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Listen Up: A Closer Look at the Top Stories for Thursday, Oct. 4

What to Know

  • A Brooklyn woman says a pair of maids drank all her booze and wreck her house
  • Apple revealed a bunch more emojis and one in particular has New Yorkers freaking out
  • Everyone is sad about Lord & Taylor closing, but at least you can score some great deals out of it

Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018 

Happy Thursday! It's going to be another unusually hot October day today with highs in the low 80s. Lots of clouds will hang around too. As always, get the latest forecast at nbcnewyork.com/weather.

1. Cleaner Passed Out Drunk After Trashing NYC Home: Resident

A Brooklyn woman says a pair of maids drank all her booze and wreck her house. 

Genevieve Snow says one was maid was so drunk she passed out on her floor and had to go to the hospital.

She says they drank about a liter of vodka and gin and did about $400 of damage to her home. 

And she claims when she tried to get her money back, the cleaning company stopped returning her calls. 

Read more here.

2. iPhone Gets New Emoji, Including Kangaroo and Skateboard

Apple revealed a bunch more emojis and one in particular has New Yorkers freaking out. 

It's not the lobster or the llama. It's the bagel emoji. 

New Yorkers are getting heated about bagels is nothing new. Twitter and some Big Apple blogs called it out for its grocery store look. 

Read more here.

3. Lord & Taylor's Closing Sale Begins Today

Everyone is sad about Lord & Taylor closing, but at least you can score some great deals out of it. 

The famed Fifth Avenue store is going out of business begins Thursday. 

The retailer will be slashing prices now through the end of the year, which is when it will close its door for good. 

Read more here.

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