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Early Addition: I'd watch an HBO drama about Gildan's takeover of Hanes
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Published Aug 12, 2025
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where reading and math scores are up.
Here's what else is happening:
- A 25-year-old Queens man who was in Puerto Rico last weekend for a Bad Bunny concert died after being hit by a stray bullet during a shooting in a San Juan bar.
- The NYPD said it's looking for a suspect who threw a sex toy at a New York Liberty game last week and hit a 12-year-old girl.
- The old church in Chelsea that housed the famed nightclub Limelight is up for sale, again.
- Here are some pictures of people eating on the subway.
- Midtown is getting another Jollibee.
- They gave the Macarena of Seville smoky eyeshadow.
- Canadian T-shirt giant Gildan is nearing a deal to take over American T-shirt giant Hanes.
- Big oyster.
- And finally, watchdog:
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