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Extra, Extra: John Oliver Says It's 'Morally Wrong' To Be A Yankees Fan
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Extra, Extra: John Oliver Says It's 'Morally Wrong' To Be A Yankees Fan


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Published May 27, 2019

Modified May 27, 2019


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  • A yoga instructor who went missing while hiking in Hawaii was found after 17 days, with injuries including a fracture in her leg and a skin infection. She survived by drinking stream water, eating strawberry guava, and sleeping in a boar's den.
  • England and Jon Stewart taught John Oliver that being a Yankees fan is wrong. Oliver is a Mets fan.
  • Speaking of the Mets, R.I.P. Red Sox player Bill Buckner, whose error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series gave the Amazins' the win, died today at age 69. He had been battling dementia.
  • Police want to question the son of an elderly woman who was found fatally stabbed in her Bushwick apartment. The man's father was also stabbed.
  • An albino panda was found in China!
  • Former CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley says he was demoted from being anchor after he complained about the network's "hostile work environment." Among those he complained to: Former CBS chairman Les Moonves, who was fired after accusations of predatory behavior.
  • An autistic student who went missing from Stuyvesant High School on Friday afternoon was found safe in a Queens park.
  • The alleged subway brake bandit made bail.
  • Hey, everyone, President Trump and North Korean leader Kim agree on something... hating Joe Biden.
  • Police officers on Staten Island rescued 8 ducklings that fell into a sewer grate.
  • George Costanza is giving up on Jon Voight's car.
  • And sharing is caring... right?
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Jen Chung co-created Gothamist in 2002 with Jake Dobkin, establishing it as a website about New York City and everything that happens in it and an essential must-read for New Yorkers. She also launched sites across the country and world, including DCist, LAist, and Londonist. She loves learning about NYC arcana and meeting bodega cats. She is currently Senior Editor of NYC Accountability in the Gothamist + WNYC newsroom.

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