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  • Yolanda Vega, the charismatic TV personality who's been the face of New York's lottery for over three decades, is retiring.
  • Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey, is changing its name because the former president had "racist values."
  • A 61-year-old Philly man named Bomani Africa has pleaded guilty to being one of two hitmen hired by a New Jersey political consultant to kill a fellow Garden State political operative back in 2014.
  • The Brooklyn Diocese said this week that if New York State's indoor mask mandate is struck down, masking will become optional at Catholic schools in the borough.
  • NY Magazine architecture critic Justin Davidson is not a fan of Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to overhaul Penn Station and the surrounding area.
  • Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse are planning a vote on whether to unionize.
  • Ray J paid a visit to Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago this week because he respects the former president's "business acumen."
  • They're putting Minnie Mouse in a purple and black Stella McCartney pantsuit.
  • Ana Marie Cox has a new sobriety column for The Cut.
  • Have you tried the new Oscar Mayer bologna face mask (for moisturizing, not COVID) yet?
  • And finally, it's Thursday, get after it: