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- RFK Jr. and his brother won't be punished for rescuing a leatherback turtle, which they didn't realize was a violation of federal law.
- A New Zealand woman aggressively cyber stalked a former Staten Island Advance reporter who authored Harry Potter fan books.
- A Long Island woman claims the NYPD stole explicit photos from her phone while she was in the station house.
- One of four copies of Oskar Schindler's famous "List" is being auctioned on eBay.
- In less than a day, a Westchester rabbi has been arrested or arraigned on three separate charges of impersonating a cop.
- A Broadway actor helped catch two teens who robbed him and threw him in the Prospect Park lake.
- The first openly gay mayor was elected in Mexico.
- Taylor Swift superfans are...kind of bullies.
- And finally, just a cat and a meerkat napping in a potted plant, ya know, as they do:
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