 23 machines connected to the database. The incident began on October 5, when a contractor installing a digital display at a Queens police academy plugged in an infected NUC mini-PC, the New York Post reports. The […]

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Disgraced Baltimore ex-mayor pleads guilty to federal crimes

Catherine Pugh, Baltimore’s ex-mayor who three years ago ran on a pledge to stamp out corruption in the city, pleaded guilty to federal crimes tied to a children’s book series she penned. A federal grand jury indicted Pugh after the F.B.I brought to light a scheme in which the books were used to defraud health […]

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New York City bans flavored e-cigarettes

Last week the New York City Council agreed to ban flavored e-cigarettes, joining the ranks of other communities taking a closer look at the vice. In recent months, nearly 50 people have died from vaping-related disease, and many others have fallen ill, according to The New York Times. This prompted the American Medical Association (AMA) […]

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The top 23 hyperconnected U.S. cities

A new report ranks 100 international, hyperconnected cities that are interlinking their assets through technology. Click through the slideshow to see if your city is in the rankings.

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Lyft withdraws electric scooters from multiple U.S. cities

Ridesharing giant Lyft is pulling its electric Lyft scooter operations from six large cities. The six cities are Atlanta, Dallas, the Phoenix area, San Antonio, Nashville, Tenn. and Columbus, Ohio, according to Tech Crunch. “We’re choosing to focus on the markets where we can have the biggest impact,” a Lyft spokesman said in an email […]

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Illinois district gives transgender students unrestricted access to locker rooms

A longtime debate in an Illinois school district over transgender access to school locker rooms has been decided in favor of transgender students. The Daily Herald reports that the Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board voted 5 to 2 to end a requirement that transgender students use privacy stalls when dressing in locker rooms. Privacy stalls have […]

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Once-reticent utilities accelerating move to the cloud

A large majority (71%) of utilities now use cloud software, up from just 45% three years ago according to a new Oracle survey. Improving customer experience was noted as the key driver for increased cloud investment. But while progress has been made, 85% of respondents still cite security as a top concern and noted that […]

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Newark sues New York City to stop homeless relocation program

Civil rights icon Rosa Parks honored in downtown Montgomery

Disgraced Baltimore ex-mayor pleads guilty to federal crimes

Article

Newark sues New York City to stop homeless relocation program

Article

Civil rights icon Rosa Parks honored in downtown Montgomery

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Philly builds urban composting facility

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NYPD pulls fingerprint database offline due to ransomware scare

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Disgraced Baltimore ex-mayor pleads guilty to federal crimes

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New York City bans flavored e-cigarettes

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The top 23 hyperconnected U.S. cities

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Lyft withdraws electric scooters from multiple U.S. cities

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Illinois district gives transgender students unrestricted access to locker rooms

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Once-reticent utilities accelerating move to the cloud

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