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Early Addition: The great New Jersey drone freak-out, one year later
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Good Friday morning in New York City, where Mayor Eric Adams is honoring the tradition of spoiling his successor's plans.
Here's what else is happening:
- City Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents parts of Downtown Manhattan, has entered the crowded race to fill outgoing Rep. Jerry Nadler's congressional seat.
- The antisemitism watchdog Nexus Project is criticizing the Anti-Defamation League for its "divisive, hyperbolic" response to Zohran Mamdani's election win.
- Bodega cats are still not technically legal.
- It's the one-year anniversary of when everyone in New Jersey started freaking out about mysterious objects in the sky.
- Aaron Judge won the American League's MVP award again.
- Vine is sort of back.
- What happens if half the country goes on GLP-1s and stops having sex or shopping?
- And finally, wrastlin':
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