Early Addition: Unleash the public toilets

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Published Mar 31, 2022

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Good Thursday morning in New York City, where Skippy is recalling peanut butter because stainless steel fragments from faulty machinery might've snuck into its jars. Here's what else is happening:

In addition to saying he suffered from bipolar disorder, Gary Cabana, the alleged MoMA stabber, was clearly distraught about the pandemic's effect on movie theaters, which had long been a source of joy and connection for him in his largely solitary life.
The push to legalize pumping your own gas in New Jersey has very quickly flamed out.
In the month since the MTA launched its fare-capping program for OMNY users, the agency said commuters have saved $1.5 million by earning free rides, which is a promising sign for the switch to the tap payment system.
Since 2006, New York City had been keeping 15 public toilet structures in a warehouse in Queens instead of installing them out in the wild, and officials now won't say where they are, but they're definitely not in use.
NPR has a detailed account of the night last March when the LAPD detained at least 16 journalists during a brutal crackdown — complete with rubber bullets — on a protest over the clearing of a homeless encampment.
The Beacon Theater in Boston is making audience members lock away their phones during Chris Rock's sold-out performances tonight and tomorrow, so if he says something interesting about The Slap, it probably won't make it onto YouTube.
The people who made Netflix's extremely popular documentary series about Formula 1 are doing the same thing for pro cycling teams in the lead-up and during this year's Tour de France.
Here's how Sumo oranges became the "it" fruit.
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