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62 Arrested At Times Square Climate Protest, Police Say
Protesters with the group "Extinction Rebellion" parked a green sailboat in a Times Square intersection Thursday morning.

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Protesters with the group "Extinction Rebellion" parked a green sailboat in a Times Square intersection Thursday morning.

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