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Extra, Extra: Yesterday's Manhattanhenge Was A Total Bust

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Jen Chung

Published May 30, 2016

Modified May 30, 2016

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• No one could get good Manhattanhenge photos yesterday, thanks to Mother Nature.
• The boy who fell into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo—prompting zookeepers to kill a 400-pound critically endangered lowlands gorilla—is "doing well." A vigil is being held today for the gorilla, named Harambe, and protesters plan to attend.
• A man died of an overdose at Junior's Cheesecake in Brooklyn.
• The NY Times looked at how soldiers' risk of suicide is lower than they are deployed and higher when they are back home.
• The last remaining World War II memorial in NYC is in Brooklyn.
• Not even Stephen Hawking understands Donald Trump.
• A cowboy died during a bare-backed riding event at a NJ rode.
• Emilia Clarke wouldn't mind being Jane Bond.
• Not all TSA lines are terrible: This newly-married couple met in one.
• How Johnny Depp fell out of movie stardom.
• And, sorry, tomorrow we all go back to work:

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