The borough has the city’s highest rates of virus cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Could more have been done? Will a stripped-down version of the city attract the same number of visitors who used to come to party at pools, dance in nightclubs and gamble in casinos? Commissioner Gary Bettman and the N.H.L. Players’ Association agreed to terms on resuming the season with a 24-team playoff format that would yield a champion in early autumn. Twitter added a link to two of President Trump’s tweets in which he had made false claims about mail-in ballots, urging people to “get the facts.” On Twitter and at a news conference, the president said Joe Scarborough was responsible for the death of Lori Klausutis, who worked for him when he was a congressman. But Twitter refused her husband’s request to have the false tweets removed. The initial police account of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis did not mention that an officer’s knee pinned him to the ground. “Please, I can’t breathe,” he said. “Being black in America should not be a death sentence,” the city’s mayor said as video of the arrest was widely shared. The Taliban stand on the brink of realizing their most fervent desire: U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan. They have given up little of their extremist ideology to do it. President Trump has repeatedly voiced a desire to leave Afghanistan sooner than the timeline laid out in the Feb. 29 peace agreement. He may want to campaign on bringing home every soldier. A successful launch on Wednesday could forever change how the world thinks about getting people to space. Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day. They died within hours of each other. With the pandemic, bringing their bodies home has become an almost impossible task. As states ease lockdown orders, Americans are eating out, booking flights and buying houses again. Here’s what that looks like. Voters overwhelmingly wanted to restore former felons’ voting rights. Informed by the best medical advice we can find, we believe we can keep our campus environment healthy. Where’s the Republican uproar over what’s gone on under his watch? How do you decide who belongs in yours? What if you join and find it’s not working out? And what if you aren’t invited to one at all? The video of a white woman threatening a black man in Central Park illustrates exactly why I’m so relieved to be spending more time inside. The president is spreading a vile conspiracy theory on the platform. Maybe Twitter should finally hold him to its rules. After 9/11, New York left paramedics behind. I fear the same will happen with the coronavirus. Companies cynically use art to build webs of influence and become further enmeshed in our lives. The SAT and ACT could be on their way out. Is that a good thing? How to make sure the rise in remote work doesn’t mean the death of work-life balance. An old woman leaves a pot of food on a rock outside her daughter’s house. A century later, others roll trays of meals to people with Covid-19. AT&T’s streaming platform goes live on Wednesday. At $15 a month, it’s more expensive than its rivals and comes at a time when household income is dropping. The postponement, expected to be approved, could result in national recovery plans with high environmental costs, some diplomats say. Joseph Biden, in his first in-person interview since the coronavirus curtailed his campaign, suggested the president was being “falsely masculine’’ by refusing to wear a mask. Lawmakers compromised on an ambiguously worded amendment that narrows a failed but popular Senate proposal. In a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch from 2000, Mr. Fallon appears in blackface while impersonating his fellow comedian Chris Rock. Law enforcement officials told three senators that they would not be pursuing charges, but an investigation into trades by Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina appears to be proceeding. The image of a powerful official flouting the lockdown rules has struck a nerve in a way that the government’s haphazard response to the virus has not. The last surviving member of that landmark album’s sextet, he was a master of understatement, propelling his bandmates with a quiet persistence. Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Thomas Waerner of Norway and his dogs have been stranded in Alaska after finishing the race on March 18. A New York Times/Siena College Research Institute poll found that theatergoers who are hesitant to return worry that the people around them won’t follow the rules. What to do with a business that involves close physical contact with clients? Innovate and, if you’re lucky, grow — but at a distance. Bryant, who is set for posthumous induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame this year, powered the United States to a gold medal in 2008 with his trademark work ethic. The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on dividing your estate equally among heirs, taking advantage of the CARES Act and using PayPal to pay contractors. Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Previous research suggested that spending a lot of time with humans might make animals more innovative. These birds had another idea. Like a barbershop newly opened from lockdown, vacation properties are experiencing a surge of bookings. But instead of a week or two on the beach, people are looking for a month or more. More Recent Articles |
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