Extra Extra: The 'Fast & Furious' Male Stars Really Don't Want To Look Like Wimps
Aug. 1, 2019, 5:25 p.m.
Because you want to know what Thora Birch has been up to, check out today's end-of-day links: official state nicknames, best buddy cop movies ever, subway shover, legal magic mushrooms, and fearless dog pursues ball.

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- More than half of House Democrats say they would vote to launch impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.
- Whatever happened to Thora Birch?
- Drew Magary writes about the plague of cable news and the fake news media echo chamber half the country confines themselves within.
- The NYPD has been adding children as young as 11 into a facial recognition database "despite evidence the technology has a higher risk of false matches in younger faces."
- Straphangers stopped a homeless man who allegedly stole someone's phone and shoved them onto the subway tracks.
- Vulture ranks the 25 best buddy cop movies ever.
- The Atlantic makes the case for legal magic mushrooms.
- James Dolan can't stop, won't stop kicking people out of his terrible concerts.
- From Connecticuters to Wyomingites: find out the official nicknames for residents of every state.
- The Fast & Furious stars are very sensitive about losing fights onscreen: "According to producers and crew members on the films, Mr. Statham, 51 years old, negotiated an agreement with the studio that limits how badly he can be beaten up on screen. Mr. Diesel, 52, has his younger sister, a producer on the films, police the number of punches he takes. And Mr. Johnson, 47, enlists producers, editors and fight coordinators to help make sure he always gives as good as he gets."
- Find out if you meet your own definition of being "rich" with this five question quiz.
- A man claimed he was attacked by a group of teenagers in Lower Manhattan because he was wearing a MAGA hat—although he told police "he was attacked by a man who punched him in the head and fled."
- And finally, in pursuit of ball, one must risk it all:
Hang on I’m coming wiff!
🎥: mylesandwillows (IG)#mydogiscutest pic.twitter.com/sE6lfaX7PG— My Dog Is Cutest (@mydogiscutest) August 1, 2019