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WATCH: Muslim Activist Who Ran For Congress Livestreams Arrest On Newark Flight WATCH: Muslim Activist Who Ran For Congress Livestreams Arrest On Newark Flight
Watch: Muslim Activist Who Ran For Congress Livestreams Arrest On Newark Flight A Muslim activist who ran for Congress in New Jersey was arrested for refusing to get off the plane following an argument with another passenger that delayed the American Airlines flight at Newark Liberty International Airport Saturday. Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, 28, was charged with delaying transportation and trespass, after she livestreamed the more than 15-minute ordeal that landed her in handcuffs, the New York Daily News reports. The incident allegedly began at the security checkpoint, just before the 10 a.m. flight to Charlotte, North Carolina. "Hey guys I'm going live right now from my f…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Bergen County Students Launch BLM Website For Tri-State Area Activists Bergen County Students Launch BLM Website For Tri-State Area Activists
Bergen County Students Launch BLM Website For Tri-State Area Activists A pair of Bergen County high school students whose parents feared for their safety at rallies took activism into their own hands with the launch of a website dedicated raising awareness toward the Black Lives Matter movement. Upon recognizing need for a localized BLM resource, Rayyan Ahmed, 15, of Waldwick and Divyash Shah, 14, of Tenafly jumped to action -- bringing BLM NJ online last week. Ahmed and Shah, both rising sophomores at Bergen County Academies, initially wanted to dive headfirst into the movement through active participation in protests and riots. That idea didn’t sit well wit…

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by Valerie Musson
Lifestyle
Who Swapped 'Flash,' The Sloth At SeaQuest? Who Swapped 'Flash,' The Sloth At SeaQuest?
Who Swapped 'Flash,' The Sloth At SeaQuest? Animal activists have accused a petting zoo in a Woodbridge Center mall of trying to secretly swap a popular sloth named Flash with a duplicate after his death, according to a published report. The public was kept in the dark after the two-toed arboreal animal died in December at SeaQuest, activists told the New York Post. “There was a sloth that was delivered to the facility and it died. But it was miraculously replaced by a new sloth which they told the public was the same sloth,” one activist told The Post. “They are interchangeable. One dies and miraculously a new one shows up.” There …

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by Jon Craig