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Extra Extra: The Empire State Building is finally getting into the NFT game
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It's Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where the switch to remote learning turned into "a clusterf---," as one Bronx principal put it.
Here’s what else is happening:
- Mayor Eric Adams put a hold on evicting migrant families from their shelters while the city deals with this snowstorm.
- Newly analyzed data shows that 24 New York City construction workers died on the job in 2022, up from 20 the previous year.
- The Empire State Building is now offering memberships ... and NFTs.
- Ye plans to hold a listening party for his new album at UBS Arena on Long Island this Friday.
- Meet Molly Lewis, Hollywood's premier whistler.
- Berkshire Hathaway-owned Squishmallows is suing Build-A-Bear over the latter's Skoosherz line of plush toys, claiming they're knock-offs.
- This year's Super Bowl was America's most-watched TV broadcast since the 1969 moon landing.
- Check it out: A mushroom growing on a frog.
- And finally, fangs!:
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