Morning Brief: August 5
Legionnaire's disease isn't exactly causing hysteria in the streets, but it's nonethless got Bronxites pretty worried. That's mainly because the city's determined that the spread is coming from a seemingly-innocuous source: the water mist that comes off of cooling towers on large buildings. It may seem bizarre that an appliance that works so hard to keep us cool during the hot New York summer might be hurting us too, sometimes.
NEED TO KNOW
US-Backed Syrian Rebels Not Doing Very Well [Washington Post]
New SEC Rules Could Reveal Gap Between CEO, Worker Pay [Washington Post]
Cooling Towers on Prime Suspect List for Legionnaire's Disease [New York Times]
Bodegas Getting Priced Out of NYC [New York Times]
Sinkhole Opens Up in Sunset Park [NY Daily News]
WEATHER
Partly cloudy and high of 88 degrees.
SPORTS
Yesterday
The Yankees beat the Red Sox, 13-3
The Mets beat the Marlins 5-1
Today
Yankees play Red Sox at 7
Mets play Marlins at 7:10
ON STAGE TONIGHT
Buckwheat Zydeco @ City Winery
Steel Pulse (with Loose Fit and Sensamotion) @ the Stone Pony
The Original Wailers (with Nappy Riddem) @ Brooklyn Bowl
Rich Robinson @ the Fairfield Theatre Company’s StageOne
Golden State – Lone Star Revue featuring Anson Funderburgh, Mark Hummel and Little Charlie (Baty) plus RW Grigsby and Wes Star @ the Turning Point
Hot Chip (with Museum Of Love) @ Webster Hall The Grand Ballroom
Sublime With Rome (with Rebelution, Pepper and Mickey Avalon) @ “JBL Live at Pier 97”
Incubus and Deftones (with Death From Above 1979 and The Bots) @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Faith No More (with Refused) @ the Theater at Madison Square Garden
Donavon Frankenreiter (with Christopher Robin) @ the Ridgefield Playhouse
Steve Kimock featuring Bobby Vega, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti, Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz plus Leslie Mendelson @ the Highline Ballroom
The Turtles featuring Flo And Eddie, The Association, Mark Lindsay formerly of Paul Revere And The Raiders, The Grass Roots, The Buckinghams and The Cowsills @ the Bergen Performing Arts Center
Bob James @ the Blue Note
The Christian McBride Trio @ the Jazz Standard
WFUV PRESENTS: Father John Misty with Angel Olsen and Summer Moon @ SummerStage, Central Park Rumsey Playfield
TODAY IN HISTORY
Today in 1305, William Wallace is captured by the English. He is later executed in London.
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