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Invasive Species Are Threatening the Quality of New York’s Tap Water newsthirst.

“You can see an ecosystem change overnight—specifically with hydrilla. You’ll see a normal pond, and then at the end of the growing season, it’s completely full of hydrilla,” said Nicole White, founder of Little Bear Environmental Consulting, which often works with city and state departments to combat invasive species. “Nothing else can survive there. It’s…

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Fatal Beating of New York Inmate, Body Cam Video Released by State’s Attorney newsthirst.

Body cam footage of corrections officers brutally beating a restrained inmate — who died hours later — has been released by the New York State Attorney General … showing officers hitting the bloodied man repeatedly. The video shows Robert Brooks — an inmate serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault — repeatedly being punched and…

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Biden posthumously pardons civil rights leader Marcus Garvey | Joe Biden newsthirst.

President Joe Biden on Sunday posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Also receiving pardons were a top Virginia lawmaker and advocates for immigrant rights, criminal justice reform and gun violence prevention. Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden…

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