Extra Extra: For when you need a pizza and beer pit stop during your commute
June 26, 2025, 3:01 p.m.
Because NJ Transit has you covered, here are your afternoon links: the Sabrina Carpenter album cover scandal, the Obama divorce rumors, the Marge Simpson death scare and more from around the city and internet.
It’s Thursday afternoon in New York City, where the 'first-ever competitive eating contest between goats' is coming to Harlem next month.
Here’s what else is happening:
- The NYC Department of Environmental Protection said the city logged 1.9 billion gallons of water during the height of this week's heat wave on Tuesday, nearly double what a normal day looks like, likely due to all the open fire hydrants.
- Brooklyn is the best large “city” for cyclists, according to an analysis by People for Bikes, a national bicycling nonprofit.
- Sabrina Carpenter was criticized online so badly for her forthcoming album's raunchy cover art that she is offering an alternate one that is “approved by God.”
- NJ Transit just made it easier to find pizza and beer near its train stations.
- Fellas, it’s time to work on those glutes.
- The Obamas are NOT divorced.
- And Marge Simpson is NOT dead.
- And finally, patience is a virtue:
The dog thought that if he waited in line, he would get some ice cream.
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 18, 2025
The store manager didn't want to disappoint the dog.
God bless him! pic.twitter.com/tDDd5rz9kA