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May 6, 2015 Liam Mathews

This sounds like the beginning of a Law & Order episode: The New York Daily News reports that a coffin full of bones and garbage was discovered on the sidewalk in front of a house in Bushwick early Tuesday morning. Police were unable to immediately confirm that the bones were human. Medical examiners are currently […]

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Liam Mathews

The Tribeca firehouse that served as the ghost-catching outfit’s headquarters in Ghostbusters will be closing for a 3-year-long gut renovation, according to Downtown Express — because that’s how long it will take to capture all the ghosts running loose in the building. An FDNY spokesperson told Downtown Express that the floor in the 110-year-old Ladder […]

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Liam Mathews

DNAinfo talked to an allergist who said that your abnormally severe nasal allergies this spring are due to a “pollen tsunami,” which is a convenient excuse to use to deflect from your cocaine abuse. Dr. Clifford Basset, director of Allergy and Asthma Care of New York, said that the snow and rain this winter made […]

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Liam Mathews

Avorham Gross seems like a pretty singular dude. Gross, formerly known as Roberto Eddy Santos, might be the world’s only Latin King who converted to Orthodox Judaism and then impersonated a police officer on many occasions. He was sentenced to 2.5 to 5 years for his impersonations on Tuesday, the Post reports. Gross converted to […]

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Prachi Gupta

There are many, many reasons to dislike Kim Kardashian, breaker of the internet, purveyor of selfies and symbol of mind-numbing, soul-crushing millennial vanity. But it was over her predilection for fur that a group of activists bombed her Tuesday signing for Selfish at a Midtown Barnes & Noble. A group of about 10 protesters, some […]

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Bucky Turco

Vespa, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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May 5, 2015 Bucky Turco

Look at this Street Evil Vandal, LES. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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Liam Mathews

U2 is one of the biggest bands in the world that no one actually likes (the biggest and least-liked is Nickelback, so U2 probably comes in second). Remember when they put their shitty album on everybody’s phone? On Monday, they posted up in Grand Central like their presence isn’t an unwanted disruption and entertained some […]

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Liam Mathews

People sure are dumb. According to the New York Post, Sharlene Tse, the owner of a Queens nail salon, changed the name of her business from “ISIS Nails” to “Bess Nails and Spa” after months of harassment from people who were either trolls and/or legitimately thought the nail salon was somehow connected to the Islamic […]

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Liam Mathews

On May 4th, there were two huge, tragic, and conflicting stories in New York City. One was the death of Officer Brian Moore, who was shot in the head in the line of duty on Saturday and succumbed to his injuries on Monday. The other was the non-indictment of Willie Groomes, the retired corrections officer […]

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