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It’s Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where these local bird lovers want to turn Broadway malls into avian oases.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Astor Place Theater, home of the Blue Man Group for 34 years, has a new tenant.
- Murray’s Cheese is making a giant, 80-pound ball of mozzarella in honor of National Cheese Day on June 4.
- There was a Jalen Brunson lookalike contest Monday, where 15 contestants and one dog were judged based on their resemblance to the star Knicks player ahead of game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
- Will frozen yogurt make a comeback in New York City?
- “This is all a bit of nonsense.” A video of French President Emmanuel Macron’s wife shoving him in the face has been circulating, but Macron insists nothing malicious was happening.
- A Long Island homeowner found a dead body floating in his pool when he opened it for the season over the weekend. Police think the body could be that of a missing murder suspect.
- George Santos has given up trying to get a pardon from President Donald Trump and says he will spend the next two months or so enjoying his freedom until he begins his seven-year prison sentence.
- And finally, pool season:
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