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- The World Health Organization is pausing the use of hydroxychloroquine in its global study of COVID-19 treatments because of an increased risk of heart problems and death in coronavirus patients who used it.
- As if we didn't have enough to worry about, the CDC is warning that rats may become more aggressive as they hunt for new sources of food. Don't say we didn't warn you.
- NPR is tracking how quickly coronavirus is spreading through states around the country.
- The New Yorker has a story this week about six roommates in Bushwick who found themselves quarantining together, and how the stressful situation completely unravelled.
- This trainer’s gym business shutdown during the pandemic—so he started loading up his car with equipment and turned himself into The Kettlebell Guy of New York City.
- Are you pandemic-buying hot dogs like crazy? Feltman's has seen "a 100 percent increase in sales from supermarkets and a 200 percent increase in online orders."
- A woman fell three stories from a Bronx apartment-building fire escape after tussling with a man through a window.
- Museums are already starting to collect items to show how Americans managed the coronavirus pandemic.
- Here's a look at how a local Hasidic reporter has been treated by the Orthodox community since he started reporting on social distancing violations within the community.
- Your trippy video of the day: this very cool timelapse shows the Milky Way "spinning in the clear sky as the lake below reflects the shining stars in its still waters."
- Uncut Gems, one of the two best movies of 2019, is streaming on Netflix starting today—learn about 83-year-old widow who lent her house to the production.
- And finally, Zeus needs his jazz:
Published May 25, 2020
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