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Extra Extra: A kayaker briefly got swallowed by a humpback whale

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Published Feb 14, 2025

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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the governor didn't say she wouldn't get rid of the mayor.

Here's what else is happening:

• This college student got in line for a Paul McCartney ticket at 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, in the freezing rain, despite there not being any announcement that another Bowery Ballroom show would even be added. Did the universe deliver for him?
• A staffing shortage at the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is stressing out restaurant owners who are waiting months for inspectors to come.
• More than 300 boxes worth of Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne's archived material is going on display next month at the New York Public Library.
• In honor of the Jonas Brothers' 20th anniversary (as a band, not as brothers), New Jersey's American Dream mall is holding JonasCon on Mar. 23.
• The 1980s Jewish rom-com "Crossing Delancey" is getting a Criterion Collection release.
• A kayaker was briefly swallowed by a humpback whale off the coast of Patagonia in Chile and lived to tell the tale.
• Smellmaxxers ... try smellminusing 😜.
• And finally, didn't like the taste:

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