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Early Addition: A Howard Beach teen allegedly shot a neighbor's dog while playing with a gun

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James Ramsay

Published Apr 25, 2024

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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where the native bees are "small, docile and rarely sting."

Here's what else is happening:

• New York Rep. Nicole Malliotakis and New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer have introduced a bipartisan bill in Congress to stop congestion pricing.
• Police said a Howard Beach dog is recovering after a neighborhood teenager shot it while playing with a gun.
• A 21-year-old Long Island woman has been arrested for allegedly hitting and killing another driver while drunk, waiting for police to respond and then jumping into a cop car and attempting to flee.
• Logan Paul issued an impassioned defense yesterday against the class-action lawsuit accusing his Prime energy drink of containing forever chemicals.
• Not sure what's in the new Sour Patch Kid Oreo but I can't wait to find out.
• The windmill blades somehow fell off the Moulin Rouge in Paris last night.
• Jennifer Aniston is remaking "9 to 5."
• Sometimes a grown adult starts dating another adult who sleeps with a stuffed animal and experts say the right thing to do is not be weird about it because that stuffed bunny might be crucial for someone's mental health and sleep hygiene.
• And finally, shimmy shimmy ya:

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