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💐 Florists across the country are picking people at random and giving away two bouquets — one for them to keep and one to pass along to brighten someone else's day.
It's part of the Petal It Forward campaign to spread kindness and joy.
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What aspects of The Watcher are based in fact or fiction?
Our New Jersey editors break down the new Netflix show that's based on a real-life NJ horror story. patch.com/new-jersey/westfie…
At the age of 96, George Coulton is still flying high.
After earning his pilot's license at age 80, he took to the skies again last week aboard a biplane for a 30-minute flight above the Delaware River. trib.al/x36jilV
One Illinois high school is breaking with homecoming tradition.
Now, the top two vote-getters — whether male or female — are named as royalty. 👑 trib.al/rMRe626
Ryder, the carriage horse who collapsed in Hell's Kitchen this summer, has died, advocates say.
The Manhattan D.A.'s office is still investigating, and the Department of Health has fined Ryder's owner for misrepresenting the horse's age on two forms:
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"Oh, s—, oh s—, I got that in video!"
A dad and son fishing off the Jersey Shore last week had a very close encounter with a massive humpback whale.
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