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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the new Harlem Meer pool is open.
Here's what else is happening:
- These public pools are not open.
- "I’m the only one capable of beating Zohran Mamdani and I’m going to do it," said Curtis Sliwa, who's insisting he won't give up the Republican mayoral nomination.
- A shark might've bit a woman at Jones Beach.
- It's not against New Jersey state law to drive barefoot or in flip-flops, but AAA advises against it.
- Longtime PBS broadcaster Bill Moyers has died at the age of 91.
- Stocks are up.
- Cool mail carrier shirt.
- Fast mile.
- And finally, sand cat:
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