Is it nearly August already? What happened to all that stifling humidity The Mysterious Weather Oracle swore the East Coast would suffer through? The mosquitos haven’t even had time to order new drapes for your bedroom! Ah well, it appears another month has come and gone, and so too will a selection of Netflix’s finest streaming films. There are a few classics up next on the chopping block, like Easy Rider, Airplane, Braveheart and Zach and Miri Make a Porno, which is the kind of thing that, much like a White Castle chicken ring, you experience after a few whiskey shots and immediately rue putting in the vicinity of your body. [ more › ]
A police sergeant on his way to work helped save a man who was trying to kill himself at a Brooklyn subway station. [ 
Leave the Teva-footed throngs at American Museum of Natural History and the Met behind. Here are a few lesser-known gems for you to pass the time. [ 
A Pomona teen who was on a church group trip at a Washington state beach is believed to have drowned after saving his friends when they got caught in a rip tide. [ 
The fight began inside Boardner’s in Hollywood. [ 