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Extra Extra: Remembering the time Donald Trump took an eclipse straight to the retinas
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Published Apr 5, 2024
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where fare evasion isn't great for the MTA's financial outlook.
Here's what else is happening:
- This guy west of Manhattan was getting a vasectomy when the earthquake hit.
- New York City will pay $17.5 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two Muslim women who were forced to remove their hijabs for mugshots.
- Ukrainians who fled their country after Russia's invasion and resettled in New York City are now considering going back — even as the war rages on — because they hate having to spend all their time working low-paying jobs just to afford rent on tiny apartments.
- These tiny-apartment influencers are making decent money decorating their spaces with stuff from brands.
- Not sure if even a tiny-apartment influencer could make this 80-square-foot Ludlow Street apartment (with a shared bathroom down the hall) seem pleasant.
- Mr. Met: An "unapologetic" Mets fan.
- Donald Trump survived staring right at the eclipse last time. Will he try it again?
- "The scent that they associate with me is probably a cigarette-smoke scent, but they don’t know that that’s what it is. I’m curious if when they’re older, they’ll think, Oh, this is what my mom smelled like.": Meet the moms who smoke in secret.
- Gary Shteyngart tried his hand at the cruise essay.
- Justice for the Michael Jordan of field hockey.
- And finally, they tried to warn y'all:
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