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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where there's lots of free fun to be had.
Here's what else is happening:
- Three years after NYC public libraries got rid of fines for late returns, they've seen big increases in library card applications and items checked out — though books do get returned a little later.
- The NYPD said yesterday that major felonies in the transit system are down 6% so far this year, compared to the same period in 2023.
- A day after an unlicensed weed shop owner in Bay Ridge boasted to the New York Post that he doesn't "give a f**k" if he gets shut down, he … got shut down.
- A man in Queens was caught on video on Sunday morning opening fire on a raccoon. (He shot from point blank, but it's unclear if the raccoon was hit.)
- Connecticut police said coyotes have been attacking dogs in tony Westport.
- The queen snake — a brown, drab, non-poisonous specimen — has been spotted in New Jersey for the first time since 1977.
- South Dakota governor and potential GOP vice presidential candidate Kristi Noem is facing a potential misdemeanor charge after her dog killed a neighbor's chickens. She's also facing backlash from Republican voters for then shooting her dog.
- A P.S.A. for the fellas as wedding season approaches: The butterscotch shoes look silly.
- And finally, you wish you were my Levi's jeans:
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