Early Addition: Caroline's comedy club is closing because its landlord, the Kuwaiti sovereign wealth fund, is jacking up the rent

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Published Dec 9, 2022

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Good Friday morning in New York City, where the rats are winning. Here's what else is happening:

Phil O’Brien, the founding editor of hyperlocal Hells Kitchen magazine-turned-website W42ST, is being denied a visa renewal and held in his native England because the U.S. government deemed his publication a "marginal" business.
"Of course, if the union really wants to draw blood, they will have to go on a real strike.": Here's NYMag's recap of yesterday's one-day New York Times walkout.
Congrats to the New Jersey Devils for being the second-best team in the NHL so far this season.
And congrats to the third graders at Maplewood Intermediate School in South Huntington for getting their hand-made Christmas ornaments selected for National Christmas Tree Lighting at the White House.
Caroline's comedy club on Broadway is closing after 30 years because its landlord — the Kuwaiti sovereign-wealth fund — is raising the rent to compensate for money it lost in the stock market.
Congressman-elect Maxwell Frost said he was denied an apartment in Washington, D.C. because his credit score was low from having accumulated debt during his campaign.
Fresh off the Democrats' big win in Georgia's senate race, Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has decided to become an "independent."
Cardi B told her Instagram followers this week that she got 95% of her butt injections removed and she highly advises against anyone else getting them.
For £900 a month, you could get this horrifying apartment in London that has a kitchenette, shower stall and bed all within a few feet of each other.
The grand prize at this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards went to a photo of a lion cub falling out of a tree. (The cub still managed to land on all fours and walk away gracefully.)
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