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Published Apr 15, 2024
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Good Monday morning in New York City, where Caitlin Clark is about to get drafted into the WNBA.
Here's what else is happening:
- Jury selection begins in Manhattan today for Donald Trump's criminal trial surrounding alleged hush-money payments made to Stormy Daniels in 2016.
- NYMag's Errol Louis: "Free the Trump Trial Transcripts."
- A federal judge has given a green light to a lawsuit accusing the MTA of human rights violations for requiring Access-A-Ride users to book trips by 5 p.m. the day before.
- We're nearing the 100th anniversary of NYC first attempting to stop people from needlessly honking, and look how little progress we've made.
- Two New Jersey men were arrested for allegedly stealing up to $30,000 worth of shopping carts from ShopRite.
- Even the owl agnostics couldn't resist the allure of a $150 Flaco tattoo.
- Here are renderings of what the 20-block East Harlem riverfront renovation is going to look like, with construction set to be done in 2027.
- Police have forced E. Jean Carroll to hand over the revolver she said she keeps by her bed, until she gets a proper license for it.
- A chocolate chip cookie but without the chocolate ... sounds fine.
- And finally, resourceful:
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