Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where a Long Island Rail Road strike is nearing closer.
Here's what else is happening:
- It appears that a horrifying cancer cluster has broken out among people who live near an old toxic dump in Keyport, New Jersey.
- A subway series kicks off in Queens tonight (though getting home for some fans could be complicated by the possible LIRR strike).
- Gov. Kathy Hochul's "hole-filling season" comment has finally been brought to my attention.
- So many New York City museums and galleries have nice restaurants.
- Australia, which isn't in Europe, is a leading favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest, which has faced some backlash over its inclusion of Israel, which also isn't in Europe.
- A travel influencer who's found fame and success while being quarantined after his time on the hantavirus cruise has complicated feelings about it all.
- Do you smell like milk?
- And finally, bro: