Good Thursday morning in New York City, where you should leave right now if you're trying to beat Labor Day weekend traffic .

Here's what else is happening:

The new Acela trains are technically faster, they just won't run any faster because the Northeast Corridor's vintage tracks and signals can't handle it.

A Democratic state senator is trying to legalize mace in New York.

Pat Moore, who was named Miss Fordham in 1953 and went on to be a famous waiter at P.J. Clarke's and date Frank Sinatra, has died at the age of 89 .

A&N Fruit Store , a Chinatown bodega that sells slushies that are popular with white people , is closing.

More and more restaurants in NYC are encouraging people to play board games at their table.

Tennis players at the U.S. Open can bring thei

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