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It's Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where Rover the beloved bald eagle was allegedly killed by a driver on the Henry Hudson Parkway.
Here’s what else is happening:
- "The intent [of enforcement] was to ensure that folks are given a chance to cease illicit activity, that folks are not being unnecessarily railroaded. But right now, essentially the fines are a cost of doing business": Chris Alexander, the head of the state's Office of Cannabis Management, explains why his agency isn't shutting down illegal weed shops left and right.
- In the hopes of getting a springtime Tonys boost, more than half of this year's scheduled Broadway show debuts are happening in March and April.
- Japanese restaurateur Yuji Haraguchi is suing Wegmans for allegedly ripping off his seafood market, Osakana, after the grocer failed to buy it — and then opened a similar section, called Sakanaya, inside the Manhattan Wegmans.
- Just let the NYPD Dance Team go on PIX11 and dance to Flo Rida, it's fine. (Was there pushback when we saw their rehearsals last month?)
- The proposal for a Midtown East casino plaza no longer includes a Ferris Wheel but now features two towers connected with a sky bridge and rooftop infinity pool.
- An eight-year-old Singaporean boy has become the youngest chess player to beat a grandmaster.
- Speaking of precocious kids, former Disney "star" Bridgit Mendler has founded a satellite company.
- Scientists have spotted the "brightest and hungriest" black hole ever.
- And finally, silent but deadly:
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