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Aaron Schlossberg, Shawn Mendes, Ronan Farrow, Madonna, John Travolta, Jim Acosta, Lebanon: HOT LINKS<\/b>
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AARON SCHLOSSBERG<\/strong>. NYC racist threatens to call ICE on people speaking Spanish, then gets banned from entering his office building<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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New York City’s diversity is our strength. It’s what makes this city great. The 8.6 million people who call<\/a> this city home speak more than 200 languages \u2013 they\u2019re all New Yorkers and they\u2019re all welcome here.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) May 16, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ODD COUPLE<\/strong>. John Travolta and 50 Cent get down in Cannes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

MEETING THE QUEEN<\/strong>. Shawn Mendes sits down with Ellen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CNN\u2019S JIM ACOSTA<\/strong>. I was just as tough on Obama.\u00a0\u201cIt is funny that your last name is \u2018Acosta\u2019 and you\u2019re constantly \u2018accosting\u2019 people,\u201d Kimmel laughed. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like you were born to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

REP MO BROOKS<\/strong>. Global sea level rise is not because of global warming but because rocks are falling into sea<\/a>. \u201cBrooks then said that erosion plays a significant role in sea-level rise, which is not an idea embraced by mainstream climate researchers. He said the California coastline and the White Cliffs of Dover tumble into the sea every year, and that contributes to sea-level rise. He also said that silt washing into the ocean from the world\u2019s major rivers,\u00a0including the Mississippi, the Amazon and the Nile, is contributing to sea-level rise.<\/p>\n

RONAN FARROW<\/strong>. Missing files\u00a0maintained by the Treasury Department\u2019s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network spurred leak of Michael Cohen\u2019s financial records<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SEN RICHARD BLUMENTHAL<\/strong>. Giuliani is wrong. Trump could be indicted. \u201cThe president is not above the law, and an indictment \u2014\u00a0<\/span>if that\u2019s the course that Robert Mueller chooses to go \u2014\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I believe would be upheld by the courts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

HELEM<\/strong>. Lebanon\u2019s refuge for LGBTQ people<\/a>: \u201cTucked away in a quiet neighbourhood of Beirut, Helem, the first community centre for LGBTQI+ people in the Arab world, opens its doors every day from midday to evening. Everyone is welcome. Inside, in a study bathed by the afternoon sunshine, Wael Hussein, a 24-year-old gay<\/a> man<\/a>, is chatting with Naya, a transgender woman<\/a>, ahead of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) on Thursday. Behind the two is a bookcase filled with donated titles, including Les Amantes by French lesbian<\/a> writer Jocelyne Fran\u00e7ois.\u201d<\/p>\n

WORLD CUP<\/strong>. ISIS threatens to behead Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n

STUDY.<\/strong> Pop music getting more depressing<\/a>:\u00a0\u201c\u2018Happiness\u2019 is going down, \u2018brightness\u2019 is going down, \u2018sadness\u2019 is going up, and at the same time, the songs are becoming more \u2018danceable\u2019 and more \u2018party-like,\u2019\u201d co-author Natalia L. Komarova told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL GAME<\/strong>. Madonna announces new Mirwais-produced single which she performed at the Met Gala<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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That I never Learned\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.Coming Soon! \"?\"\"?\"\"?\"\"?\"#music<\/a> #magic<\/a> #mirwais<\/a> \"?\"pic.twitter.com\/LDKhq7d3kS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Madonna (@Madonna) May 17, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

AUSTRALIA<\/strong>. Victoria practitioners of gay conversion therapy could face prosecution<\/a>: \u2018The state\u2019s health minister, Jill Hennessy, has formally asked the health complaints commissioner to investigate the \u201chighly damaging\u201d and \u201cabhorrent\u201d practice that purports to \u201ccure\u201d homosexuality.\u2019<\/p>\n

AQUATIC RESCUE OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Dog rescues dog. \u201cWhen Remus saw his friend Smokey nearly drown in a backyard pool in Arizona, he didn\u2019t hesitate for a moment to step in and save his four-legged friend. Laurie Sorsen Becerra, who posted the on Facebook two weeks ago, says Smokey isn\u2019t a good swimmer and the two \u201crambunctious\u201d dogs \u2014 who play around the pool all the time with no mishaps \u2014 must have gotten to the pool unsupervised through a fence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

THIRSTY THURSDAY<\/strong>. Antony Tran.<\/p>\n

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