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Passengers Trapped For 7 Hours On Hot Plane At Newark Airport: 'Treated Like Animals' (VIDEO) Passengers Trapped For 7 Hours On Hot Plane At Newark Airport: 'Treated Like Animals' (VIDEO)
Passengers Trapped For 7 Hours On Hot Plane At Newark Airport: 'Treated Like Animals' (Video) Bianca Dragone experienced every passenger's worst nightmare. En route to Rome from Newark Airport last month, the a 31-year-old Rahway resident and her fellow passengers spent seven hours on a United Airlines flight without air conditioning. On the runway. When they got on their flight on Monday, July 3, which was scheduled to depart at 5:30 p.m., Dragone noticed the plane was extremely hot. The pilot and flight attendant said they were getting a mechanic to fix it.  What was supposed to take 20 minutes ended up taking hours. Dragone said passengers were constantly told they were about …

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by Sam Barron
Lifestyle
Barstool CEO Portnoy Denies Rape Allegations In Scathing 'Hit Piece' Report Barstool CEO Portnoy Denies Rape Allegations In Scathing 'Hit Piece' Report
Barstool CEO Portnoy Denies Rape Allegations In Scathing 'Hit Piece' Report Barstool sports CEO Dave Portnoy has denied sexual misconduct allegations published in an exclusive report by Business Insider on Thursday. Three women spoke anonymously out of fear of retaliation, they said, in accusing 44-year-old Portnoy of "violent and humiliating" sexual encounters. Calling the report a "hit piece," Portnoy admitted to having sex with two of the women named in the report, and maintained it was all consensual. My Response To The Business Insider Hit Piece That Has Been 8 Months In The Making (Part 1/2) pic.twitter.com/gwrO07uIEE — Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) No…

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by Daily Voice
Business
Facebook Rebrands Company Name Facebook Rebrands Company Name
Facebook Rebrands Company Name Facebook users, welcome to the "Metaverse." CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday that Facebook will be changing its name to "Meta." "The metaverse is the next evolution of social connection," Meta's website says. "Our company’s vision is to help bring the metaverse to life, so we are changing our name to reflect our commitment to this future." The platform will combine its apps and technologies under the new, singular company brand, Facebook said in a statement.  Corporate structure will not be changing, but its financials will, Facebook officials said. The company will begin trad…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Pennsylvania TikToker Stabs Disabled Sister To Death Day After Going Viral, DA Says Pennsylvania TikToker Stabs Disabled Sister To Death Day After Going Viral, DA Says
Pennsylvania TikToker Stabs Disabled Sister To Death Day After Going Viral, DA Says A Pennsylvania teen stabbed her disabled sister to death a day after one of her videos went viral on video sharing app TikTok, authorities and reports say. Claire Miller, 14, was charged as an adult by the the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office with homicide after calling 911 around 1 a.m. Monday saying she had killed her sister. Police arrived at her home where they found Miller in blood-stained pants, and her 19-year-old sister Helen Miller with a fatal stab wound to the neck, the New York Post reports. Helen, who had cerebral palsy and used a wheelchair, was pronounced dea…

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by Cecilia Levine