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Extra Extra: The Empire State Building is the No. 1 tourist attraction on Earth

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Published Jun 25, 2024

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Good Tuesday afternoon in New York City, where people are driving three hours away to get a sandwich with a pickle for a bun.

Here's what else is happening:

• Police said they're looking for a suspect who fatally shot someone in front of the Stone Island store in SoHo early on Tuesday morning.
• The Empire State Building is now ranked the world's No. 1 tourist attraction on Tripadvisor, edging out the Eiffel Tower and Anne Frank's house, which came in second and third, respectively.
• The High Line is 15 years old.
• Seemingly every town in America now has a wood-fired Neapolitan pizzeria.
• New Jersey-based runner and defending Olympic 800-meter gold medalist Athing Mu, who got clipped and fell during the final qualifying race at the U.S. Olympic Trials yesterday, lost an appeal and won't be heading to the Paris Olympics.
• Last weekend's Palm Tree Music Festival in Southampton was a mess.
• A new German study found that 25% of people have had an orgasm strictly from tickling.
• A posthumous SOPHIE album is coming out this fall.
• And finally, grand marshal mindset:

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