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8:58 A.M. Google to Invest $1 Billion in NYC, No Tax Incentives Needed There’s about to be a lot more Googlers in Manhattan.
7:06 A.M. E.U. Blocks Polish Judicial Purge, But the Fight Isn’t Over Though they’ve backed down for now, agreeing to reinstate Supreme Court judges, Polish nationalists are looking to European Parliament elections.
1:26 A.M. Advertisers Dump Tucker Carlson After He Insulted Immigrants Among those no longer advertising on his show are NerdWallet and the company that makes BowFlex.
7:25 P.M. Why Conservatives Aren’t Happy About an Anti-ACA Ruling As much as conservatives hate the ACA, they know they can’t get rid of it without an alternative. And they still don’t have one.
7:13 P.M. Donald Trump Hates Christmas Parties Making Christmas great again was a pillar of his campaign, but White House hosting duties have sparked a war on Christmas inside his own heart.
6:18 P.M. Obama’s Post-Midterm Tone Was Conciliatory. Trump’s is Not. Obama took responsibility for his party’s defeat and at least offered negotiations with the opposing party. Trump: not so much.
6:08 P.M. The Teachers’ Strike Wave May Be Coming to Los Angeles Around 50,000 L.A. public school educators and allies marched over the weekend, and next month the district might see its first strike in 30 years.
4:48 P.M. Google’s Censored China Search Project Stalls The main database Google was using to train itself how to censor search results has been cut off over privacy worries.
4:44 P.M. RIP HOLLAMD TONNEL, the Only Thing Port Authority Ever Fixed Thanks to an online petition, the Christmas decorations on the Holland Tunnel entrance are being changed.
4:16 P.M. Russian Election Hackers Used Anti-Masturbation Hotline “You can’t hold hands with God when you are masturbating.”
3:36 P.M. Is Cory Booker the Candidate of the Christian Left? Booker’s political gospel could be discomforting to secular progressives and the Christian right as well.
3:25 P.M. Russia Learned Its Voter Suppression Tricks From Republicans A new report on Russian interference in the 2016 election shows that Putin’s meddlers used tactics not unfamiliar to modern-day Republicans.
12:49 P.M. Bumble’s New Filtering Tool Seems Useful, If Flawed Users can now select for certain traits they want to see in potential matches; but things like being Jewish and looking for a third aren’t options.
11:48 A.M. Facebook Promised Privacy Features That Haven’t Materialized In May, Mark Zuckerberg said “Clear History” would take a few months to build. That was nearly seven months ago.
11:17 A.M. Apple May Put Face ID and Touch ID in the Same iPhone A patent suggests Touch ID may reappear in future generations of the iPhone.
11:16 A.M. If You Think Hudson Yards Is Big Wait Till You See Sunnyside The future of Queens lies over the rail yards.
Dec. 17, 2018 Bath Salts to Bitcoin: John McAfee’s Bizarre Crypto Hustle How the early internet guru turned international fugitive became crypto’s spokesman.
Dec. 17, 2018 Giuliani Almost Admits Trump Colluded and Committed a Crime Rudy gives an extremely revealing answer to George Stephanopoulos.
Dec. 17, 2018 Iowa Republicans Love Trump, But They’re Open to a Primary Two-thirds of Iowa Republicans said primary challengers to Trump should be welcomed.
Dec. 16, 2018 I’ve Seen the Future of a Republican Party That’s Not Insane Today’s GOP needs to die in a fire. The Niskanen Center has a plan for what comes next.

9:48 A.M. Meghan Markle’s Power Coat Has Made a Triumphant Return The Duchess made her last public appearance before Christmas.
9:37 A.M. Woman Who Climbed Statue of Liberty Has Been Found Guilty “We stand on the right side of the history. I am not discouraged,” she said.
7:00 A.M. The Year in Hypochondria Here are the most pressing health concerns you shared with us this year.
7:00 A.M. How to Love Someone When You’re a Hypochondriac Trying, and not always succeeding, to break out of patterns set in childhood.
9:26 P.M. Meet the Brooklyn Ducboi Turns out, there are hot ducks in Brooklyn.
8:11 P.M. Les Moonves Won’t Get $120 Million Severance From CBS An investigation concluded he was fired with cause.
6:40 P.M. Azealia Banks Had a Cursed Interaction With Jack Dorsey It involved the Twitter CEO’s beard hair, ISIS, and a protective amulet.
5:52 P.M. I Love This Stupid Horse A lazy and stubborn king.
5:25 P.M. Roma’s First-Time Actress Lands First Vogue Cover Yalitza Aparicio Martínez’s first Vogue Mexico cover is here. The Roma star says it’s a sign that “certain stereotypes are being broken.”
4:30 P.M. Gift of the Day: An Elegant Cashmere Robe A real crowd-pleaser.
4:13 P.M. Is Prince Harry Giving Up Beloved Pastime for Meghan Markle? He won’t be participating in his family’s annual Boxing Day tradition.
3:51 P.M. Report: The Holland Tunnel Decorations You Hated Will Change Say good-bye to the “HOLLAAD TONNEL.”
2:48 P.M. 29 Last-Minute Gifts for Everyone on Your List All under $50.
2:27 P.M. There’s Still Time to Shop (and Get a Blowout) at Our Pop-Up Come see (and try) some of our favorite things in person — plus stock up on holiday gifts.
2:00 P.M. 10 Beauty Gifts for Your Astrology-Obsessed Friend The stars have truly aligned this holiday season.
1:54 P.M. Woody Allen’s Alleged Teen Ex-Girlfriend Shares Her Story Christina Engelhardt says she was 16 when she met the director — and that over the years she’s come to realize how little agency she had.
1:29 P.M. The Designer Who Wears Antique Jewels With His Sneakers Meet Gherardo Felloni from Roger Vivier.
12:54 P.M. RBG on What the Movie About Her Life Gets Wrong The Supreme Court Justice takes issue with one scene in particular.
12:13 P.M. This Makeup Tutorial Deserves an Oscar Tiffany “New York” Pollard demonstrating Fenty Beauty’s holiday products is the highest art form.
11:26 A.M. Everything We Know About Cardi B and Offset’s Breakup Offset crashed her set this weekend in an attempt to win her back.

9:44 A.M. Roma’s Professor Zovek Was a Real, Completely Bizarre Guy He was briefly famous, then possibly assassinated.
9:44 A.M. Where’d You Go Bernadette Trailer: Cate Blanchett Disappears With Billy Crudup and Kristen Wiig.
9:00 A.M. The 10 Best Superhero Stories of 2018 Featuring Black Panther, multiple iterations of Spider-Man, Mister Miracle, the X-Men, and more.
9:00 A.M. The Top 10 Documentaries of 2018 Including Shirkers, Amazing Grace, and They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead.
9:00 A.M. Beale Street Let Regina King Channel Her Mom “I don’t feel like this was a woman that gets scared, that scares easy. I felt like this woman finds comfort in comforting.”
9:00 A.M. Fiction’s 10 Best Scenes of 2018 Shocking confessions, acts of depravity, and a feminist meet-cute with a merman.
9:00 A.M. Cold War Is a Stunning Love Story Pawel Pawlikowski’s follow up to the Oscar-winning Ida is a passionate heartbreaker told through music and across decades.
8:31 A.M. Ellen DeGeneres’s Netflix Special Is an Hour-long Flex Ellen’s first special in 15 years revolves around a simple question: Is a world-famous TV star still relatable enough to be a comedian?
2:50 A.M. Cardi B Crashes a Senior Center on Carpool Karaoke If your grandparent lives in Culver City, they might now be officially cooler than you.
12:58 A.M. Lin-Manuel Miranda Puts Out a Big Plate of Holiday Parodies He’s also bringing Hamilton straight to The Tonight Show in Puerto Rico, in case that was also on your list.
11:04 P.M. Alfonso Ribeiro Sues Fortnite Over Use of The Carlton Will would be absolutely aghast at this whole situation.
9:40 P.M. Detective Sues Netflix and Making a Murderer for Defamation Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Andrew Colborn says the Netflix docuseries exposed him to “worldwide ridicule, contempt and disdain.”
8:46 P.M. The Academy Starts Rolling Out the 91st Oscars Shortlists If we have the chance to see Gaga, Kendrick, and Dolly on that stage come February and we blow it, so help us God …
7:20 P.M. Goodbye (for now!) from SEEN, Vulture’s Pop-Up Art Magazine Wow, has it been 47 days already?
6:11 P.M. Les Moonves Won’t Get $120 Million Severance From CBS An investigation concluded he was fired with cause.
5:41 P.M. A Totally Necessary Debate About SNL’s Weezer Sketch We really have to get to the bottom of this.
4:18 P.M. SMILF Creator Frankie Shaw Accused of Misconduct on Set Shaw was also accused of mistreating the people of color on the show’s writing staff.
4:05 P.M. Maya Rudolph Saying ‘Bubble Bath’ Gets Drag-Queen Treatment And it’s perfect!
3:30 P.M. Every Clint Eastwood–Directed Movie, Ranked Examining the 88-year-old director’s prolific and unpredictable career behind the camera.
3:23 P.M. Justin Lin Leaves Sony for New Apple Development Deal The Fast franchise director is taking his talents to the tech giant.

10:00 A.M. Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve in New York City Ring in 2019 at some of the city’s finest bars and restaurants.
9:52 A.M. You Can Watch Pixar’s Bao for Free Right Now The short film from Incredibles 2 will be available for one week.
8:15 A.M. Introducing New York’s New (Star-Free) Restaurant Ratings This week, we roll out a system we think is simpler and more in tune with the way New Yorkers want to eat.
7:30 A.M. The Thousand Best Is New York’s Brand-new Restaurant Finder A fully searchable, highly subjective directory of the places we want everyone to know about.
4:25 P.M. Julian Niccolini Forced Out of the Four Seasons Reboot However, the two sides have yet to agree on how to fully divest the controversial partner.
1:16 P.M. This Year’s Hottest Christmas Gift Is a Case of Oat Milk A shortage has some Amazon sellers charging very high prices.
Dec. 17, 2018 Teo Is a New Brooklyn Izakaya From a Momofuku Co-founder Joaquin Baca says his new restaurant is a return to small.
Dec. 14, 2018 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
Dec. 14, 2018 25 Places to Grab a Warming Seasonal Drink This Winter Get blitzed with Blitzen.
Dec. 14, 2018 2018 Was the Year of the Slice No more pretenders to the pizza throne.
Dec. 14, 2018 Maile Carpenter’s Grub Street Diet “It’s like drinking a party, instead of just keeping yourself alive.”
Dec. 13, 2018 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Alaska in space, a Coming to America party, and hot toddies.
Dec. 13, 2018 10 Dining Trends We’re Tired Of The year was filled with excellent new restaurants; it was also filled with some truly irritating gimmicks.
Dec. 13, 2018 What’s the Deal With the World’s First ‘Lab-Grown’ Steak? An Israeli company says it’s two years away from bringing a lab-grown steak to market, which is really good news for the environment.
Dec. 13, 2018 The Best Cookbooks of 2018 Including another Ina Garten hit; instant classics from the world’s best restaurants; and deep dives into Persian, Korean, and Southern cuisine.
Dec. 12, 2018 It’s Time to Stop Calling Foods ‘Crack’ A restaurant chain is nixing the term from its menu, and others should follow.
Dec. 12, 2018 The Absolute Best New Restaurants of 2018 A diner’s dozen.
Dec. 12, 2018 Old Bay Maker Understandably Upset About ‘New Bae’ Spice Mix A new lawsuit aims to shut down the copycat.
Dec. 12, 2018 How Narcissa Makes a Sweet Potato Taste Like Bacon Murasaki and Okinawan sweet potatoes are boiled, smoked, smashed, and deep-fried, then draped in two Peruvian-inspired sauces and pickled peppers.
Dec. 11, 2018 Drink the World’s Best Dessert Wine With a Twinkie Sauternes: Great with Twinkies and with foie gras.

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4:19 P.M. The 31 Best Gifts on Amazon for Every Type of Home Cook Including the Instagram-obsessed foodie, the aspiring cook, and the chef who has it all.
1:07 P.M. A Crazy-Good Sale for Men and Women at Urban Outfitters Get it before it’s gone.
12:30 P.M. Gifts You Can Buy on Amazon for Every Type of Boyfriend Whether he’s a coffee snob, a plant guy, or in need of a loungewear upgrade.
12:27 P.M. The Best Thing I Bought This Year Was a Kindle An impulse Prime Day purchase became a must-have tech gadget.
12:00 P.M. Welcome to the Strategist’s Celebrity White Elephant Follow the journey of the Queen Elizabeth figurine, see who wins a karaoke microphone, and find out who brought composting worms.
11:00 A.M. There’s Still Time to Shop (and Get a Blowout) at Our Pop-Up Come see (and try) some of our favorite things in person — plus stock up on holiday gifts.
10:45 A.M. Best Holiday Gift Ideas on the Strategist: Last-Minute Week All of the best holiday gift ideas — what to get for the hard-to-shop-for, the best gifts we’ve ever given or received, plus expert recommendations.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Best Thing I Bought This Year Was an Invisible Puffer “If you’re looking to bundle up (without going full Canada Goose), it’s the best way to game the system.”
Dec. 14, 2018 A Gift (That You Can Buy on Amazon) for Every Type of Dad Including water picks, smart notebooks, and healthier frying machines.
Dec. 14, 2018 What’s the Best (Affordable) Cashmere Sweater to Give? What’s the softest, most luxurious (affordable) cashmere sweater to gift for the holidays?
Dec. 14, 2018 The 23 Best Travel Gifts, According to Frequent Travelers From a space pen to indestructible headphones.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Best Air Purifiers, According to Air-Quality Experts Banish pollen, pet dander, mold, and more.
Dec. 14, 2018 The Best Design-y Mugs, According to Design People For coffee, tea, plants, or pens.
Dec. 14, 2018 39 Things on Sale You’ll Want, From Wolford to Timberland Lots of giftable things on sale, from Everlane, Uniqlo, Madewell, Frye, and more.
Dec. 14, 2018 The 35 Best Holiday Gifts for Dads Under $50 on Jet Including beard trimmers, culty fragrances, toasters, binoculars, smart TV kits, and cocktail making sets.
Dec. 13, 2018 29 Gifts Under $30 on Amazon for Every Type of Co-worker Including your boss, your work spouse, and your friend in HR.
Dec. 13, 2018 Ask Strat: Where Can I Find this Lipstick from the GBBO? “It’s a red-pink hybrid, like some sort of tropical Hawaiian Punch situation.”
Dec. 13, 2018 24 Tech Gifts Under $50 That You Can Buy on Amazon Including a wireless phone charger, blue-light-blocking glasses, and an Alexa-enabled Big Mouth Billy Bass.

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