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Extra Extra: Irish pub rebirth

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Published Jan 13, 2026

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It’s Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where this Staten Island bathroom won a

major architectural award.

Here’s what else is happening:

• The New Museum will reopen on March 21 after more than three years of construction work that brought expanded gallery space and a home for artist residencies and community programming.
• Author Colleen Hoover, best known for the book “It Ends With Us,” revealed she has cancer.
• Congratulations to The Kid Mero, whose new morning show on Hot 97 debuted today, taking over Ebro in the Morning’s slot after that show was canceled last month.
• Mattel introduced a new autistic Barbie with accessories like a working fidget spinner and noise-cancelling headphones.
• Law & Order SVU pulled an episode it was supposed to air on Thursday featuring Timothy Busfield, as the actor is facing child sex abuse charges.
• Veganism is losing steam.
• Irish pubs are so back, and better than ever.
• And finally, before and after play time:

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