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  • YouGov asked Americans to rank states in head-to-head competitions and wow people really do not care for New Jersey.
  • Streetsblog has video of what appears to be an Amazon worker stealing city-owned barricades from a Greenpoint open street.
  • Remember the big boat that captured our hearts and fleeting attention spans while nearly upending global trade a few weeks ago? It's now being held hostage by the Egyptian government.
  • A Tribeca man who allegedly turned his apartment into an illegal nightclub can be locked out by his landlord, a Manhattan judge ruled.
  • President Biden will announce plans on Wednesday to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11th, 2021, the Washington Post reports.
  • The police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, and the police chief who initially defended her, have both resigned.
  • By a vote of 82-15, the U.S. Senate has confirmed ex-NYC transportation boss Polly Trottenberg as Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
  • Mayoral candidate Eric Adams is winning the money race from Long Islanders, according to a Newsday analysis.
  • Mick Jagger has released a surprise single about coming out of lockdown, featuring Dave Grohl and repeated enunciations of the phrase "smooth and greasy."
  • And finally, Turkish bodega cats:
That's how it seems an ordinary day in Turkey. Cashier cat and cat worker with a loving customer. from r/cats