Early Addition: I'd watch an HBO drama about Gildan's takeover of Hanes
Aug. 12, 2025, 10 a.m.
Because the Canadian T-shirt giant may be acquiring an American T-shirt giant, here are your early links: Limelight for sale again, we're getting another Jollibee, big oyster and more.
Good Tuesday morning in New York City, where reading and math scores are up.
Here's what else is happening:
- A 25-year-old Queens man who was in Puerto Rico last weekend for a Bad Bunny concert died after being hit by a stray bullet during a shooting in a San Juan bar.
- The NYPD said it's looking for a suspect who threw a sex toy at a New York Liberty game last week and hit a 12-year-old girl.
- The old church in Chelsea that housed the famed nightclub Limelight is up for sale, again.
- Here are some pictures of people eating on the subway.
- Midtown is getting another Jollibee.
- They gave the Macarena of Seville smoky eyeshadow.
- Canadian T-shirt giant Gildan is nearing a deal to take over American T-shirt giant Hanes.
- Big oyster.
- And finally, watchdog:
— animals going goblin mode (@mischiefanimals) August 11, 2025