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Extra Extra: Republican State Assembly candidate arrested at Queens polling place for screaming about abortion
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Published Nov 6, 2024
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Good Wednesday afternoon in New York City, where this restaurant in Queens has good Oaxacan food.
Here's what else is happening:
- Since Republicans won control of the Senate, Donald Trump should have an easier time getting any of these people into a cabinet position.
- Jeff Bezos had some nice words for the president-elect.
- Republican State Assembly candidate Jonathan Rinaldi — whose apparent claim to fame is being a prolific sperm donor — was arrested at a Queens polling place on Tuesday for "screaming and yelling" about abortion, police said.
- R.I.P. Murray McCory, the creator of JanSport backpacks.
- An Instagram-famous doctor says you shouldn't immediately make your bed in the morning or else you'll trap in moisture that allows dust mites to thrive.
- "You’re essentially cheating": Purists are not a fan of AI-designed tattoos.
- T.G.I. Fridays — which began decades ago as a New York City "fern bar," or women-friendly happy hour establishment — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- And finally, Reuters says Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to speak at 6 p.m.
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