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Early Addition: Law & Order: SVU and the MetroCard, two icons that refuse to be phased out, join forces
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Published Apr 5, 2024
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where this street style photographer is waiting to take your picture.
Here's what else is happening:
- The six people incarcerated at New York's Woodbourne Correctional Facility who sued for the right to watch the eclipse on Monday won a settlement and will get to watch from a prison yard — but this doesn't apply to any other inmates who want to see it.
- In other eclipse news, the Yankees are pushing back their scheduled game against the Marlins on Monday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. so the celestial event won't interfere with play.
- Washington Heights parents are protesting the parks department's plan to install an artificial turf field at Bennett Park out of concerns that their children will ingest "forever chemicals."
- Among the offerings at this week's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair: Letters and prison artwork created by Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy, the infamous Florida man who robbed the Star of India sapphire from the American Museum of Natural History's jewel hall back in 1964.
- Levi's stock jumped 20% after Beyoncé released her song "Levii's Jeans" featuring Post Malone.
- Teens are trading stocks.
- The MTA, which now has no definite date for phasing out MetroCards, is releasing a limited edition "Law & Order: SVU" MetroCard.
- Over in England, male bitterns — a rare and secretive type of heron — are "booming." (They make an extremely loud booming sound to attract mates.)
- "It Happened To Me: I Thought I Bought People Treats But They Were Dog Treats"
- Happy 60th birthday to Wawa, which is giving out free coffee on April 16 to celebrate.
- And finally, queen bee:
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