Drones, man. They’re up to no good, and so are the people who fly them.

The Empire State Building—the apple of our apple, the diamond of our city, the second best-looking skyscraper we have—is often lit up for some dumb occasion, like a Yankees win or Christmas day. On Friday, however, art will be the star as the building is illuminated with works from the new Whitney Museum.

Rich: Everything leading up to our meal at STATE Grill and Bar at the Empire State Building was so pleasant. The woman who called to confirm our reservation pronounced my last name right with no prompting. The greeting I received upon entering the actual Empire State Building was a jolly “WELCOME TO THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING!” The hostess at STATE Grill and Bar (not to be confused with the Empire Bar and Grill in both Macedon and Webster, NY) had such kind eyes. It all made me feel like Annie.

Look at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, just having a joyful time atop the Empire State Building! It's their music video for "Despair" and also the first music video to be filmed atop the skyscraper. The view is the view!

CNN released a statement today saying it has commandeered the Empire State Building's "state-of-the-art dynamic lighting system" for the purposes of transforming the skyscraper into a building-size election results meter that will display "CNN's running tally of the race to 270."

When the first reports of a multiple-casualty shooting outside the Empire State Building came down the line this morning, most of us thought the same thing: not again. Not another senseless tragedy, not another crazy lone gunman, not another mass shooting.

Tipster Vladimir Dusil sent us these images of the body of a man who allegedly opened fire outside the Empire State Building earlier this morning.

Around 10:15 CNN's Ali Velshi tweeted: "BREAKING: law enforcement source tells CNN there appears to be terrorism connection to the #ESBshooting." This happened several minutes after local New York City outlets reported that the man who opened fire outside the Empire State Building, so the tweet spread like wildfire. And then Velshi deleted it. Why?

This is why the Empire State Building is glowing green.

One World Trade Center dominates the New York skyline once again — but it's only the tallest building with a caveat.

For the second year The Advocate, a gay website with an impossible to find print component, has published its list of the gayest cities in America. For the second year it is so incredibly wrong that I can barely contain my gay rage.

[German Thomas Dold won the men's division of the Empire State Building Run-Up today by scaling 86 flights of stairs in just over 10 minutes. Sorry, but King Kong did it faster. Image via AP]

[The cast of Cirque du Soleil's "Wintuk" got the full view of Manhattan today when visiting the observation deck at the Empire State Building. Image via Getty]

[There's a tropical storm approaching Florida (above), a heat wave broiling L.A., and a tornado warning in effect for parts of the Northeast. Someone call Al Gore, because the weather apocalypse is happening right now. More pics inside. Image: Getty]

According to today's New York Times, an increasingly important factor in real estate dealmaking is feng shui, the ancient Chinese rules governing energy flow and really picky interior design.

Sorry, we're trying to be more copacetic about bedbugs. But, they've invaded the Empire State Building! Towering symbol of modernity? New York icon? Bed bugs don't give a bed bug fuck. They're taking it down, from the bottom up.

A guy leaped over a barrier surrounding the observation deck of the Empire State Building yesterday, falling 86 floors to his death. More than 30 people have jumped from the building since 1931. [NYT] (Pic via)

[The New York skyline took on an interesting shape last night when the Empire State Building was colored red and yellow to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. Image via Getty]

The Empire State Building will be awash in red and yellow lights tomorrow night in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Peoples' Republic of China, a shining beacon of hope to totalitarian corporatist regimes everywhere.

In case you didn't know, today marked the tenth anniversary of the Victoria's Secret "Body by Victoria" bra line, and to drum up publicity for the occasion, the company forced some of their models to do some really scary stuff!