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Extra Extra: New York City Is Starting To Feel Like New York City Again
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Ben Yakas
Published May 4, 2021
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- Tourists are returning, rents are stabilizing, rush hour traffic is back, brunch spots are filling up, and New York City is starting to feel like New York City again.
- Why are vaccination rates slowing down so much around the U.S.?
- Girlboss-worthy headline of the day: "Hey bestie, why is everyone saying “hey bestie” online?"
- A coastal town in Japan has spent about $228,000 of COVID relief funds on a massive pink squid statue, and who are we to judge.
- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was caught on a hot mic saying he's "lost confidence" in Rep. Liz Cheney—and it's apparently because of her support for Trump.
- This is depressing: CVS and Walgreens have wasted more COVID vaccine "than most states combined."
- Rolling Stone counted down the 100 best sitcoms of all time.
- The AP reports that America’s new average temperature "is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago."
- Whoopsy doopsy: a farmer in Belgium accidentally moved the French border.
- John Mulaney is performing his first standup shows since entering rehab late last year at City Winery next week.
- And finally, if you got a new bed, wouldn't you want to bring it in ASAP:
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