Early Addition: Steal a baby wombat from its mom and find out

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Published Mar 13, 2025

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James Ramsay

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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where in-unit washer-dryers are very hot right now.

Here's what else is happening:

The City Council yesterday voted 41-2 in favor of new zoning changes that would allow Mets owner Steve Cohen to build a casino next to Citi Field.
Amid the Trump administration's dismantling of all things DEI, the National Park Service took down (but has now restored) part of a webpage about the Chelsea residence of the late gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin.
Good luck to the three women of the FDNY boxing team scheduled to fight at tomorrow night's Battle of the Badges match.
Two former chefs from Eleven Madison Park opened an expensive pizza shop on Mott Street.
"A New School student marveled that the Union Square Capital One Café felt 'more like a home.'"
An American influencer living in Australia could be getting herself deported after stealing a baby wombat from its mom.
Can't go wrong with an anchor tattoo.
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