Extra Extra: The Philadelphia 76ers of Camden?

Good Friday afternoon in New York City, where the tech outage hasn't affected this sunshine and marvelously low humidity .

Here's what else is happening:

• Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in a Russian penal colony after a sham trial over a false charge of espionage.
• New York City principals told Chalkbeat that the public school system could implement a cell phone ban as soon as this coming February.
• Academic records for Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks obtained by Business Insider indicate that he was a strong AP student with a 4.87 GPA and his only disciplinary issues came in middle school, when he was twice caught chewing gum.
• New Jersey is trying to get the Philadelphia 76ers to move across the river to Camden .
• Afropunk Festival returns to Prospect Park next month.
• A 32,000-foot-wide bounce house — the largest in the world — is coming to Queens this fall.
• A star Japanese gymnast who was considered a possible medalist has been kicked off her squad for smoking , a violation of team policy.
• Ashlee Simpson is plotting a comeback .
• Handheld fans are also plotting a comeback.
• And finally, this call will be recorded for quality assurance: