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- I guess Donald Trump now isn't going to ban TikTok from the U.S., which he may or may not have been able to do in the first place, and this once again opens the door to Microsoft to potentially buy it.
- The New Yorker has a longread about NYC teens who are also essential workers.
- Here's a delightful story about beetles with an equally delightful headline: "There Are Two Ways Out of a Frog. This Beetle Chose the Back Door."
- Dog owners and bird watchers still are having a hard time getting along in Central Park.
- [Twin Peaks voice] It is happening again, it in this case being coronavirus outbreaks on Norwegian cruise ships.
- The Manhattan district attorney’s office revealed that it has been investigating Donald Trump and his company for possible bank and insurance fraud.
- Liquor-infused ice cream is now legal in New York.
- A NJ woman not wearing a mask who deliberately coughed on a woman in Florida, who is being treated for a brain tumor and has a compromised immune system, has been charged with assault.
- Bradley Cooper is in talks to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's next film, a coming-of-age drama set in the 1970s San Fernando Valley.
- Mel Magazine looks back on Prince's "Batdance," the weirdest hit single Prince ever had.
- Andy Shauf covered Bruce Springsteen's classic "Dancing In The Dark" for virtual talk show The Polar Express.
- And finally, this dog loves Pavarotti very, very much:
Published Aug 3, 2020
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