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Extra Extra: Christmas has not come early for the Yankee Candle company
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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where they can cook in Hell's Kitchen.
Here's what else is happening:
- Diamond District update: People are still showing up to get cash for their highly valued gold.
- Ugly Baby is returning.
- $2 million is missing.
- A new lawsuit accuses staff members of a New Jersey school district of holding "pedophile parties."
- Franklin the turtle is a "beloved Canadian icon who has inspired generations of children and stands for kindness, empathy and inclusivity," the book series' publisher said in response to this tweet from the U.S. defense secretary.
- A 49-year-old set a Guinness World Record for swimming around Manhattan in handcuffs.
- Christmas bummer: Yankee Candle is laying off 900 people and closing a bunch of stores.
- And finally, ho ho:
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