Early Addition: An excellent duo coming to Broadway in 'Waiting for Godot'

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James Ramsay

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where the bike lane over the G.W. Bridge is closed overnight and commuters are fed up.

Here's what else is happening:

Respect to the construction workers, in-truck caterers, can collectors and other people who are working outside through this heat.
The NYPD's watchdog group is investigating a possible incident of police misconduct from earlier this year when officers raided a Staten Island weed shop, leaped behind the counter and handcuffed a worker who was asking the officers if they had a court order.
A 66-year-old Bushwick grandfather and food vendor was struck in the head by law enforcement officers during a vendor crackdown on Monday, according to neighbors and his family.
It looks like Rudy Giuliani is going to have to sell either his Upper East Side apartment or his Florida condo to pay off debts after a judge dismissed his bankruptcy case.
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, also known as "Bill and Ted," will star in a Broadway production of "Waiting for Godot" next year.
Jon M. Chu is directing a Britney Spears biopic based off the singer's memoir.
Hop-on, hop-off buses: Don't knock 'em 'til you try 'em.
More and more, young people in China are pretending to be birds on social media as a way to reject hustle culture.
And finally, dinosaurs:

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