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Published Nov 16, 2023
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It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City and dog owners beware: there’s a mysterious virus popping up among pups.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Hundreds of thousands of fake handbags, shoes, clothes and other accessories worth more than $1 billion were seized from a Manhattan storage unit, the largest counterfeit goods seizure in U.S. history.
- New York State is suing PepsiCo for plastic pollution along the Buffalo River. The state is claiming the beverage company contaminates the water and harms wildlife in the area.
- Underage gamblers were racking up thousands of dollars in winnings at several Atlantic City casinos, which will now have to be forfeited.
- Is Snoop Dogg finally coming down from his high?
- Still need Thanksgiving plans? How about spending it with Wanda Dench, the viral grandma who mistakenly invited a stranger, Jamal Hinton, to dinner seven years ago?
- Helicopter moms of college kids are being weird in Facebook groups.
- Wawa is a gift from the state of New Jersey. It deserved this oral history project.
- And finally, just prancing around:
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