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  The seasoned food-market professionals at Urbanspace (previous hits include Mad Sq Eats, Broadway Bites, and Vanderbilt Market) are at it again with 570 Lex, which opened just last week in the heart of Midtown. And before you jump on the "there are too many food halls!" bandwagon, consider the impressive lineup of nearly 20 different food and drink vendors here, most of which have never had the pleasure of serving up their fare in this part of town. [ more › ] from Gothamist https://ift.tt/2HxpRK8

With the dreaded L train shutdown now just one year away, the upheaval that awaits the city’s already afflicted subway riders is beginning to snap into focus—even as new circles of hell seem to open underground each day. [ more › ] from Gothamist https://ift.tt/2KcCvjv

Because we want to know what you've been up to for the last six months, check out today's mid-day links: Janelle Monáe comes out, Japan's rent-a-family industry, pig brains, Charlie Rose's comeback attempt, and dog embrace bag. Don't forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter , Instagram , YouTube , and Snapchat , and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ] from Gothamist https://ift.tt/2r2VEeT

A few years ago Gothamist spent weeks gorging on all manner of slices and pies to compile an exhaustive list of the best pizza in NYC . That compilation is still 100% valid and, thankfully, none of the spots we loved back then have closed. However, new places never stop opening in this town, and while most can't hold a candle to the classics, a select few are firing up extraordinary, destination-worthy pizza. Here are the best new spots—or, at least, new since our last list—that no self-respecting pizza fan (and, hence, no self-respecting New Yorker) should miss. [ more › ] from Gothamist https://ift.tt/2FgR8Pe

Like a dysfunctional democracy running on fumes in the year 2018, our subway is a complex system with myriad antiquated moving parts that probably should have been replaced years ago. The fact that it even works at all, and that most of the 5.6 million daily rides unfold without incident, is still a modern miracle, and we should all take a moment to appreciate the hard work done by transit workers to keep things moving despite all the crumbling infrastructure. [ more › ] from Gothamist https://ift.tt/2Kc9Yup

        Li Guoan was delivering food on his electric bicycle in Midtown Manhattan on a frigid January afternoon this year when an NYPD officer pulled him over. E-bikes are illegal to ride in New York City, and Li had been stopped by the police before. But this time the officer decided to seize his bike. Li was charged with misdemeanor reckless driving , no different than if he had been behind the wheel of a 4,000-pound SUV. [ more › ] from Gothamist https://ift.tt/2vNkg11

Luxury brand Balenciaga apologises after a video of a Chinese shopper being beaten in Paris goes viral. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FmfBCQ

IT experts warn that old systems and "sticking plaster" fixes mean more bank outages like TSB's are likely. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2HTh74t

Cathy Chamberlain is bringing curvy caravans back in fashion. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2vSckeS

The BBC's Aaron Heslehurst explains how tea bags became a million dollar idea. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2HwyPeX

The American food chain Pizza Hut is taking a slice of Ethiopia's fast-growing economy. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2r3Wbxb

Designers say it's first time a machine of this kind has been able to carry people in a functioning vehicle. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2FkNdkv

How cyber security firm Darktrace was set up by former members of the UK security services and maths professors. from BBC News - Business https://ift.tt/2Kpbz0j

Mom dies after battling rare rodent-borne virus for weeks A New Mexico family is mourning the loss of a 27-year-old mother who had spent weeks fighting for her life after contracting a rare rodent-borne virus. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2I3SWhq

Teacher who smells 'like a fish' due to rare disorder finds relief A mother with an extremely rare condition that makes her smell like fish has finally found relief after years of being humiliated by the odor. via FOX NEWS https://ift.tt/2I1ZU6E

A dispute over the naming of a large concrete arch-gravity dam on the Colorado River was resolved on this day in 1947, following President Harry Truman’s signing of a congressional resolution that restored the name of the structure to Hoover Dam in honor of the 31 st president, Herbert Hoover. You may use the comment thread on this page to discuss the naming of mammoth public works projects, or to pursue other points of off-topic, freewheeling discourse. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2r8SNkU

White House Correspondents’ Association president Margaret Talev spoke out about Michelle Wolf’s WHCA dinner monologue in a statement to members tweeted from the association’s official account on Sunday night. You’d have to already know about Wolf’s monologue and the outrage that followed it to understand what Talev was talking about, though, because she refused to use Wolf’s name. “I also have heard from members expressing dismay with the entertainers’ monologue and concerns about how it reflects on our mission,” Talev wrote. “… Last night’s program was meant to offer a unifying message about our common commitment to a vigorous and free press while honoring civility, great reporting, and scholarship winners, not to divide people. Unfortunately, the entertainer’s monologue was not in the spirit of that mission.” from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2HDPU6I

Despite being the world’s greatest basketball player, LeBron James is merely an OK free throw shooter. He’s made 74 percent of his attempts during his career, which is worse than, say, Vern Fleming . Who’s Vern Fleming , you ask? Vern Fleming is a dude who played for the Pacers in the 1990s and shot 77 percent from the line, which is better than LeBron James. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2HAO9Hj

Avengers: Infinity War is on its way to a record-breaking debut, with current projections showing $250 million in domestic box office, Variety reports . If Monday’s final numbers match the projections, the film will have the highest domestic opening weekend take in history (not adjusted for inflation). The current record-holder, Star Wars: The Force Awakens , earned $247,966,675 back in December of 2015, while Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now in third place with $220,009,584. DC fans will be pleased to know that there are now six Marvel films with bigger opening weekends than any DC movie: Avengers: Infinity War , Marvel’s The Avengers , Black Panther , Avengers: Age of Ultron , Captain America: Civil War , and Iron Man 3 all earned more in their debut than Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , now in twelfth place. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2rau3Zk

If you’ve ever heard of George Mason University economist Robin Hanson, there’s a good chance it was because he wrote something creepy. Over the years, the libertarian-leaning professor has become notorious in certain circles for his odd and disconcerting dips into socio-sexual commentary; he once mused on his blog, for instance, about whether women who suffered a “gentle, silent rape” were really worse off than men who experienced infidelity. Last week, Hanson was back at it again. In a post that left many readers agog , he decided to use a heinous incident of misogynistic violence as an opportunity to contemplate the concept of “redistributing” sex to men who have trouble getting laid. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2raqQZO

Saturday night, comedian Michelle Wolf outraged Washington, D.C. by being mildly impolite to people who are literally more interested in making rich people richer than doing anything to prevent the ongoing poisoning of schoolchildren . By using her platform at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to point out that virtually everyone in the Trump administration tells lies for money, Wolf damaged the aura of civility and decorum that is so important when you’re trying to tell lies for money , and Washington was not having it . One salt-of-the-earth couple (he’s a George W. Bush staffer-turned-Koch employee-turned-lobbyist and she’s Donald Trump’s White House Director of Strategic Communications) was so offended by mockery from elites (like Michelle Wolf, a 32-year-old stand-up comedian) that they were forced to leave the dinner early: from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2raiwt2

Ronny Jackson has vehemently denied all the allegations against him ever since President Donald Trump nominated him to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. But after withdrawing his name from consideration for the job, he won’t be returning to his previous role as the president’s personal physician, Politico reports , citing two unnamed “senior administration officials.” Sean Conley, who took over the role last month, will reportedly stay in the job. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2vX2jgp

Guns will be banned from the premises when Vice President Mike Pence speaks at a National Rifle Association convention in Dallas on Friday. Before and during the speech, attendees are prohibited from bringing “firearms and firearm accessories, knives or weapons of any kind,” the NRA wrote as it announced Pence’s presence at the conference. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2r8ZQLj

Like breakdancing and knife-throwing, math is most entertaining when performed by those who don’t know what they are doing. Consider Thursday night’s episode of TNT’s Inside the NBA , in which Shaquille O’Neal revealed an interesting theory on fuel efficiency. from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2HZWnIo

Former FBI director James Comey dismissed the importance of a House Intelligence Committee report that concluded President Donald Trump’s campaign did not collude with Russia, calling it a “political document.” The Republican-led investigation into the 2016 election was “a wreck,” Comey said on NBC’s Meet the Press . “That is not my understanding of what the facts were before I left the FBI and I think the most important piece of work is the one the special counsel’s doing now,” Comey said . Partisanship rancor surrounding the investigation “wrecked the committee,” the former FBI chief said. “And it damaged relationships with the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] court, the intelligence communities. It’s just a wreck.” from Stories from Slate https://ift.tt/2raZYd5

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday said the temporary ban on Filipinos going to work in Kuwait is now permanent, intensifying a diplomatic standoff over the treatment of migrant workers in the Gulf nation. Mr Duterte in February imposed a prohibition on workers heading to Kuwait following the murder of a Filipina maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in the Gulf state. The crisis deepened after Kuwaiti authorities last week ordered Manila's envoy to leave the country over videos of Philippine embassy staff helping workers in Kuwait flee allegedly abusive employers. The two nations had been negotiating a labour deal that Philippine officials said could result in the lifting of the ban but the recent escalation in tensions has put an agreement in doubt. "The ban stays permanently. There will be no more recruitment for especially domestic helpers. No more," Mr Duterte told reporters in the southern city of Davao. There was no immediate response from Kuwa...

One mile away, another historical monument tells a very different tale about the American south: the First White House of the Confederacy celebrates the life of “renowned American patriot” Jefferson Davis, who served as the president of the Confederate states, while making virtually no mention of the hundreds of black people he and his family enslaved. The contradictions of Montgomery’s historical narratives were on full display this week as thousands of tourists and progressive activists flocked to the city to mark the opening of the country’s first memorial to lynching victims – while some locals quietly seethed, saying they resented the new museum for dredging up the past and feared it would incite anger and backlash within black communities. “It’s going to cause an uproar and open old wounds,” said Mikki Keenan, a 58-year-old longtime Montgomery resident, who was eating lunch at a southern country-style restaurant a mile from the memorial. from Yahoo News - Latest News & He...

Phil Coyne is beloved in the Steel City, serving the Pittsburgh Pirates for 82 years as an usher. The team and his fans honored Coyne for his 100th birthday with a celebration at the ballpark he loves. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HCmCkQ

NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) — A police officer in the Arizona border city of Nogales was killed after he tried to stop a carjacking suspect. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JCBPTt

Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park, erupted at around 6.30am local time on Friday morning, geologists said. The eruption is the latest event in a rare period of activity at the geyser this year, following similar water discharges on March 15 and April 19 this year. Before this year, Steamboat had not erupted since September 2014. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r29CxM

Alfie Evans, the 23-month-old British toddler whose grave illness drew international attention, died early on Saturday, his family said. Alfie had a rare, degenerative disease and had been in a semi-vegetative state for more than a year. After a series of court cases, doctors at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool removed his life support on Monday, against his parents wishes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HDnh5D

Fox News reporter Ed Henry said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2r8ZHXY

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's foreign minister said Saturday the United States is trying to divide Syria. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2KmImD5

Saudi national oil giant Aramco said Sunday that five new members had been appointed to its board of directors, including the first woman in the firm's history. Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, 60, is the former head of US oil company Sunoco Inc. and has been director of oil services company Baker Hughes since July last year. Other newly-appointed Aramco board members include Minister of Finance Mohammed al-Jadaan, while Energy Minister Khaled al-Faleh was retained as the company's chairman, state-owned Aramco said in a statement. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2JAog78

Russia attempted to influence the results of the general election by promoting the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn,  it has been claimed.  6,500 Russian Twitter accounts, many of which are run by internet robots known as "bots", supported Labour in the run up to last year's election, an investigation by The Sunday Times has found. The social media accounts, most of which were created in the weeks before polling day, denigrated the Conservatives and promoted Labour during key points of the campaign, according to reports.  The Twitter accounts helped Corbyn turn the Manchester Arena bombing into a campaigning point by amplifying tweets criticising May for cutting police numbers as Home Secretary, it was claimed.  Matt Hancock, the digital and culture secretary, said the revelations are "extremely concerning" and urged Twitter to act to prevent it from happening again.  Most of the social media accounts were created in the weeks before polling day, it was reported ...

Northrop Grumman is only bidding on projects that the company believes will generate the best financial returns on its investments. Continuing a recent trend amongst major defense companies, Northrop Grumman is only bidding on projects that the company believes will generate the best financial returns on its investments. The company even ruled out bidding on certain programs where it is the incumbent, such as a new replacement electro-optical distributed aperture system (DAS)—the contract for which ended up going to Raytheon. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2HYjuTU

Larry Harvey, the co-founder of the Burning Man festival who grew it from an event on a San Francisco beach to a desert arts festival of global significance, died Saturday. He was 70. Harvey had been hospitalized after a stroke on April 4, and had remained in critical condition. "Though we all hoped he would recover, he passed peacefully this morning at 8:24am in San Francisco, with members of his family at his side," wrote Burning Man CEO Marian Goodell in the organization's official announcement.  SEE ALSO: Burning Man Isn't What You Think, and Never Has Been Harvey's story has already passed into countercultural legend. A former landscape gardener and carpenter, he and his friend Jerry James decided to burn a large wooden figure of a man on San Francisco's Baker Beach in 1986.  The Burning Man event, repeated annually, began to draw exponentially increasing numbers of attendees — so many that Harvey and friends needed a new location where it could grow rela...

A former policeman accused of being the “Golden State killer” has made his first court appearance, 30 years after the decade-long series of attacks. Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, appeared before a judge in an orange prison jumpsuit, handcuffed to a wheelchair. He was formally arraigned on two murder charges dating back to 1978, and prosecutors said they expect more charges. DeAngelo is a suspect in 11 other murders and 51 rapes committed across California between 1976 and 1986. The father of three adult daughters was arrested on Tuesday at his home in Citrus Heights, a Sacramento suburb, after a 40-year manhunt. Joseph James DeAngelo, in court on Friday DeAngelo spoke only briefly in court to confirm he had a lawyer. He did not enter a plea, and was denied bail. Scott Jones, Sacramento county sheriff, said DeAngelo is on suicide watch in the psychiatric ward of the county jail. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. It emerged on Friday that police last year believed they had foun...

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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia began registering political parties on Monday for a July general election which long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen is poised to win after the Supreme Court dissolved the main opposition party. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2w434Eq

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At least two deer were discovered wandering around Friday with arrows sticking through their bodies, prompting authorities in Oregon to offer a reward for information that could lead to arrest. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2Kn7w4z

The world’s oldest spider has died at the age of 43 after being subdued by a parasitic wasp in the Australian oubback, the Independent reports. from FOX News https://ift.tt/2HFVstn

Michelle Wolf joins Larry Wilmore, Seth Meyers, and Stephen Colbert on the list of comics to ruffle feathers at the White House correspondents’ dinner. Comedian Michelle Wolf kicked up controversy Saturday evening at the White House correspondents’ dinner in Washington, DC. Her jokes about White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders quickly became a point of contention online. Wolf, a former Daily Show correspondent and host of an upcoming Netflix late-night show, skewered Sanders as the press secretary sat just a few seats away from her onstage. Wolf compared Sanders to Aunt Lydia — a fearsome character from the dystopian Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale who re-educates women into subjugation and enforces strict punishment on them — and drew attention to the press secretary’s lying, saying she was an “Uncle Tom for white women.” Here’s what Wolf said: We are graced with Sarah’s presence tonight. I have to say I’m a little star-struck. I love you as Aunt Lydia in The Hand...

Trump said some of the allegations against his VA secretary pick are “proving false” and called on Montana’s Tester, a leading voice in sounding the alarm about Ronny Jackson, to resign. Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) has become the target of President Donald Trump’s wrath after leading the charge in taking down the president’s pick to lead the department of Veterans Affairs, White House physician Ronny Jackson . Trump attacked the Montana Democrat on Twitter on Saturday morning, calling for his resignation, and later in the day called him “ very dishonest and sick .” Tester, who is the ranking member of the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, raised concerns about Jackson after multiple allegations surfaced that he oversaw a “toxic” work environment, overprescribed medication, and drank while on the job as a top White House doctor. Jackson withdrew his nomination on Thursday after those allegations were publicized in a memo released by committee Democrats. Tester and Democrats weren’t the on...

Former NBC correspondent Linda Vester and another woman say Brokaw sexually harassed them in the 1990s. He vehemently denies the claims. Legendary NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw is the latest public figure to be accused of sexual misconduct after a pair of news reports outlined allegations against him made by former NBC correspondent Linda Vester and another unnamed woman. Brokaw, 78, has vehemently denied the allegations, and his current and former colleagues have rallied to his defense . The saga began on Thursday when the Washington Post and Variety published a pair of reports containing allegations against Brokaw. The Post report focused on the culture within NBC News, including the allegations against now-ousted Today show host Matt Lauer , and past complaints about Brokaw. Variety published a video interview with Vester. In both accounts, Vester says that Brokaw made unwanted advances to her on two occasions in the 1990s — once in New York, and once in London — when she wa...

Some think the technology that was introduced with Bitcoin has enormous potential. That has a number of countries looking to influence its future. from NYT > Home Page https://ift.tt/2w63RFh

Military wife Natasha Balfe says the "huggable hero" toy has helped her daughter sleep at night. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2FpDdpS

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(Reuters) - A woman who once worked as a war correspondent for NBC News has accused Tom Brokaw, the United States' top-rated television newsman for much of his career, of sexual impropriety in the 1990s, the Washington Post and Variety reported on Thursday. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2vQ0TnZ

(Reuters) - Adult-film star Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, will be paused for 90 days, the federal judge in the case ordered on Friday, saying that Cohen's constitutional rights could be endangered if the lawsuit proceeds while he is under criminal investigation. from Reuters: U.S. https://ift.tt/2jdRnlz