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Early Addition: A pardon for plastic straws
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Published Feb 11, 2025
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where the D.C. feds told the New York feds to drop the case against Mayor Adams.
Here's what else is happening:
- The feds are also considering granting a second chance to plastic straws.
- The U.S. Department of Justice does not have the authority to help Mayor Adams' former chief adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who faces state-level bribery charges.
- A 49-year-old Bronx man and father of four was fatally shot outside his house over the weekend after an apparent dispute over a parking spot.
- Congrats to the South Jersey public school students who get the day off on Friday to celebrate the Eagles' Super Bowl win.
- Hard way to find out that some of the Mr. Fruit stores have closed or changed names.
- At least one person died yesterday after a private jet owned by the frontman of Motley Crue crashed into a parked plane on a Scottsdale Airport runway.
- Vice President J.D. Vance tweets a lot.
- Overtourism is ravaging Uzbekistan.
- Anne Tyler ... just love her.
- And finally, peacocking:
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