Extra Extra: Photos From A Living Ghost Town In Upstate NY

March 6, 2019, 5:50 p.m.

Because Colbert wants to know how GoT ends, check out today's end-of-day links: 'Mad About You' revival, Alex Trebek cancer diagnosis, living ghost town, Glenn Beck thinks Trump is manly, and round boy loves toy.

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  • "Sir, they’re not cages. We don’t use cages for children," Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen said, during a congressional testimony today, about the cages used for detaining migrant children.
  • Trump still owns and profits from a luxury resort in Florida where paying customers can give him notes, scrawled on resort stationery, that he personally forwards to cabinet secretaries.
  • Oh no, Alex Trebek has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
  • Check out the full trailer for Neil Gaiman's Good Omens, starring Michael Sheen, David Tenant, Jon Hamm, Frances McDormand and more.
  • During a congressional hearing on military sexual assault, Sen. Martha McSally said a superior Air Force officer raped her.
  • Remember when everyone was trying to rehab Glenn Beck as woke? He now says Trump is the last male role model: "I think because we have taken alpha dogs and shot them all, when he comes to the table there’s a lot of guys that are out there goin’ ‘Damn right!’"
  • Check out these photos from Amsterdam, NY, which is like a "living ghost town."
  • Stephen Colbert had fun trying to guess the ending of Game Of Thrones with Kit Harrington.
  • Ugh, an Alabama man is suing an abortion clinic on behalf of a fetus, which he claims “died” a “wrongful death” because his ex-girlfriend decided not to carry "her unwanted pregnancy to term.”
  • Mark Zuckerberg detailed plans to integrate Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, which entails a shift away from public sharing and an open platform.
  • Spectrum Originals has picked up the reboot of Mad About You as a limited series, with stars Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser attached.
  • Is this the nicest gynecologist's office in NYC, or just the most expensive?
  • Look, I am legally required to inform you that there are two new Vampire Weekend songs in the world, I have no choice in the matter, do not mistake this for either an endorsement or condemnation, for I am vampire neutral.
  • And finally, look how delighted this round boy is: