FBI Arrests Cops+Japan's Likely PM Recalls Queens • Daily Digest

Good morning, Queens! The FBI has arrested two Bayside residents, a cop and a former cop, along with another current member of the police force, in connection with a scheme to tow every car impounded to the same locale. We have all the details below.

Today's weather: It's the weekend you've been waiting for; mostly sunny and nice. High: 76 Low: 61.

Here are the top stories today in Queens:

1. Three former and current cops have been apprehended in a tow-truck scheme by the FBI. Two of them are Bayside residents. (Patch.com)
2. The man most likely to become the next Prime Minister of Japan shares his memories of school days in Queens. (Patch.com)
3. Cock-a-Doodle Don't: It may sound like an SNL sketch, but roosters are terrorizing Queens residents. (NBC New York)
4. Here are 29 things you can do in Queens right now. (QNS.com)
5. Why is it so hard to desegregate our local schools? One local resident speaks out. (Chalkbeat New York)

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About me: Kevin Phinney has lived and worked as a writer and editor in Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Seattle and New York City. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in El Paso. Phinney attended college in Austin. He has done television work as a reporter and commentator, and is a former host of a weekday drive-time radio show called "Kevin & Kevin in the Morning" on KGSR-FM (now known as Austin City Limits Radio). He is also the author of "Souled American, " a book tracking race relations in America through music. It was published by BILLBOARD Books, and is often used in college classrooms across the country.

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