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Extra Extra: You can't even buy cigarettes at Stop & Shop anymore
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Published Sep 5, 2024
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Good Thursday afternoon in New York City, where the FBI has raided the homes of two of Mayor Adams' deputies.
Here's what else is happening:
- Hunter Biden has decided to sort of (but not quite) plead guilty to tax evasion.
- Police said a 66-year-old man was shot multiple times in the Bronx this morning after he himself pulled a gun during a fight over a parking spot.
- Stop & Shop is done selling cigarettes.
- Meet a Brooklyn family who watched their cruise ship sail out of the port without them because they showed up late due to a delayed flight.
- Michael Jordan's 56,000-square-foot house/campus outside Chicago is still on the market, 12 years after he put it up for sale.
- "Tomatoey, garlicky noods" are out and "spaghetti with tomato sauce" is in.
- Australia has some funky skinks.
- Prince William's hot beard is back.
- And finally, menu cat:
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