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Actor Simon Yam Stabbed Onstage

The Tomb Raider actor is recovering in the hospital.
Ryan Adams Begins Attempted Comeback Following Abuse Allegations

“I have a lot to say. I am going to. Soon.”
How Trump Could Thread the Needle Again and Win While Losing the Popular Vote

If it all comes down to Wisconsin, Democrats should worry.
Is It Too Late for a Primary Dark Horse to Emerge?

Intelligencer staffers discuss whether time has run out for Democratic underdogs.
It’s Already Way Too Hot

And it’s only getting hotter.
Chicago Police Officers Fired in Rare Measure of Accountability

They were let go for covering up the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald.
Epstein Lawyer Alan Dershowitz Insists He Has a ‘Perfect, Perfect’ Sex Life

The former Epstein lawyer is being sued by a woman who says he forced her into sex.
A Landmark Bill Will Change the Way Doulas Do Business in New York

A new bill would provide for the government to certify doulas. They aren’t happy about it.
Trump Administration Escalates Iran Conflict After Month of Peace, If Not Quiet

Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, hours after an Iranian diplomat proposed a de-escalation plan.
Four Democrats Have Pulled Ahead of the 2020 Pack

With Biden, Sanders, Warren, and Harris now dominating the race, there’s a stronger chance of an early primary win — or a contested convention.
Here Are the Lineups for the Second Democratic Debates

There will be a Biden-Harris rematch on Wednesday night, while progressive candidates Warren and Sanders will lead the all-white bill on Tuesday.
If Democrats Are Going to Impeach Trump, They Should Impeach Him for His Bigotry

Al Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump’s racism isn’t acceptable. They turned it down.
GOP: Ilhan Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports the First Amendment

Omar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
American Woman Accused of Letting Hundreds of Ugandan Kids Die at a Fake Clinic

Renee Bach, a missionary from Virginia, is accused of posing as a doctor despite having no medical training.
Judge Resigns After Saying an Alleged Rapist Was ‘From a Good Family’

“This young man comes from a good family … He is clearly a candidate for not just college but probably for a good college.”
Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As Reelection Contest Approaches

The senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.
Subway Station Turns Into (Extremely Dangerous) Water Park in Time for Heat Wave

Gushing water flowed onto a New York City subway platform on Wednesday night, almost sweeping a man onto the tracks as a train pulled in.
Chait: Trump Says He Stopped the ‘Send Her Back’ Chant. (He Didn’t.)

President faces blowback from racist campaign message, signals retreat, for now.
Moderate Democrats Say AOC Is Distracting From Their Nonexistent Message

Instead of complaining that “the squad” is a distraction, moderates should spotlight all the unpopular policies that Trump doesn’t want to defend.
CNN Debate Lottery Reflects New Structure of 2020 Democratic Race

The field will be divided into three drawings for debate night assignments, in hopes of breaking up front-runners Biden, Harris, Sanders, and Warren.

8:00 P.M. Trump’s Racism Is Pushing Away the Voters He Needs in 2020 Trump needs to placate voters who love his economic record but can’t stand his conduct. He doesn’t seem to care.
5:01 P.M. Iowa’s Right-Wing ‘Kingmaker’ Rejects Steve King Bob Vander Plaats is really good at spotting conservative winners. His endorsement of King’s primary challenger tells you a lot.
9:00 A.M. America Can’t Have ‘Social Cohesion’ Without Cosmopolitanism The right can foster “national solidarity” or impose its social values on an increasingly diverse and secular country, but it can’t do both.
July 19, 2019 How Trump Could Thread the Electoral College Needle Again If it all comes down to Wisconsin, Democrats should worry.
July 19, 2019 Is It Too Late for a Primary Dark Horse to Emerge? Intelligencer staffers discuss whether time has run out for Democratic underdogs.
July 19, 2019 What the Hell Is ‘National Conservatism’ Anyway? A conference in Washington, D.C., this week tried to flesh out a new political philosophy for the American right. The results were, at best, mixed.
July 19, 2019 A Rare Measure of Accountability Four Chicago police officers have been fired for covering up the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald.
July 19, 2019 Alan Dershowitz Cannot Stop Talking Accused of a slew of terrible things, the defense has no intention of resting.
July 19, 2019 Is Netflix Necessary? The streaming giant might be facing a moment of truth about its business model.
July 19, 2019 A Landmark Bill Will Change the Way Doulas Do Business in NY A new bill would provide for the government to certify doulas. They aren’t happy about it.
July 19, 2019 Andrew Sullivan: Trump Betting Indecency Can Win in America His reelection strategy is built on the notions that cruelty can be popular and liberal democratic norms are dead. He might be right.
July 19, 2019 Why Instagram Is Experimenting With Hiding Likes The social network wants people to stop focusing on big numbers.
July 19, 2019 Welcome to the Post-Post-Corruption Era of the GOP Pat Pizzella, former partner in Jack Abramoff’s most notorious scheme, is now running the Labor Department. The post-post-corruption era is here.
July 19, 2019 Trump Says U.S. Took Down Iran Drone, But Tehran Denies It Trump announced Thursday that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone in the Persian Gulf, though Iran seems to be looking to de-escalate the situation.
July 19, 2019 Four Democrats Have Pulled Ahead of the 2020 Pack With Biden, Sanders, Warren, and Harris now dominating the race, there’s a stronger chance of an early primary win — or a contested convention.
July 18, 2019 Here Are the Lineups for the Second Democratic Debates There will be a Biden-Harris rematch on Wednesday night, while progressive candidates Warren and Sanders will lead the all-white bill on Tuesday.
July 18, 2019 How About Impeaching Trump for His Bigotry? Al Green offered Democrats a chance to make it clear Trump’s racism isn’t acceptable. They turned it down.
July 18, 2019 GOP: Omar Is Un-American Because She Supports Free Speech Omar’s so-called “BDS resolution” merely affirms Americans’ constitutional right to participate in boycotts.
July 18, 2019 Republicans: Define Us by Racist Policies, Not Racist Chants Republicans have expressed concern that Trump’s racist remarks are distracting the public from the GOP’s policies — which are even more racist.
July 18, 2019 Susan Collins’s Approval Rating Dives As 2020 Approaches The senator is losing popularity and is lashed to a president who is even more unpopular than she is in Maine.

6:07 P.M. Hospital Bills $300K to Family of Slain Pregnant Woman After a pregnant teen was murdered by a woman who cut her baby out of her womb, the hospital is billing the victim’s family thousands of dollars.
3:02 P.M. Ryan Adams Begins Attempted Comeback After Abuse Allegations “I have a lot to say. I am going to. Soon.”
2:43 P.M. Black Lawmaker Verbally Harassed by White Man at Supermarket Pregnant Georgia state representative Erica Thomas was harassed by a white man who was mad she was in the express checkout line with too many items.
July 19, 2019 Maybe Buying The Conjuring House Wasn’t the Best Idea Still extremely haunted, apparently.
July 19, 2019 It’s Already Way Too Hot And it’s only getting hotter.
July 19, 2019 ‘Did the Physical Violence Ever Lead to Sex?’ What Big Little Lies gets right about the complicated dynamics in abusive relationships.
July 19, 2019 We All Stan Peppa Pig, Pop Music Legend She truly snapped on “Bing Bong Zoo.”
July 19, 2019 You’ll Never Guess Who Tod’s Is Collaborating With Alber Elbaz is back!
July 19, 2019 Tiffany & Co. Is Bringing Its Legacy to Shanghai They’re celebrating 180 years in the biz.
July 19, 2019 Will We Ever Know How Many Girls Jeffrey Epstein Abused? He’s been charged with abusing dozens of girls, but the number of victims is likely much higher.
July 19, 2019 The Bestest Party Looks of the Week One awe-inspiring look from every fête that mattered.
July 19, 2019 I Respect Margot Robbie’s Refusal to Watch Star Wars “I kind of don’t watch it now just because it infuriates people so much.”
July 19, 2019 16 Cheap, Cute Bathing Suits for Hot Summer Days For the beach, the pool, or just sitting on your roof.
July 19, 2019 Why Do Celebs Love Mayor Pete So Much? Not as spicy as Marianne Williamson, not as cranky as Bernie, he’s perfect for the Hollywood set.
July 19, 2019 The 12 Very Best Deals From Nordstrom’s Beauty Sale Happy shopping.
July 19, 2019 Net-a-Porter’s Beauty Director Wants You to Use a Face Oil Talking to Newby Hands about misunderstood products and the future of beauty.
July 19, 2019 The Ceramacist Bride Who Made all the Wedding Favors A creative couple gets married in Brisbane. gallery
July 19, 2019 For Hours, Photos of a Teen Girl’s Murder Were on Instagram A 21-year-old man allegedly murdered Bianca Devins and posted photos of her body on social media.
July 19, 2019 Alan Dershowitz Insists He Has a ‘Perfect, Perfect’ Sex Life The former Epstein lawyer is being sued by a woman who says he forced her into sex.
July 19, 2019 This Area 51 Thing Is Getting Out of Hand Millions of people have now responded to the Facebook event, prompting a response from the Air Force.

7:41 P.M. Westworld S3 Will Tackle the ‘World of Artificial Stupidity’ According to creator Jonathan Nolan, the HBO show’s third season is “a best-case scenario.”
7:24 P.M. Snowpiercer Trailer Stars Jennifer Connelly, Daveed Diggs It’s the end of the world. And they all know it.
5:58 P.M. The Expanse Cast Delivers a Trailer, Promises ‘More Ass’ The crew of the Rocinante returns this December.
5:49 P.M. Batwoman Pilot: Ruby Rose Is Totally Gay and Totally Cool The CW gave fans in San Diego an early look at the premiere episode.
5:02 P.M. Star Trek: Picard Is Bringing Back Data and Seven of Nine Check out the series’ new trailer, fresh off a Comic-Con stage.
4:44 P.M. Here’s Shaq Dancing to Modestep at Tomorrowland Let Shaq teach you how to live life fully.
3:00 P.M. Veronica Mars Recap: Still Angry Veronica may be the smartest woman in Neptune, but against the machinery of the moneyed, does she even stand a chance?
12:35 P.M. Actor Simon Yam Stabbed Onstage The Tomb Raider actor is recovering in the hospital.
11:52 A.M. Justin Bieber Tells Trump to Free More Than Just A$AP Rocky “I want my friend out.. I appreciate you trying to help him.”
10:47 A.M. Ryan Adams Begins Attempted Comeback After Abuse Allegations “I have a lot to say. I am going to. Soon.”
7:06 A.M. GoT Star Calls Backlash to Final Season a ‘Hate Campaign’ Varys had a few things to say at Comic-Con 2019.
6:01 A.M. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Gets Booed For Defending Thrones They surely saw this coming.
5:06 A.M. Here It Is: Your First Look at Rick and Morty Season 4 Morty is hot under the collar at an alien app-developer.
10:41 P.M. Watch the First Steven Universe Movie Trailer Get emotional with “True Kinda Love.”
10:26 P.M. Amazon Decides to Bring Back The Boys for a Second Season The superhero drama premieres on July 26.
10:15 P.M. No One Wanted to Be in The Witcher More Than Henry Cavill He accrued not one but four swords in an effort to become Geralt of Rivia in the streaming service’s answer to Game of Thrones.
10:00 P.M. Veronica Mars Recap: Small Packages With its usual wit and style, the show has stacked up an impressive roster of potential culprits in the Sea Sprite Motel bombing.
8:22 P.M. The Witcher Trailer Is Here for All You Game of Thrones Fans Instead of dragons, might we offer a monstrous aquatic spider-beast?
July 19, 2019 Danai Gurira Confirms Walking Dead Season Ten to Be Her Last Unlike the zombie apocalypse, some things must come to an end.
July 19, 2019 The 50 Best Comedies on Netflix Right Now New additions include Legally Blonde, Caddyshack, and more.

July 19, 2019 David Chang Is Getting a New Show on Netflix In addition to a second season of Ugly Delicious, the Momofuku founder will also debut the series Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
July 19, 2019 A Battersby Chef Is Back With Lamb Ribs and Roasted Lobster Floret starts serving dinner tomorrow.
July 19, 2019 Henry’s Closing Was Swift, Surprising, and Oddly Silent J.J. Johnson’s restaurant was among the city’s best, most original new spots. Its closing feels strangely unsettling.
July 19, 2019 Restaurant Power Rankings: Where to Eat Right Now It’s our weekly ranking of the city’s most important restaurants.
July 19, 2019 Pastry Chef Nicole Rucker’s Grub Street Diet “We got the turnip cakes, pork buns, pea shoots, fried eggplant, clams and basil — oh my God, the clams and basil.”
July 18, 2019 A Nice Pastrami Sandwich for Noshers Not Fressers Shalom Japan’s excellent new Wagyu pastrami sando is like Katz’s meets (a Tokyo) 7-Eleven.
July 18, 2019 British Desserts Make a Comeback — Here’s Where to Try Them A handy guide to the sudden resurgence of UK-born desserts at restaurants around New York City.
July 18, 2019 India’s ‘Dosa King’ Has Died P. Rajagopal began serving a life sentence in prison for a 2001 murder just nine days ago.
July 18, 2019 What Happens When You Combine Corner Bistro and Peter Luger? Find out tonight when the Red Hook Tavern opens. Here’s everything you need to know.
July 18, 2019 Meet the Snackbeasts of Instagram “It’s just so cool that I can go to your house and open a trunk of snacks.”
July 17, 2019 Can Madison Lee Become the New Queen of Big-Money Cake? The world of bespoke occasion cakes is filled with grueling hours, massive sums of money, and piles of buttercream.
July 17, 2019 A Chinatown Tofu Legend Will Return This Summer Fong On will be a reboot of 80-year-old tofu and soy milk producer, Fong Inn Too.
July 16, 2019 Frenchette’s Chefs Have Taken Over a Legendary Uptown Bistro Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr are revamping Le Veau d’Or (and they’re keeping the tripe).
July 16, 2019 Edie Jo’s Opens in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens The American restaurant is run by industry vets Doug Friedman and Ben Toro, and traffics in Denver roasts, vegan muffulettas, and Negronis for two.
July 16, 2019 Williamsburg’s Walter Foods Is Closing After 11 Years The owners plan to hold on to the space for a new project due this fall.
July 16, 2019 Farewell to Dean & DeLuca, New York’s Food Utopia It made the city a better place to eat; now it’s on the brink of collapse.
July 16, 2019 Kwame Onwuachi’s Memoir Is Being Adapted Into a Movie Lakeith Stanfield will star in the feature, which is being financed by A24.
July 15, 2019 A Harlem Chef Returns to the Neighborhood That Made Him “I hope FieldTrip becomes a cult,” chef J.J. Johnson says of his new venture. “And that people in other communities are like, ‘We need this here.’”
July 15, 2019 A Big Cookie Gets a Bigger Stage Levain Bakery embarks on a growth campaign, beginning with a spiffy new store on the Upper East Side this Wednesday.
July 15, 2019 Dosas, Death, and the Pangs of Guilt Wrestling with nostalgia at Saravanaa Bhavan, whose founder is a convicted murderer.

July 19, 2019 The Cheapest, Nicest-Looking Watches for Women (on Amazon) Twenty-five stylish watches under $100 that you can wear with anything.
July 19, 2019 My 3 Favorite Things From West Skincare’s New Men’s Line “If you are a man (or woman) just starting out on the sacred pathway of skin care, these make a good beginning.”
July 19, 2019 72 of the Best Things From the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Save on Patagonia jackets, a Dr. Dennis Gross facial steamer, Tumi suitcases, and more.
July 19, 2019 What Danielle Brooks Can’t Live Without “It’s a room spray, technically, but I use it as a body spray — not sure if you’re supposed to do that?”
July 19, 2019 Everything You Need to Create the Perfect Mint-Green Eye It’s a dream look for pastel passionistas like me.
July 19, 2019 The Best Products for Graying Hair, According to Stylists Including shampoos, conditioners, masks, brushes, styling products, and hair brushes and tools.
July 19, 2019 29 Things on Sale You’ll Actually Want to Buy Prime Day nearly did us in, but we’re here with more deals.
July 18, 2019 The Best Things for Cleaning Sneakers, According to Cobblers “Dirt is dirt. If you walk on the street, you’re going to get it onto your shoes.”
July 18, 2019 The Back Brace That Saved Me From Becoming Quasimodo It’s essentially an over-the-shoulders harness that you wiggle into, as you might a trusty cardigan.
July 18, 2019 I Look Like an Adult (Not a Big Baby) In This $27 Jumpsuit And it’s about $200 cheaper than my beloved Ilana Kohn jumpsuit.
July 18, 2019 Solid & Striped Swimsuits Are on Sale at Anthropologie Just in time for this weekend’s heat wave.
July 18, 2019 Lululemon’s New Skincare Line Makes Me Less of a Sweaty Mess I tried every product, including a dry shampoo (that actually works), a moisturizer, two deodorants, and a lip balm.
July 18, 2019 Prime Day Is Over … But the Instant Pot Is Still $50 Half off at both Amazon and Walmart.
July 17, 2019 Ask Chris Black: What Should I Wear on a First Date? Plus: Unisex summer rain shoes, and nice-looking furniture that won’t break the bank.
July 17, 2019 Astronaut Leland Melvin’s Favorite Things for Space Including Velcro straps, mini exercise bikes, and ice cream.
July 17, 2019 My Tiny Hoop Earrings Are $20 and Meant for Newborn Babies From a few feet away, they’re invisible; up close they’re sweet and delicate.
July 17, 2019 The Best Menstrual Cups on Amazon, According to Reviews “I actually forgot I was on my period! Seriously.”
July 17, 2019 I Walk My Cat Like a Dog Using This Harness-and-Leash Set Do I sound insane? Yes. Do I care? No.
July 17, 2019 10 Things That’ll Almost Definitely Sell Out Including some limited-edition Lion King toddler sneaks.
July 17, 2019 A Handful of Le Creuset Cookware Is on Sale Today Only And it’s all in cheery colors to boot.

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It was only a matter of time. By Indya Brown and Sarah Spellings

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