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Early Addition: Bull rider who tore his groin off his pelvis at the last MSG rodeo returned to action
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Published Jan 8, 2024
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where the snowless streak continues.
Here's what else is happening:
- Queens Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas said she broke her arm after a driver hit her in a crosswalk in Jackson Heights last week.
- Mayor Adams is again pushing state lawmakers to expand the criteria for who can be involuntarily hospitalized.
- A poll found that Flaco the owl is very popular.
- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has come under scrutiny for checking into the hospital with "severe pain" on Jan. 1 and not telling senior defense officials or the White House until days later.
- World champion bull rider Daylon Swearingen, who tore his groin off his pelvis (?) at last year's rodeo at Madison Square Garden, was back in action at the city's premier bull-riding event over the weekend.
- The Navajo Nation is criticizing a private company's plan to send people's cremated remains to the moon, saying it would desecrate a celestial body that's sacred to many tribal nations.
- "Barbie" won the Golden Globe for best blockbuster last night. (Here are all the winners.)
- And finally, sassy wave:
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