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- Deadspin got their hands on police body cam footage showing the moments after a Virginia man called the cops over a fellow basketball player's "hard screen."
- A Brooklyn man with reported gang connections was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for his role in the death of Cuomo aide Carey Gabay, who was shot during J'Ouvert in 2015.
- Dead rats, barnacle-encrusted condoms, a cockroach using a napkin as a raft and more from Curbed's icky canoe ride down the Gowanus Canal.
- Mark Zuckerberg placed a secret phone call to Donald Trump days after he lost the popular vote yet somehow became president anyway.
- Something that apparently needs to be said: Please don't jump out of a moving car for any reason, especially not for a Drake-inspired dance challenge.
- A New Jersey woman is so set on popping the 'Trump Baby' blimp (coming to America soon!), that she's started a fundraiser for her bail called Operation President Trump Respect. That'll show 'em.
- Governor Andrew Cuomo sure has a lot of wealthy donors. Here are some of them.
- Is women's media a scam? Is all media a scam???
- And finally, someone should investigate this:
Extra, Extra: NJ Woman Determined To Pop Trump Baby Blimp
This photo of the sunset, taken from Williamsburg, has nothing to do with the headline of this link roundup.
John Del Signore