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Are you running out of sunscreen yet? You'll need it again as we go into day seven of a rain-free day. There will be more sun than clouds on tap for Friday with highs in the mid-80s. A comfortable and clear Friday night as temperatures drop to near 70.
For this weekend, Saturday looks better with sun and clouds and a high in the mid 80s. Meanwhile, expect rain on Sunday.
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Highs: Mid-80s Lows: Near 70 Another beaut! |
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Around NYC
1. Rat Action Plan seeks to rid city streets of rodents
It’s a persistent and pervasive problem plaguing the streets of New York City: rats. City Council members say simple solutions can curb the proliferation of rodents holding a news conference and calling this a city infestation.
“It’s a sanitation and a public health issue more than anything,” Council member Sandy Nurse said. “Rats in homes, rats have been known to bite people, they carry disease, they trigger asthma.”
2. An inside look at the lives lost on Rikers Island
His sneakers are encased in the dining room in a small transparent box. So is his Yankee hat. “And then his ashes,” says Tamara Carter, gently touching an urn. “I’ve never seen something so beautiful.”
Last August, Carter lost her son on Rikers Island.
3. Candidates vie for attention in crowded congressional primary
More than a dozen Democratic candidates competing for a new congressional district are doing what they can to be noticed in the crowded field.
The race for the new district in Lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn — which lacks an incumbent — includes an 81-year-old former member of Congress who last served in Washington in 1981, former Mayor Bill de Blasio, and over ten others, including city and state elected officials and the lead counsel from the first impeachment of former President Donald Trump.
Around the Nation
1. In response to Roe ruling, Democrats push abortion access bills
2. Capitol riot hearings raise questions of presidential power
3. Astronomers detect ‘heartbeat’ radio signal billions of lightyears away