Extra Extra: The world's oldest nun is a Long Islander
May 20, 2025, 3 p.m.
Because Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella is 112 and relaxing on the South Shore, here are your afternoon links: The U.N. on babies dying in Gaza, Ms. Rachel on babies dying in Gaza, people are lining up for six hours to buy a sweatshirt and more.
Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where Trump changed his mind about wind.
Here's what else is happening:
- There are 14,000 babies [in Gaza] who will die in the next 48 hours if aid can't reach them, according to U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher.
- "The painful reality is that Palestinian children in Gaza have been killed by the thousands and continue to be killed, maimed and starved right now," said Ms. Rachel.
- "Several people with knowledge of the board’s evolution described a dynamic in which a subset of members was convinced that Columbia had a dangerous concentration of antisemites." Here's a long piece about how the people in charge of Columbia came to be on "the same wavelength" as the Trump administration in terms of cracking down on student protests.
- Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, the world’s oldest nun at 112, is alive and well on the South Shore of Long Island.
- The Marcel Breuer building that previously housed the Whitney Museum officially received New York City landmark status today.
- Jersey Shore towns said they're preparing to crack down on unruly teens over Memorial Day weekend.
- Carmelo Anthony's former Upper East Side apartment overlooking Central Park is for rent for $43,000 a month.
- Ellie, the New York Liberty's mascot, has a bunch of influencer deals.
- This week in what-people-are-waiting-in-lines-for: A sweatshirt that says "PARKE."