For decades the mafia had New York City in a stranglehold with law enforcement

seemingly powerless to intervene.

It uses terror to extort people.

But the murder of Carmie Galante marked the beginning of the end.

It sent the message that we can prosecute these people.

Listen to law and order criminal justice System on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura. Welcome to the Before breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to just go to bed. If you have reached the evening and are feeling overwhelmed or sad or exhausted,

do yourself a favor and go to sleep as soon as you can.

Most likely everything will feel different

when you wake adequately rested in the morning.

So despite the widespread perception, most people do get enough sleep from a total hour perspective.

In fact, the number of hours people sleep per day has been rising over the past few decades,

according to the American Time Use Survey. But what tends to happen is that people

sleep in an irregular fashion,

getting too little sleep in the first half of the week,

and then crashing in the second half.

It makes for exhaustion,

and an inability to maintain good habits.

While sleeping less in the first half of the week might seem productive

because there would be more space for work and chores,

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