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Early Addition: Donald Trump's apparently unproductive Bronx barbershop visit
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Published Oct 18, 2024
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where the Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade has become, for better or worse, the premier event of the season.
Here's what else is happening:
- A former Long Island funeral home owner who sprayed police officers with wasp killer during the Capitol riot pleaded guilty to assault charges yesterday.
- Mayor Adams said the first phase of the East Side flood protection project is complete — two months early and $10 million under budget.
- Donald Trump visited a Bronx barbershop yesterday, though he didn't get his hair cut or apparently convince the shop owner to vote for him.
- In other Trump news, the mysterious owner(s) of four betting accounts has poured $30 million worth of cryptocurrency into bets that Trump will win the election.
- "Sounded like an explosion, it sounded like a bomb went off honestly": An NJ Transit bus blew a tire at the Port Authority bus terminal yesterday, shattering the glass in front of a waiting area and seriously injuring one man.
- A great white shark washed up on a Cape Cod beach this week. (Conservationists removed the shark before any local wildlife enthusiasts could get their hands on it.)
- Pro-Palestinian soda.
- Frigid Feeld party.
- And finally, ice cold cats:
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