Good evening, New York City. We're wrapping up the day for you with the most important stories you need to know about for tonight and tomorrow, as well as your weather outlook.

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It's an absolutely beautiful evening! Skies will remain mainly clear overnight, with a low temperature around 70 degrees. 

Expect a lot of clouds tomorrow, and there is a small chance for a late-day shower or thunderstorm. Highs will be in the mid-80s.

Our Forecast

Highs: Mid-80s Lows: Near 70 Chance of a late-day shower

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Today's Big Stories

1. NYC sees 11th Rikers-related death of the year

A person who was being held in Department of Correction custody died on Friday, the agency said, marking the 11th Rikers-related death this year.

The person was pronounced dead at the Anna M. Kross Center on Rikers Island around 10:13 a.m., the DOC said in a press release, without providing any additional information.

2. 3 men to be exonerated of 1995 token booth clerk murder convictions

Three men convicted for the 1995 murder of a token booth clerk will be exonerated of all charges, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Friday morning.

Following a reinvestigation into the case by the Conviction Review Unit, Gonzalez said his office found problematic identifications and false and contradictory confessions, among other “serious problems” with the prosecution’s case against the men, who were teenagers at the time of their convictions.

3. Security guard slashed, seriously hurt at UES bank: police

A man slashed a security guard in the neck inside a bank on the Upper East Side Friday morning, leaving the guard with serious injuries, police said.

The guard’s alleged attacker — who police described as a man in a white shirt who appeared to be in his 20s — fled west on East 86th Street and had not been arrested as of Friday afternoon, police said.

4. Hochul approves ban on smoking at public beaches, parks

Smoking at state-owned beaches and parks will be banned under a law approved Friday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. 

The law will cover beaches, boardwalks, marinas, playgrounds, recreation centers and group camps. It exempts the Adirondack and Catskills parks, as well as parking lots and sidewalks at adjoining areas. The ban will take effect in three months. 

5. Man exonerated in Malcolm X killing sues NYC for $40 million

A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit.

Lawyers for 84-year-old Muhammad Aziz filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn over Aziz's wrongful conviction in the murder of Malcolm X, the civil rights leader who urged Black people to seek justice “by any means necessary.”

6. CDC: COVID-19 community levels remain 'high' in NYC, downstate as cases rise

New York City and the downstate area continue to bear the brunt of the state’s recent slight uptick in COVID-19 community levels, according to new data released Friday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

As of Friday, 10 of the state’s 62 counties are now classified by the CDC as having “high” COVID-19 levels, up from seven a week ago. They include all five New York City boroughs, and Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, as well as Westchester, Orange and Putnam counties.