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Sony Has Cut Ties With R. Kelly

The Surviving R. Kelly fallout continues.
Former Epic Records Intern Says R. Kelly Sexually Abused Her When She Was 16

Tracy Sampson sued Kelly in 2001 and is now speaking out for the first time.
Elon Musk Slashes Workforce, Says Road Ahead for Tesla Looks ‘Very Difficult’

Musk announced he’s cutting seven percent of the company’s staff.
Kamala Harris Zeroes In on Baltimore for 2020 Headquarters

According to Democrats familiar with her thinking. Also: Thoughts from a Beto booster and a run by L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti looks less likely.
Report: Trump Is Still Learning About His Own Decisions Through the TV

Trump reportedly learned about the friendship between Robert Mueller and his attorney general nominee William Barr by watching him testify on TV.
Bipartisan Group of Economists Endorses (Surprisingly Robust) Carbon Tax

Some of the GOP’s top economists just called on the government to (gradually) euthanize the fossil fuel industry and establish a tiny UBI.
West Virginia Leads States With Boys’ Club Legislatures

Some states, like Massachusetts (bad) and Georgia (relatively good), defy partisan stereotypes on legislative gender balance.
Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Executive Fiat

Having failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
How the Government Shutdown Could Derail the Super Bowl

Atlanta’s airport is a disaster and city officials are getting worried.
This Is What Happens When Trump Has 24 Hours to Work on a Comeback

Did his petulant letter to Nancy Pelosi really take a full day?
Thousands More Migrant Kids May Have Been Torn From Their Families at the Border

The Trump administration was quietly separating families for a year, according to a new government report.
The Government Shutdown Is Exposing the Stupidity of Government Shutdowns

The rules governing which parts of the government stay open are, to use a technical term, “not smart.”
Why Are People Photoshopping AirPods and Waves Onto Anime Characters?

A new meme finds humor in a chintzy status symbol and a cross-cultural mashup.
R. Kelly Violated City Codes By Using Studio as Residence, Inspection Finds

Hours prior to the inspection, an associate was seen removing boxes and computers from the building.
Louis C.K. Jokes About Masturbation and ‘Retarded’ Kids at San Jose Show

“I like to jerk off, and I don’t like being alone.”
Don’t Like Slack’s New Logo? You’ll Reconsider When You See the Other Options

You can thank the designer behind Hillary Clinton’s ‘H’ for this development.
With Teachers’ Strike, L.A.’s Long Battle Over Charter Schools Comes to a Head

Charter schools have seen explosive growth in L.A., and now striking educators claim they’ve left traditional schools overcrowded and under-resourced.
Michael Cohen Hired IT Firm to Tweet Horny Things About Him, Rig Polls for Trump

Cohen did not get the results he was looking for on either front, but the firm’s owner received a Walmart bag containing $13k in cash for his efforts.

6:38 P.M. Jason Van Dyke Sentenced for Laquan McDonald Murder Jason Van Dyke was sentenced to prison time for killing Laquan McDonald. But true accountability remains elusive.
5:24 P.M. Trump’s Contact With Russia Was Done in Plain Sight His private meetings with Putin are an apt metaphor for their entire bizarre relationship.
3:16 P.M. 2020 Candidates Have Heavy Baggage; Trump Will Exploit That Today’s harsh intraparty criticism, most recently aimed at Kamala Harris, will become fodder for Trump’s war on his eventual 2020 opponent.
2:21 P.M. The Media Is Encouraging Trump to Take More Hostages Blaming both sides for the government shutdown does not make reporters “objective”; it makes them complicit in the president’s misrule.
1:49 P.M. William Arkin Thinks Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Underrated “When Mr. Magoo walks across the girder from one skyscraper to another, we should at least recognize that he did it.”
12:08 P.M. Elon Musk Cuts Workforce, Says Road Looks ‘Very Difficult’ Musk announced he’s cutting seven percent of the company’s staff.
9:19 A.M. Kamala Harris Zeroes In on Baltimore for 2020 Headquarters According to Democrats familiar with her thinking. Also: Thoughts from a Beto booster and a run by L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti looks less likely.
9:09 A.M. Why Trump Suborning Perjury Is Even Worse Than It Sounds Five reasons why the BuzzFeed bombshell contains deadly fallout.
7:00 A.M. The Right’s Case Against Soaking the Rich Is Dirt Poor Conservatives’ best arguments against raising taxes on millionaires rest on fallacies — and ignore extreme inequality’s social and political costs.
6:00 A.M. With Mattis Gone, Trump Is Already Sowing More Global Chaos In just a few weeks, we’ve seen a serious uptick in odd U.S. foreign policy moves and anonymous leaking, and that isn’t good for anyone except Putin.
12:36 A.M. Trump Reportedly Told Cohen to Lie to Congress Sources say Trump signed off on a plan to visit Vladimir Putin in Russia during the 2016 campaign, but told Cohen not to share that with Congress.
11:15 P.M. Trump May Still Be Learning About His Decisions Through TV Trump reportedly learned about the friendship between Robert Mueller and his attorney general nominee William Barr by watching him testify on TV.
8:02 P.M. McConnell Scorns Campaign Reform and Voting Rights McConnell jokes — and lies — his way through a Trump-friendly review of Democratic ethics and voting reforms.
Jan. 17, 2019 GOP Economists Endorse (Surprisingly Robust) Carbon Tax Plan Some of the GOP’s top economists just called on the government to (gradually) euthanize the fossil fuel industry and establish a tiny UBI.
Jan. 17, 2019 West Virginia Leads States With Boys’ Club Legislatures Some states, like Massachusetts (bad) and Georgia (relatively good), defy partisan stereotypes on legislative gender balance.
Jan. 17, 2019 Trump May Try to Kill Medicaid As We Know It by Fiat Having failed for decades to pass legislation ending Medicaid as an entitlement program, Republicans may now try to get there by state waivers.
Jan. 17, 2019 Why Do Shareholders Agree to Give Up Voting Rights? WeWork is facing questions about its CEO’s conduct. But its investors don’t have any power to make changes.
Jan. 17, 2019 How the Government Shutdown Could Derail the Super Bowl Atlanta’s airport is a disaster and city officials are getting worried.
Jan. 17, 2019 Could the Shutdown Finally Make Trump’s Base Abandon Him? Trump shut down the federal government to give his supporters a border wall. Now they’re giving him a significant drop in his approval rating.
Jan. 17, 2019 A Civil Debate With Pot-Legalization Critic Alex Berenson Talking to the author of Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence.

6:07 P.M. 15 Conclusions From the 10-Year Challenge Reflections on what we’ve learned.
6:05 P.M. Enormous Great White Shark Either Pregnant or ‘Very Full’ Either way, congrats!
6:05 P.M. Anti-Choice March for Life Attempts Pivot to Science Unsurprisingly, it didn’t go too well.
6:05 P.M. ‘Lil Timmy Tim’ Chalamet Back The actor revived his math-rap persona.
4:53 P.M. Do Not Lose These $995 Louis Vuitton Headphones And you thought AirPods looked rich.
4:39 P.M. Just Look at All These Daddys at Fashion Week Thanks, Junya Watanabe.
4:37 P.M. Why Won’t This Restaurant Let Women Eat Alone at Its Bar? The owner seems to have assumed that solo women must be escorts.
4:34 P.M. Why Am I So Proud When I Finish a Candle? It feels so good, but why?
4:16 P.M. ‘The Planetary Health Diet’ Has a Nice Ring to It A sweeping new report recommends eating a lot less meat.
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1:56 P.M. Ariana Grande’s ‘7 Rings’ Is a Neon-Drenched Ode to Excess Man, music video directors love James Turrell.
1:36 P.M. Ariana Grande Turned Her Ponytail Into Sailor Moon Buns The best breakup hair yet.
1:23 P.M. Mary Oliver’s Poetry Found a Second Life As a Meme Are you really going to spend your one wild and precious life on Twitter?
1:11 P.M. Is Kanye West Starting a Church? Pray for Kanye.
1:00 P.M. The Best Expensive-Looking Lingerie Under $75 Treat yourself to something pretty.
12:45 P.M. Everything to Know About the Flu This Year All the latest information about this year’s flu season.
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11:41 A.M. What’s Going on With Mariah Carey and Her Former Assistant? The singer has accused her ex-employee of scamming and blackmailing her. Meanwhile, the woman says she was assaulted and peed on at work.

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3:54 P.M. Surviving R. Kelly and the Problem With Modern Fan Culture Many of the biggest success stories of the last year in music involved men with volatile histories.
3:24 P.M. A Very Simple Guide to True Detective’s Multiple Timelines Confused by season three? Here’s a chronological guide to all the major events of True Detective’s grisly story.
3:21 P.M. David Letterman Interviewed Kanye for His Netflix Talk Show A large portion of the chat reportedly revolved around mental health.
3:08 P.M. Netflix Revives Unsolved Mysteries for Your Murder Thirst But can it even be real without Robert Stack?
2:44 P.M. Sharon Van Etten Gets Free On Remind Me Tomorrow the artist ditches guitars and finds bold new ways to write about love.
2:16 P.M. The Best Show’s Tom Scharpling Is Writing a Memoir Titled It Never Ends.
2:11 P.M. The PEN15 Trailer Will Dredge Up Your 2000s Teenage Angst Remember making out in closets?
2:08 P.M. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek Is a Memorable Directing Debut It’s an effective little thriller whose occasional flaws come mostly as a result of its considerable virtues, so you roll with it.
2:00 P.M. The Story Behind A Star Is Born’s IRL Ally Billboard Was there ever a version of the billboard that was just Ally’s nose?
1:56 P.M. Sony Has Cut Ties With R. Kelly The Surviving R. Kelly fallout continues.
1:52 P.M. Salma Hayek’s Hair Stars in The Hummingbird Project Trailer Alexander Skarsgård, meanwhile, has no hair at all.
1:47 P.M. 24-Year-Old Saoirse Ronan Recalls 10-Year-Old Saoirse Ronan Better than the 10 Year Challenge.
1:30 P.M. 6 New Paperbacks You Should Read This January Leila Slimani, Denis Johnson, and more.
1:00 P.M. Danny Lempert Is “An Old Gay Man in a Young Man’s Body” Talking tweets with the New York–based stand-up, improviser, and actor.
12:43 P.M. How to Get Away With Murder Recap: Past Sins Do we need more evidence that Sam is bad? WE GET IT.
12:24 P.M. Woman Says R. Kelly Sexually Abused Her When She Was 16 Tracy Sampson sued Kelly in 2001 and is now speaking out for the first time.

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11:13 A.M. A Line Cook Says She Was Fired for Speaking Spanish Francisca Pérez alleges her boss demanded she speak English.
8:00 A.M. Ecco Publisher Daniel Halpern’s Grub Street Diet “Eating alone is one of life’s greatest pleasures, time to consider the life-imitating-life issues.”
Jan. 17, 2019 10 Events That Should Be on Your Weekend Agenda Lil Rel, outsider art, and Martin Luther King Jr. tributes.
Jan. 17, 2019 Can ‘Surge Pricing’ Really Take Off at Restaurants? Proponents say it combats rising costs without raising prices — and they make a persuasive argument.
Jan. 17, 2019 Where to Eat Hot Pot in NYC Right Now Grab some friends and get ready for the ultimate soupfest.
Jan. 16, 2019 The Absolute Best Kid-Friendly Restaurants in New York For picky palates and gourmets-in-training alike.
Jan. 16, 2019 America’s Restaurants Are Helping Unpaid Government Workers The shutdown has brought out the best in the country’s hospitality industry.
Jan. 16, 2019 Is the New Impossible Burger Any Good? The high-tech veggie burger gets a surprise upgrade.
Jan. 15, 2019 #WhiteHouseDinners Is Your New Favorite Twitter Hashtag It’s a place to process the fast-food feast.
Jan. 15, 2019 Alex Stupak’s Newest Empellón Opens This Friday Chef Alex Stupak’s second location of Empellón al Pastor opens this week.
Jan. 15, 2019 Photos From Trump’s Fast-Food Feast, Ranked by Sadness “I thought it was a joke.”
Jan. 14, 2019 A New Midtown Bar Pairs Stiff Drinks With Killer Views Like drinking in a penthouse.
Jan. 14, 2019 Kylie Jenner Versus an Egg Is the Celebrity Feud We Deserve We did this to ourselves.
Jan. 14, 2019 American Hero Banned From Walmart for Best Reason Ever “ … drinking wine from a Pringles can for several hours while riding on an electric cart.”
Jan. 11, 2019 Soho Health-Food Destination to Close, Internet Melts Down Though there’s a petition to prevent it from happening.
Jan. 11, 2019 Whole Foods to Pick Over Corpses of Dead Sears and Kmarts The Amazon-owned company is reportedly eyeing locations in less densely populated midwestern states.
Jan. 11, 2019 Comedian Jon Glaser’s Grub Street Diet “I enjoy high-quality potato chips and high-quality potato chip–based humor.”
Jan. 10, 2019 Restaurant Bravely Announces Bird Box–Themed Dinner Guests will be blindfolded throughout the dinner at the Milleridge Inn in Jericho.

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11:02 A.M. Ask the Strategist: What’s the Best Personal Bag for Flying? Our editors’ favorite backpacks, totes, and fanny packs for in-flight essentials.
Jan. 17, 2019 The Best Workout Tops, According to Fitness Experts Tees, long-sleeves, and tanks.
Jan. 17, 2019 Everything You Need to Not Kill Your Orchid Forget everything you’ve heard about ice cubes.
Jan. 17, 2019 This Blemish Cream Pretty Much Heals an Acne Scab in a Day The wonder ingredient in this product is something called centella asiatica leaf water— an antibacterial herb traditionally used to heal burned skin.
Jan. 17, 2019 The Best Personal Finance Books, According to Money Experts Read how to make a budget, pay off debts, plan for retirement, and more.
Jan. 17, 2019 Lots of Cold-Weather Gear From Urban Outfitters Is Just $10 From Patagonia, the North Face, Topo Designs, and More
Jan. 16, 2019 What Do I Need When Recovering From Surgery? Much more useful than flowers and a balloon
Jan. 16, 2019 What’s the Next Status Chocolate Bar? We asked chocolate buyers to make their best guesses and came up with two front-runners (and five runners-up).
Jan. 16, 2019 Lots of Super-Warm Ugg Slippers Are Up to 50 Percent Off Cozy shearling-lined slippers are on sale for both men and women.
Jan. 15, 2019 What Dita Von Teese Can’t Live Without “I never thought of myself as a onesie kind of gal but it’s pretty chic.”
Jan. 15, 2019 There’s a Bunch of Cuisinart Dutch Ovens on Sale at Amazon In a classic blue or red gradient or a more modern matte white or gray.
Jan. 14, 2019 I Found This Sweatshirt-Like Bathrobe at a Kimpton Hotel It feels like the best college hoodie.
Jan. 14, 2019 Does the Arc Trainer Burn As Many Calories As It Claims? We found out whether gym machine calorie counters are actually accurate.
Jan. 14, 2019 A Bunch of Fuzzy, Furry Teddy Coats Are Up to 70 Percent Off From Tibi, Topshop, J.Crew, Free People, and more!
Jan. 14, 2019 What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Weighted Blankets, Pens Plus natural deodorant, baby swaddles, and more.
Jan. 11, 2019 Rio Stops By: Jackie Johnson of the Natch Beaut Podcast Talking with the natural beauty guru about cruelty-free products and the power of Tatcha and Dr. Sturm.

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