Mets Lose, But Their Hard-Working Captain Endures
Howard Megdal of POLITICO New York takes you inside the locker room after Sunday night’s heartbreaking Mets game, with a particularly close look at David Wright. It’s maybe a little inside baseball (pardon the pun), with a good portion of it devoted to what a good guy Wright is to the journalists who make him go back again and again over every mistake, but it’s tough as a reporter not to be touched by a guy who not only answers every last question, but defends the cubs who ask the wrong ones. More than Wright’s unflagging patience and gamesmanship with those in our field, Megdal’s story shows that the Mets gave their fans a lot to be proud of. [POLITICO New York]
How Cuomo’s Attempt to Clean Up Albany — And Get All the Credit — Backfired
When Gov. Andrew Cuomo launched the Moreland Commission, he touted it as a bid from the top to root out corruption in the state, but in the blink of an eye he had backpedaled and shut down the effort. Find out how that backfired in a major way for Cuomo and many of his pals in Albany. [NY Magazine]
The True Story Behind ‘Zola,’ The Epic Twitter Story Too Crazy to be Real
Last week, a sequence of 150 tweets captivated millions of Twitter users with a larger-than-life tale about a weekend Florida trip gone awry, complete with prostitution and possibly murder. But how much of it was actually true? The Washington Post did some digging to find out. [Washington Post]
RNC Suspends Telemundo Debate
Angred over what it perceived to be unfair and offensive questions in October's CNBC debate, the Republican National Committee has opted to sever ties with NBC and suspend a Feb. 26 debate that was supposed to be hosted by Telemundo. Now some experts are weighing in, arguing that axing the debate on a highly watched Spanish-language station does more damage than good to a party that has been trying to woo Latino voters. [Bustle]
Dad in Chief Loses His Chill
In honor of President Obama losing his mind over a toddler dressed as the Pope for Halloween, Buzzfeed put together this truly wonderful listicle of all the times our dear POTUS switched on his impressive dad skills and bonded with the grade school set at the White House. Let the heartstring-pulling commence. [Buzzfeed]
Jimmy Kimmel Continues His Halloween Tradition of Making Kids Cry
The late night host returned Monday with his annual prank, where he asks parents to tell their kids they ate all their Halloween candy. This year’s compilation includes the usual tantrums and meltdowns, including one sobbing little girl who just wanted to try Skittles. [Vulture]
Lin-Manuel Miranda Just Published Annotations for the Lyrics in 'Hamilton'
If, like seemingly everyone else in the world, you've fallen in love with the Broadway musical “Hamilton” and are hungry for more information about the show, you’re in luck. Creator Lin-Manuel Miranda has just published several annotations about the musical’s lyrics on Genius, describing George Washington as the Dr. Dre to Alexander Hamilton’s Eminem and referring to Hamilton writing poetry about a hurricane that destroyed the island where he was from as “the most hip-hop s**t ever.” [Vanity Fair]
It's Going 'Where No Man Has Gone Before' Once Again
"Star Trek" is coming back to the small screen, but this time it's going to be streaming. CBS announced Monday that it will launch the next chapter in the franchise in 2017. In a statement, the studio laid out plans to open the new series with a CBS Television premiere before then moving the show over to CBS All Access, the company's new digital subscription service that costs $5.99 a month.
See Photos of Brooklyn “Before it was Hip”
Photographer David Attie took hundreds of photos of Truman Capote’s Brooklyn Heights neighborhood in 1958 for Holiday magazine. Brooklyn Heights was just a waterfront town and Capote wasn’t even famous yet, according to Atlas Obscura. Only four of the photos were published, however, and the rest seemed to disappear until now in a new book called “Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir, with the Lost Photos of David Attie.” [Atlas Obscura]
Amazon Opens Its First Brick and Mortar Bookstore
Amazon, an online bookseller giant, often accused of contributing to the demise of brick and mortar bookstores, is now opening its own physical location. The store, called Amazon Books, launches on Tuesday in Seattle. In an ironic twist, the store will be located in the University Village mall, where Barnes & Noble served as an anchor tenant until it closed in 2011. The new store, which will be relying on Amazon.com data, including customer ratings, to determine which books to carry, will also sell Amazon devices, like Kindles and Fire Tablets. [The Verge]
Dogs Cure Everything, Now You Can Add Asthma to the List
Dogs are the ideal companions — they never sass you, they don’t flake out on dinner dates and they’re also good for your health. Studies have shown dogs decrease rates of depression, heart disease and stress in their owners. A new study released Monday based on 1 million Swedish children found that those who owned dogs were 15 percent less likely to develop asthma. Researchers are still investigating the explanation for this decrease, however. [Quartz]
This column was compiled by DNAinfo staff members Lisha Arino, Julia Bottles, Jeanmarie Evelly, Emily Frost, Noah Hurowitz, Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska, Emily Small, Rachel Holliday Smith, Danielle Tcholakian and Shaye Weaver.
