Morning Brief: August 18

"Gotham" is coming here to the Bronx. The Fox show about the origins of the Batman universe is filming at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse today. The courthouse has been a popular place for filming, being used for episodes of "Law and Order" and the movie "American Gangster." And the borough itself is becoming a hopping place for the film and television industry. Silvercup Studios and York Studios both plan to open new facilities in the Bronx by next summer. And director Baz Luhrmann's will be shooting on-location in the South Bronx for his Netflix show "The Get Down."

NEED TO KNOW

Bomb Goes Off in the Heart of Bangkok [CNN]

States Move to Cut Planned Parenthood Funding [New York Times]

New York OKs Statewide Rules to Fight Legionnares' Disease [DNAinfo]

Fed's Probe Safety Concerns on LIRR [CBS New York]

Christie, Feds to Discuss How to Fund New Hudson Rail Tunnel [NBC News]

SPORTS

YESTERDAY

The Yankees beat the Twins 8-7.

TODAY

The Yankees take on the Twins at 7.

The Mets face the Orioles at 7.

WEATHER

Lots of sunshine and mostly clear skies overnight, 88/75 [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

• Chicago and Earth, Wind And Fire @ the PNC Bank Arts Center

• Jimmy Buffett with Huey Lewis And The News @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

• Todd Rundgren @ the Paramount

• Counting Crows with Citizen Cope and Hollis Brown @ JBL Live at Pier 97

• The Psychedelic Furs and The Church @ Irving Plaza

• Rick Derringer @ the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

• Albert Lee Featuring Cindy Cashdollar @ Iridium

• KT Tunstall @ City Winery

• Willie Nile (with Hoochie Coochie Men) @ “The 7th Annual Hudson Square Music and Wine Festival

2015” at City Winery

• Mac DeMarco (, PC Worship and Tall Juan) @ Webster Hall The Grand Ballroom

• Walter Parks @ Rockwood Music Hall

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1590, the Roanoke Island Colony in present-day North Carolina was found mysteriously deserted.

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