Extra Extra: When buying a used urn, check to make sure it's empty

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Published May 9, 2023

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James Ramsay

Published May 9, 2023

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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where an 18-year-old recently flipped an SUV over a metal guardrail into Riverside Park. Here's what else is happening:

The City reports that Bronx Judge Ralph Fabrizio, who'd vacated a man's shooting conviction, then reinstated it, and then vacated it again right after a reporter tried questioning him, has also been the subject of complaints from at least eight defense attorneys or prosecutors dating back to 2016.
New York state lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban early admissions and legacy admissions for colleges, arguing that the policies are racist and unfairly benefit rich white students.
"If things had gone to plan — if a woman had not died — 'Rust' would have already launched quietly into video-on-demand obscurity": New York magazine has a long piece about the saga of Alec and Hilaria Baldwin publicly (and privately) fighting through his on-set shooting death saga.
A 4-inch meteor crashed through the roof of someone's house in Hopewell Township, New Jersey.
Republican lawmakers in Florida are trying to legalize the use of a radioactive material for road paving — it's a byproduct of fertilizer production, a major state industry — while conservation groups are urging Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto the bill, arguing that the material would expose road work crews to cancer risks.
More and more, malls are becoming home to rescue animal shelters.
CBS is canceling its cop drama "East New York" after just one season.
Sometimes you buy a used urn at a thrift shop for $30 and take it home to discover that someone else's ashes are still in there.
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And finally, I think he got a brain freeze:

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