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Extra Extra: Saudi Arabia is about to have an extremely dramatic national anthem
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Published Jan 24, 2025
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Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the A train shutdown in the Rockaways is not fun for commuters trying to get out of there.
Here's what else is happening:
- It's also a pain for Fire Island year-rounders to get to and from their houses when the Great South Bay freezes.
- A school bus driver hit a 79-year-old and a 9-year-old crossing the street in Crown Heights this morning. (Authorities said the victims were expected to survive.)
- East New York is getting a Lidl.
- From the Amagansett police logs: "A local woman walked into town police headquarters Saturday afternoon to report an unfamiliar $29 charge on her checking account statement. Police advised her to call her bank, which said the charge was a mistake and reversed it."
- A big ol' brood of cicadas is set to emerge in New Jersey this spring.
- A Republican congressmember from Tennessee has introduced a bill to amend the Constitution with the explicit goal of allowing Donald Trump to serve a third term.
- Hans Zimmer has agreed to update the national anthem of Saudi Arabia.
- Stardew Valley: Everyone's favorite chore simulator.
- I know I'm a week late to this, but good for him.
- And finally, big day:
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