Because life is a 4 train, check out today's end-of-day links: the Nets name change that wasn't, sex-tea comparisons, Trump's hate crime backdrop in Long Island, NWA claps back at Gene Simmons, a Sunny Balzano tribute show, and a cat chip thief caught in the act.
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Tonight: The Silent Barn Hosts Benefit For Victims Of Bushwick Fire
People who can't go can still donate.
Cops Bust Man Wanted For 16 Stick-Ups In Brooklyn And Queens
They're only charging him in connection with one, for now.
The FBI Is Investigating De Blasio's Fundraising, Too
More revelations about a massive federal probe also targeting businessmen and top cops at the NYPD.
3 Off-Duty FDNY Firefighters Arrested In Bar Fight Near Citi Field
One allegedly held a man in a headlock while the other two beat him.
Bernie Sanders Barnstorms Brooklyn With Back-To-Back Rallies
He drew crowds on the block where he grew up in Midwood, and in gentrified Greenpoint.
Video Shows Israeli Tourist Struggling With Slashing Suspect
The victim had fallen asleep on a subway bench, only to be woken by a man apparently trying to rob him.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders Plans Rallies In Manhattan, Bronx And Queens For Saturday, 4/9
Hillary Clinton will have an organizing event in Brooklyn.
Extra, Extra: Rocket Lands On Drone Barge, NBD
Exploding watermelons, remote control rocket landings, new Jason Bateman movies and so much more in today's day-end link roundup.
Bruce Springsteen Cancels North Carolina Concert Over The State's Awful Anti-LGBT Law
The Boss is The Mensch.
Stop Work Order Issued For LES Nursing Home Sold To Luxury Developers
The order has been in effect since Tuesday.
NJ Teens Snapchatted Their "Jews Vs. Nazis" Beer Pong Game
Social media is good for knowing who your anti-Semitic or callous classmates are.
Billionaire's Levitating Hudson River Forest Park Dream Gets Go-Ahead From Judge
FernGully is on its way!
Amtrak Train Leaves Door Open Like It Grew Up In A Barn
"If an elderly person had passed through they could have been blown down."
Bernie Sanders Learns About This "Metro-Card" On The View
Jedidiah Bila gave Bernie his first flimsy little subway passport of dreams.
LES Reggae Record Shop Deadly Dragon Is Closing Down After 11 Years
The LES vintage reggae fixture is closing its doors, but will seek out a new space.
Public Restroom Etiquette: We're Lookin' At You, Ladies
Would you treat your grandmother's bathroom like that?