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Nationwide Protests Continue for Eighth Night: Live Updates

Big crowds have hit the streets in defiance of curfews in D.C. and New York.
Eliot Engel Reminds Everyone Why He Has a Primary Opponent

The 31-year congressman has an embarrassing hot-mic moment at exactly the wrong time.
Dick Wolf Fires Law & Order Spin-off Writer For Violent Facebook Posts

He had captioned a photo of himself with a large firearm “Curfew…”
Christian Right Leaders Loved Trump’s Bible Photo Op

Trump showed he’s willing to impose godly order on his — and white conservative Evangelicals’ — cultural enemies.
D.C. Police Trapped 70 Protesters in a Private Home

The group had to take refuge overnight after being targeted with tear gas and flashbang devices.
Cuomo Claims He Could Remove de Blasio — But We’re ‘Not at That Point’

The governor said Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of looting in NYC Monday was a “disgrace.”
Bobby Digital, ‘Dem Bow’ Reggae Producer, Dead at 59

The Shabba Ranks song that he produced created the popular dembow riddim.
More Chaos and Looting on First Night of NYC Curfew

After an 11 p.m. curfew was ignored by looters Monday, an 8 p.m. curfew was put in place for Tuesday.
Trump Denounced for Using the Bible As a Prop

The violent clearing of peaceful protesters so Trump could awkwardly pose with the Bible is drawing condemnation from religious and political leaders.
Everything We Know About the Police Shooting of David McAtee

Louisville police and National Guardsmen fired on a crowd on Monday, killing the 53-year-old.
Peaceful Protesters Gassed So Trump Can Do a Sacrilegious Bible Photo-Op

The president’s empty political and religious posturing reaches a new low.
The Metropolitan Opera Cancels All Remaining 2020 Performances

The company remains hopeful that a New Year’s Eve show can occur.
Thanks to Trump, Republicans May Skip Voting by Mail

Some Trump supporters in the swing state of Pennsylvania think voting by mail is bad — and they are handing Democrats an advantage.
Trump Calls Governors ‘Weak,’ Tells Them to ‘Dominate’ Protesters

If governors don’t get tough, they’re going to “look like a bunch of jerks,” Trump told them in a Monday phone call.
Where Can Food Travel Shows Take Us Now?

Episodes shot even a few months ago feel like artifacts from another time.
Looters Hit Luxury Retailers in Lower Manhattan After a Day of Peaceful Protests

Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed the looting on a “small number of violent protesters” who will be handled “very, very aggressively.”
Drama Desk Awards Postponed Out of Regard for Ongoing Protests

“We stand together with our black colleagues against the racial injustice and violence in our nation and city.”
A 22-Year-Old Was Shot and Killed While Protesting Police Brutality

According to local outlets, the man who allegedly shot James Scurlock used racial slurs before firing.
Texas Democrats Hold Wave-of-the-Future Virtual Convention

As the national parties rethink convention plans due to COVID, Texas Democrats aim to show a virtual event can be not only safer but more effective.

8:35 P.M. Nationwide Protests Continue for Eighth Night: Live Updates Large groups of peaceful protesters have defied curfews in D.C. and New York.
5:36 P.M. Sports Have Never Felt More Meaningless Than Right Now Their return won’t do anything to make our troubled moment feel any more normal.
4:48 P.M. Eliot Engel Should Worry More About His Primary Race The 31-year congressman has an embarrassing hot-mic moment at exactly the wrong time.
4:12 P.M. See George Floyd Protest Photos From Around the U.S. Scenes from a sixth day of demonstrations in cities around the country. gallery
3:33 P.M. Should Companies Be Saying Anything at All Right Now? Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss corporate responses to the unrest sweeping America, from the appropriate to the ham-fisted.
3:13 P.M. Marching With NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams New York City’s public advocate knows how to protest — and talk to cops. (He’s also wondering where the mayor is.)
2:54 P.M. Christian Right Leaders Loved Trump’s Bible Photo Op Trump showed he’s willing to impose godly order on his — and white conservative Evangelicals’ — cultural enemies.
2:15 P.M. Cuomo Claims He Could Remove de Blasio — But Won’t, for Now The governor said Mayor Bill de Blasio’s handling of looting in NYC Monday was a “disgrace.”
12:57 P.M. Biden Admits Donald Trump Is Not an Aberration “I wish I could say this hate began with Donald Trump and will end with him. It didn’t and it won’t.
12:54 P.M. Trump Denounced for Using the Bible As a Prop The violent clearing of peaceful protesters so Trump could awkwardly pose with the Bible is drawing condemnation from religious and political leaders.
10:39 A.M. More Chaos and Looting on First Night of NYC Curfew After an 11 p.m. curfew was ignored by looters Monday, an 8 p.m. curfew was put in place for Tuesday.
7:00 A.M. We Are Asking The Police to Do too Much When the welfare state fails, all that’s left is violence.
June 1, 2020 Peaceful Protesters Gassed So Trump Can Do Bible Photo Op The president’s empty political and religious posturing reaches a new low.
June 1, 2020 We Have Seen the ‘Outside Agitator’ and He Is Us The forces behind our nation’s violent unrest — and unruly policing — are homegrown.
June 1, 2020 Trump Mulls Sending Military Into U.S. Cities If deployed widely without requests from state officials, such use of the military would be unprecedented.
June 1, 2020 Trump Goes Full Authoritarian on the George Floyd Protests Trump talks to Putin, then says other countries are laughing at us for being weak.
June 1, 2020 Thanks to Trump, Republicans May Skip Voting by Mail Some Trump supporters in the swing state of Pennsylvania think voting by mail is bad — and they are handing Democrats an advantage.
June 1, 2020 Don’t Expect Any Big, Unifying Speech From Trump Our president is a divider, not a uniter
June 1, 2020 Trump Tells ‘Weak’ Governors to ‘Dominate’ Protesters If governors don’t get tough, they’re going to “look like a bunch of jerks,” Trump told them in a Monday phone call.
June 1, 2020 The Rioters Aren’t Here to Convince You Criticism that focuses on their strategic imprudence is misguided.

6:23 P.M. ‘If I Would Have Been Here, George Floyd May Still Be Alive’ Mahmoud Abumayyaleh on the murder that happened outside of his store.
5:51 P.M. For Some With COVID-19, Loss of Smell and Taste Can Linger Research shows the loss of senses may take much longer to dissipate than other symptoms.
5:50 P.M. Everything We Know About the Killing of George Floyd The Hennepin County Medical Examiner has ruled Floyd’s death a homicide.
4:51 P.M. How to Support the Struggle Against Police Brutality Organizations to donate to, and other actions to take to help demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other victims of police violence.
4:31 P.M. Lea Michele Accused of Racism and Bullying by Glee Castmates “YOU TOLD EVERYONE THAT IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YOU WOULD ‘SH*T IN MY WIG!’ AMONG OTHER TRAUMATIC MICROAGGRESSIONS,” Samantha Ware wrote.
4:20 P.M. Wait, Did England Just Ban Casual Sex? A new law bans all indoor “gatherings” of two or more people who don’t live together.
2:20 P.M. D.C. Police Trapped 70 Protesters in a Private Home The group had to take refuge overnight after being targeted with tear gas and flashbang devices.
2:13 P.M. What to Do if You’re Exposed to Tear Gas In response to protests against police brutality, police have routinely employed tear gas. Here, doctors tell you what to do if you’re exposed.
12:04 P.M. Should I Wear a Mask During My Job Interview? Err on the side of caution, and be wary of any employer that penalizes you for taking your health seriously.
10:38 A.M. The Vanishing Half “Would they see her for what she was? Or rather, what she wasn’t?”
10:20 A.M. Everything We Know About the Police Shooting of David McAtee Louisville police and National Guardsmen fired on a crowd on Monday, killing the 53-year-old.
June 1, 2020 Coronavirus Anxiety Has Led to a Zoloft Shortage Increased demand for the depression and anxiety medication has led to a short supply.
June 1, 2020 22-Year-Old Shot and Killed While Protesting Police Violence Omaha law enforcement has announced that the man who fatally shot James Scurlock will not be charged.
June 1, 2020 Scenes from Police Brutality Protests Around the World In cities across the globe, people gathered in solidarity with U.S. protesters demanding an end to racist law enforcement.
June 1, 2020 How to Make Sure You’re Donating Effectively Some bail funds have asked people to donate to smaller, less well-known orgs — and to be wary of scam accounts on Venmo.
June 1, 2020 I Think About This Die Hard Villain’s Great Hair a Lot Once Fritz appeared onscreen, I knew this movie was worth watching.
May 31, 2020 Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of June 1 There’s a lunar eclipse this week — expect some big shake-ups.
May 31, 2020 The Divorced Mom Going on Her First Date With a Woman This week’s sex diary.
May 31, 2020 What It Feels Like to Be Shot by a Rubber Bullet “I thought I was going to die.”
May 31, 2020 Everything to Know About the Coronavirus in the U.S. More than 100,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19.

5:19 P.M. 12 Docs You Should Watch About Police Brutality in America They are worth watching today and always.
3:52 P.M. Jay Ellis Is Convinced That Issa and Lawrence Are Soul Mates “I think they will always be in each other’s lives no matter what happens.”
3:35 P.M. What Critics Said About Do the Right Thing When It Premiered Spike Lee’s 1989 film was called both “a devastating portrait of Black America pushed to the limit” and “a rancid fairy tale.”
3:18 P.M. Law & Order Spin-off Writer Fired for Violent Facebook Posts He had captioned a photo of himself with a large firearm “Curfew…”
3:08 P.M. All the New Music Protesting Police Brutality Including songs from LL Cool J, cupcakKe, and Denzel Curry.
2:33 P.M. Taryn Manning’s Instagram Post Is a Pro-Trump Bingo Card “Donald can be very nice actually.”
2:28 P.M. Why Cops and Soldiers Love the Punisher Understanding the controversial fandom of a violent Marvel antihero.
1:34 P.M. Bobby Digital, ‘Dem Bow’ Reggae Producer, Dead at 59 The Shabba Ranks song that he produced created the popular dembow riddim.
1:14 P.M. The Betty Broderick Story Carefully Studies a Woman Scorned Amanda Peet sinks every one of her teeth into the role of the famous housewife turned murderer.
1:13 P.M. Why Hannah Gadsby Structured Her New Special Like a Fugue On this week’s Good One, the comedian talks about her Nanette follow-up and how autism influences her jokes. podcast
1:10 P.M. There Is No Villain in Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story “To this day, I believe that Betty believes it was either her or them,” says Dirty John’s showrunner.
12:26 P.M. Stephanie Beatriz and Griffin Newman Urge TV Cops to Donate “If you make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in residuals from playing a cop? I’ll let you do the math.”
11:22 A.M. Michael Che Looks Back on His 2016 Black Lives Matter Joke “I feel like the guy who wrote ‘Amazing Grace’: You’re happy you hear the song, but every time you hear it you’re like ‘Oh no, what happened?’”
11:02 A.M. Your Black Square Instagram Isn’t Helping The #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has been overrun by blank, black boxes suppressing vital protest information.
10:52 A.M. Halsey Gave Medical Care to Protesters Injured by Police “This is war on Americans. This is everyone’s problem.”
10:45 A.M. How Did #BlackOutTuesday Go So Wrong So Fast? Kehlani, Lil Nas X, and more have criticized the social-media movement.
10:31 A.M. The Revolution Will Not Be Branded The platitudinous word soup deployed from various brands has felt even more at odds with reality than usual.
10:20 A.M. How Film Festivals Are Responding to the Coronavirus The tiny Telluride Film Festival announced it was forging ahead with this year’s edition.
10:14 A.M. Jimmy Fallon Apologizes Again for Blackface SNL Sketch He later interviewed Don Lemon, who said his words were “very honest and brave.”
9:30 A.M. Amber Ruffin Opens Up About Experiences With Racist Police “Black people leave the house every day knowing that at any time, we could get murdered by the police. It’s a lot.”

1:53 P.M. How the Food World Can Help A list of restaurants, food justice organizations, and other resources to donate to.
June 1, 2020 Where Can Food Travel Shows Take Us Now? Episodes shot even a few months ago feel like artifacts from another time.
June 1, 2020 As Protests Continue, Chefs Pledge Solidarity “Our window can be replaced. George Floyd can’t”
May 29, 2020 Owner of Minneapolis Restaurant: ‘Let My Building Burn’ In a Facebook post, the family behind Gandhi Mahal offered solidarity to protesters.
May 29, 2020 Author Bill Buford’s Grub Street Diet “It was now officially a school night but for some reason it was 10 p.m. before dinner was served.”
May 28, 2020 I Want to Eat in the Weird French Lampshades In fact, I am desperate to eat in the weird French lampshades.
May 28, 2020 How to Wear a Mask to a Bar or Restaurant A handy guide if for some reason this is difficult for you.
May 28, 2020 Restaurant Owners Are Pushing Back Against Reopenings “Many places are trying to normalize all the reminders of a pandemic situation, but I cannot get behind that.”
May 28, 2020 Diner Breakfast Is the Perfect Meal to Dream About Right Now It’s unfussy, it’s delicious, and it’s impossible to make at home.
May 27, 2020 Here Are the Winners of the 2020 James Beard Media Awards Congrats to all.
May 27, 2020 In Praise of the Walking Coffee Walking doesn’t improve the taste of coffee, but coffee improves the experience of being in the world.
May 26, 2020 New York City Caps Delivery Fees at 15 Percent The law is one of seven meant to provide relief for restaurants and other commercial establishments.
May 26, 2020 What If Nobody Wants to Save New York’s Restaurants? Two months into the government-mandated shutdown, any real “help” seems even less likely to arrive than it did at the outset.
May 26, 2020 Horrifying Problems Continue to Plague the Meat Industry Coronavirus cases at meatpacking facilities have skyrocketed.
May 26, 2020 The Look Book Goes to The Fly The socially distanced line for pre-batched martinis and dry-brined chickens in Bed-Stuy. gallery
May 26, 2020 Are New York’s New ‘To Go’ Bars Here to Stay? Sidewalk imbibers and cash-starved businesses hope so.
May 22, 2020 McSorley’s Returns With To-Go Growlers Even Peter Luger is delivering food now.
May 22, 2020 Jody Williams and Rita Sodi Gear Up for Takeout Lasagna? “Oh my God, yes!”
May 22, 2020 The Grub Street Diet of SNL’s Heidi Gardner “We’ve done all the monster ones: Count Chocula, Boo Berry, and Frankenberry.”
May 21, 2020 Is This the Future of NYC Restaurant Dining? Yesterday, Cipriani Downtown tested service with PPE.

5:58 P.M. How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic If you plan to join a protest for the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, here’s everything you need to know.
3:06 P.M. What Migos’s Quavo Can’t Live Without “Somebody hit my quads with it, and I never looked back.”
1:04 P.M. The Best Cooling Weighted Blankets, According to Experts Reduce stress and body temperature.
12:04 P.M. Make Any One-Skillet Meal With This (Over Half-Off) GreenPan It’s also oven- and dishwasher-safe, to make things even easier.
June 1, 2020 The Best Father’s Day Gifts for New Dads Getting this right could change his whole life.
June 1, 2020 The Strategist Haul: What the Editors Bought in May Including ceramic versions of our favorite food, lots of shorts, and U.S. Postal Service merch.
June 1, 2020 The Best Mattresses, As Tested by Strategist Editors Our editors and writers slept on each of these for at least one week.
June 1, 2020 The Best Gifts for Bookworms (That Aren’t Books) Because they’ve probably already read that novel.
June 1, 2020 The Best Ping-Pong Paddles, According to Experts Including the right choice for you, whether you call it Ping-Pong or table tennis.
June 1, 2020 Best Expert-Recommended Indoor Play Equipment for Toddlers If you can’t bring your toddler to Gymboree, here are the best ways to recreate your very own Gymboree at home.
June 1, 2020 What Strategist Readers Are Buying: Vacuums and Sunscreen Plus, a cat litter deodorizer, a heated massager, olive oil, and lots of face masks.
May 31, 2020 9 Products That Delighted Us Last Week on the Strategist Including the candles the Outer Banks stars have been burning in isolation, an online class for gardeners, and a better way to keep face masks nearby.
May 29, 2020 The Essential Pasta-Making Tools, According to Pasta-Makers Making fresh pasta isn’t hard to do when you have the right gear.
May 29, 2020 What are the Best Women’s Lounge Shorts? Including a gym-style pair made out of cotton poplin.
May 29, 2020 8 Things an NYC Bike Messenger Uses for His 60-Mile Rides This gear will appeal to recreational riders, too.
May 29, 2020 The Best Gifts for Dad (That Do Good, Too) Charitable presents that are perfect for Father’s Day.
May 29, 2020 The Best Coursera Classes, According to Coursera Students Twenty-two students of the college-level digital learning platform share their favorite courses on writing, marketing, graphic design, and more.
May 29, 2020 The Best Online Classes for Kids Virtual ways to teach your kids to code, dance, speak another language, or even make dinner for the whole family.
May 29, 2020 What’s the Best Stationery? “I’ve been writing letters to friends for the first time since email was invented.”
May 29, 2020 This Campfire-Ready Adirondack Chair Is on Sale at Wayfair You can move it around your yard from sunup to sundown.

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