Extra Extra: How Nutcrackers Became A Staple Of Summers In NYC

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• A U.S. government watchdog agency recommended that Kellyanne Conway should be fired for repeatedly violating U.S. law with political comments while serving in the White House.
• While I wouldn't hold my breath on that one, Trump did confirm that White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is leaving at the end of June.
• According to leaked emails, author Nicholas Sparks tried to ban an LGBT club and student protests at Epiphany School, the Christian academy in North Carolina of which he is a Board of Trustee.
• Cuba Gooding Jr. turned himself into the NYPD as expected and was charged with one count of misdemeanor forcible touching.
• Grub Street went on the hunt for NYC's Nutcracker kings.
• Check out the impressively creepy first trailer for Doctor Sleep, the followup to The Shining.
• The discovery of ancient tombs at Jirzankal provides the first direct evidence that humans inhaled combusted cannabis plants in order to obtain its psychoactive effects.
• Freddie Gibbs & Madlib released another fantastic single, "Giannis," from their upcoming album Bandana.
• Is Kenan Thompson ever leaving SNL? It doesn't sound like it's happening anytime soon.
• The federal labor board has gone to court to kill the use of Scabby the Rat in a New York union protest.
• Toy Story 4, which centers around a suicidal existential fork, is getting really good reviews.
• On The Media launched a four-part series taking a closer look at the eviction epidemic across the country.
• A tanning salon owner in New Jersey allegedly recorded a 16-year-old while she was in a UV bed.
• And finally, Ringo is an absolutely perfect name for this doggo: