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Extra Extra: How often do you think about the Roman pigeon feeder?
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where Long Island Rail Road commuters could be "f—ed" if workers go on strike.
Here's what else is happening:
- Zohran Mamdani said he's sorry for calling the NYPD racist and anti-LGBTQ+ in 2020.
- New Jersey's own Kenvue, parent company of Tylenol, has tried to convince Robert F. Kennedy Jr. its popular pain relief drug doesn't cause autism, apparently to no avail.
- In other RFK Jr. news, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has decided to resume using the term "monkeypox," which the World Health Organization and others say causes racial stigma.
- The seventh annual Esophageal Cancer Awareness 5K Run/Walk kicks off in Marine Park tomorrow morning.
- "Saturday Night Live" star Ego Nwodim said she's leaving the show after seven seasons.
- Move-in day at Fordham vs. first day of class at NYC public schools: Who wore the big pants better?
- Aaron Judge tied Joe DiMaggio on the Yankees' all-time home run list.
- Rome is cracking down on a woman who feeds pigeons outside her apartment.
- And finally, huge fish:
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