Early Addition: SUNY Purchase will no longer have a dorm called 'Big Haus'

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Published Jul 27, 2022

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Good Wednesday morning in New York City, where bacon, egg and cheeses are getting more expensive. Here's what else is happening:

Into the Woods, the Broadway production that's now at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, lost its giant promotional rooftop boot.
SUNY Purchase is changing the name of the dorm known as "Big Haus" — which was the result of a student naming effort in 1989 — because it's evocative of prison.
The rapper and Law & Order: SVU star Ice-T is opening a cannabis dispensary in Jersey City.
The Mega Millions jackpot has hit $1 billion.
"It won’t stop, but we’re going to make it as painful as possible and unenjoyable as possible for those involved," said the son of a 9/11 victim who's planning to protest the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament being held this weekend at Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Speaking of Saudi Arabia, the kingdom appears to be building a long-ass skyscraper called The Line that'll be its own contained indoor city.
Usher admitted that he's sad his song "Climax" wasn't a bigger hit.
Paper straws and compostable sporks are out, the new thing is edible cups, straws and utensils.
Should rich Millennial tech-and-finance people be spending more money on funding the work of Millennial starving artists?
Tony Dow, the actor who played Wally on Leave it to Beaver, is not dead — his wife just mistakenly thought he was (he's in hospice) and told his manager, who then posted on Facebook that he'd died.
Chris Cuomo got a new job as a primetime host on NewsNation (??).
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And finally, gotta get your fiber:

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