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Early Addition: Robert De Niro just wants his frequent flyer miles back
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Published Nov 2, 2023
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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where some of us are eating a lot of sugar for breakfast without even knowing it.
Here's what else is happening:
- Donald Trump Jr. testified in court yesterday that he had no involvement in creating allegedly fraudulent financial statements for the Trump Organization, despite those statements suggesting he was involved.
- A Queens man has been arrested in connection with an abandoned house in Bellerose where police said they found $10 million worth of guns, fentanyl and other drugs.
- A Bronx community board's vice chairman (who is Italian American) wrote a column in the Bronx Times saying Black people are "the least educated, least healthy, poorest and among the most incarcerated groups in this country," and said they're to blame for their own struggles. The community board is now considering demoting him.
- "That’s all I’m asking … return my things, return my air miles": Robert De Niro, who's in civil court suing his former assistant but also facing accusations that he discriminated against her, said he just wants her to give back some of the 5 million Delta SkyMiles she allegedly stole from him.
- This year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is coming to us from a little town near Binghamton.
- The Texas Rangers won the World Series last night, because why not.
- CBS has named 29-year-old comedian Taylor Tomlinson as the replacement for James Corden in the late-night talk show slot following Colbert.
- If I had a fanum tax for every time someone stuck their gyat out for the rizzler...
- And finally, the rizzler:
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