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Early Addition: The FBI says stop pointing lasers at drones, you might blind a pilot
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Published Dec 17, 2024
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Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where the drought warning is finally over.
Here's what else is happening:
- The FBI is urging New Yorkers to stop pointing lasers at what they think are drones, because the light beams are hitting pilots in the eyes.
- Former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin's on-and-off corruption trial is now back on.
- Svetlana Dali, the woman who got caught stowing away on a plane from JFK to Paris, has been arrested upstate after allegedly ripping off her ankle monitor and trying to board a bus for Canada.
- Congrats to the University of Vermont men's soccer team for last night's overtime win over Marshall in the NCAA championship game, earning the school its first national title in a team sport.
- Congrats to Gigi Hadid on getting rid of the rat problem on her Manhattan terrace.
- Pubs in the U.K. are running out of Guinness because British Zoomers are hooked on splitting the G.
- You can buy some extremely colorful food and beverages at gas stations.
- Which reminds me, you can also buy a good smash burger at a gas station.
- And finally, Moo Deng development:
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