The vandalism, which risked permanent damage to the beloved UNESCO World Heritage site, was the environmental activist group's latest stunt protesting climate change, specifically Italy's opposition to including restrictions on fossil fuels in a deal struck at the COP30 summit in Brazil on Friday.

The 26-year-old woman who cops said was set on fire by a lunatic with a lengthy rap sheet on a Chicago L train earlier this month has been identified.

The inventor behind classic toys like Lite-Brite, Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots and many iconic board games has died at the age of 99 after a life of adventure and bringing joy to generations of kids all over the world.

"This is the tip of the iceberg."

"They come when the cops are not around,'' said a man named Sowmmo, a Canal Street gift-shop worker.