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The Fyre Festival of Vaccine Rollouts

The city of Philadelphia trusted a group run by a 22-year-old to vaccinate thousands, a venture that reportedly did not end well.
The Unlikely Stocks Soaring After Reddit’s GameStop Run

Users at r/WallStreetBets have provided some good news for long-time investors in penny candies and VHS rentals.
There’s a Snowy Owl in Central Park for the First Time in Over a Century

It’s been hanging out by the ballfields with some crows.
Centrists Air Censure Option As Trump Conviction Hopes Fade

It could be an alternative to or fallback after a trial. But it would force Republicans to defend or condemn Trump’s conduct.
Vaccine Delays Are Screwing up the E.U.’s Already Slow Rollout

Leaders in the bloc are growing increasingly frustrated as the U.K. and U.S. surge ahead in doses administered.
People Are Heavily Trading AMC Stocks Because of Reddit

Where’s Margot Robbie in a bubble bath to explain these things when you need her?
CDC Study: Students Can Return to In-Person School With Proper Precautions

A new study published Tuesday showed that schools where students wear masks were not significant drivers of COVID spread.
Barge Full of Gowanus Sludge Sinks Into Gowanus Sludge

Toxic material dredged up from the canal is now at the bottom of the nearby bay.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Trying to Impeach the Biden Family

Nobody drives the crazy train like Greene, who may represent where the MAGA movement is going.
Biden Begins Presidency More Popular Than Trump Ever Was

Biden won’t get the kind of public opinion honeymoon presidents used to take for granted, but he’s in better shape than his predecessor for now.
Weinstein Sexual Misconduct Settlement Approved for $17 Million by Judge

Some accusers criticize the deal.
Kellyanne Conway Accused of Posting Nude Photo of Teen Daughter Claudia

#JusticeForClaudia has intensified on Twitter.
Biden Raises Vaccination Target to 1.5 Million Per Day: Live Updates

Biden said he’s “confident” that the U.S. can administer 1.5 million doses a day, up from his original goal of 100 million shots in 100 days.
Apollo CEO Leon Black to Step Down After $158 Million Payments to Epstein Emerge

The billionaire will resign as CEO from the private equity firm after an internal inquiry revealed he paid Epstein $158 million between 2012 and 2017.
First Case of New P.1 COVID Strain Detected in U.S.

Both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech seem confident their vaccines will still protect against it and other new variants of concern.
Netflix Dominates AFI’s Top Movie and Television Series of the Year

This year’s list is also a record for diversity, with more than half the films featuring majority-Black casts.
Time to Start Double-Masking

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Republican Senator Rob Portman to Retire in 2022

The fight for control of the Senate in 2022 is already underway. The key factor could be the kind of Republican divisions evident in Portman’s Ohio.
Senate Republicans Don’t Even Want to Have an Impeachment Trial

Democrats will force the trial to go forward, but the odds of a conviction are low and getting lower.
Dominion Voting System Sues Giuliani Over All Those Lies

Recklessly defaming a company for weeks on end may end up having a cost.

Jan. 27, 2021 The Fyre Festival of Vaccine Rollouts The city of Philadelphia trusted a group run by a 22-year-old to vaccinate thousands, a venture that reportedly did not end well.
Jan. 27, 2021 Parkland Parents Have a Message for Marjorie Taylor Greene “Does she need to see how he was shot six times from three feet away?”
Jan. 27, 2021 The Unlikely Stocks Soaring After Reddit’s GameStop Run Users at r/WallStreetBets have provided some good news for long-term investors in penny candies and VHS rentals.
Jan. 27, 2021 Biden Signs Sweeping Climate Change Orders: Live Updates President Biden’s orders will pause new oil and gas leases on federal lands and set ambitious goals for conservation and environmental justice.
Jan. 27, 2021 How Redditors Beat Hedge Funds at Their Own Game(Stop) Get rich or lol trying.
Jan. 27, 2021 Centrists Air Censure Option As Trump Conviction Hopes Fade It could be an alternative to or fallback after a trial. But it would force Republicans to defend or condemn Trump’s conduct.
Jan. 27, 2021 Vaccine Delays Screw Up the E.U.’s Already Slow Rollout Leaders in the bloc are growing increasingly frustrated, as the U.K. and U.S. surge ahead in doses administered.
Jan. 27, 2021 How Feasible Is a MAGA Third Party? The history of third parties shows no real template for Trump other than staying in the Republican Party or trying to replace it.
Jan. 27, 2021 The Democrats’ Civil War Over the Filibuster Has Just Begun The Democrats’ existential interest in enacting major reforms — and its marginal senators’ aversion to tough votes — remain on a collision course.
Jan. 26, 2021 CDC: Students Can Return to Class With Proper Precautions A new study published Tuesday showed that schools where students wear masks were not significant drivers of COVID spread.
Jan. 26, 2021 Judge Blocks Biden From Implementing 100-Day Deportation Ban A Trump-appointed U.S. district judge paused the ban on most deportations, stating Biden “failed to provide any concrete, reasonable justification.”
Jan. 26, 2021 Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Trying to Impeach the Biden Family Nobody drives the crazy train like Greene, who may represent where the MAGA movement is going.
Jan. 26, 2021 McConnell: Trump’s Impeachment Was Too Soon, Now Too Late And there was a perfect moment, but they were on vacation.
Jan. 26, 2021 Majority of GOP Senators Vote to Dismiss Trump’s Impeachment It’s a sure sign there’s not remotely enough support to convict the ex-president.
Jan. 26, 2021 Biden Begins Presidency More Popular Than Trump Ever Was Biden won’t get the kind of public opinion honeymoon presidents used to take for granted, but he’s in better shape than his predecessor for now.
Jan. 26, 2021 Facebook’s ‘Rope-a-Dope’ Strategy on Trump Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway discuss the company’s outsourcing of one of its most crucial decisions: whether to ban the former president.
Jan. 26, 2021 Why Do Trump Fans Think Amazon Proved Mail Voting Is Fraud? Tucker Carlson is so bad at populism.
Jan. 26, 2021 A Marquee Super Bowl Is the NFL’s Reward for Cutting Corners COVID schmovid. It’s Tom Brady versus Patrick Mahomes!
Jan. 26, 2021 Apollo CEO Leon Black Paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 Million The billionaire will resign as CEO of the private equity firm after an internal inquiry revealed he paid Epstein $158 million between 2012 and 2017.
Jan. 25, 2021 What We Know About the New P.1 Strain of the Coronavirus The new variant, detected amid a horrifying resurgence of COVID cases in Manaus, Brazil, has alarmed scientists around the world.

Jan. 27, 2021 Amanda Gorman Has Signed With IMG Models The youth poet laureate will also be reading a poem at the Super Bowl.
Jan. 27, 2021 Bella Hadid’s Makeup Artist Has a New Job Dior Beauty welcomes Sam Visser to the team.
Jan. 27, 2021 Kate Moss and Her Daughter Walked the Runway at Fendi And they weren’t the only famous faces there.
Jan. 27, 2021 I Knew This Conditioner Was ‘The One’ After One Wash It’s early, but I think we’ll be really happy together.
Jan. 27, 2021 Congresswoman ‘Liked’ Posts About Executing Democrats Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Facebook history is once again under scrutiny.
Jan. 27, 2021 An NFL Player Has Been Accused of Strangling His Girlfriend Seahawks lineman Chad Wheeler has been arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence.
Jan. 27, 2021 Halsey Is Pregnant! “Surprise!” she captioned a series of baby-bump photos posted to Instagram.
Jan. 27, 2021 A Conscious-Diamond Ring for the Modern Couple Ten/Ten offers a new take on what it means to wear a beautiful engagement ring.
Jan. 27, 2021 Are You Ready for Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana? Yes, this is a photo of Kristen Stewart.
Jan. 27, 2021 This Is the World’s Strongest Argument for Deleting Twitter Pamela Anderson announced, via a gorgeous poem, that she is never posting again … and made it feel very glamorous and aspirational.
Jan. 27, 2021 A Manual for Fearlessness On this week’s episode of The Cut, journalists Olivia Nuzzi and Maria Ressa discuss reporting during times of political turbulence.
Jan. 27, 2021 Okay, These Are Not Birkenstocks Valentino’s couture show provided a jolt of glamour.
Jan. 27, 2021 Uniqlo Commemorates New York Artist Jason Polan With a special collaboration on the one-year anniversary of his passing.
Jan. 27, 2021 Sustainable Fashion With a Jamaican Soul Theophilio is both a story about designer Edvin Thompson’s past, and an attempt to influence fashion’s future.
Jan. 26, 2021 The MyPillow Guy Has Been Banned From Twitter Mike Lindell has been permanently suspended for “repeated violations of our civic-integrity policy,” according to the app.
Jan. 26, 2021 FKA Twigs Says She ‘Wasn’t Allowed to Look Men in the Eye’ In a new interview, she enumerated the many ways Shia LaBeouf controlled her and kept her trapped in their relationship.
Jan. 26, 2021 Please Take Me to This Dreamy Destination Wedding Chanel hosted a romantic affair for its spring 2021 couture show.
Jan. 26, 2021 Hunter Schafer Wants Everyone to Find Their Unique Light “I’m not trying to look like a certain kind of pretty or like someone else.”
Jan. 26, 2021 Oh, Thank Goodness, Warm Ankles Are Back A trendy styling trick to save you from the harsh winter air.
Jan. 26, 2021 The RealReal Has Arrived in Brooklyn To take all your gently used Rachel Comey pants.

12:00 A.M. That Fake Cover of a Phoebe Bridgers Song Is Now a Real Song Singer-song writer Jensen McRae has turned her viral tweet into a visceral song with her single “Immune.”
Jan. 27, 2021 Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Recap: Oh, Come On Shah This feels like a bottle episode where everyone is trapped in the claustrophobic cycle of Jen’s logic.
Jan. 27, 2021 Mel Brooks, Ed Asner and More Remember Cloris Leachman Leachman’s co-stars, friends, and fans are mourning the late star on social media.
Jan. 27, 2021 I’m Sorry, What Is Going on With GameStop and AMC? An answer for idiots, by idiots.
Jan. 27, 2021 Cloris Leachman, Sitcom Legend and Oscar Winner, Dead at 94 Her Mary Tyler Moore Show character was so popular that she got her own spinoff, Phyllis.
Jan. 27, 2021 Shrill Is Ending on Hulu After Season 3 Aidy Bryant’s comedy series finished filming its third season in the fall.
Jan. 27, 2021 All the Celebrities Who Have Received the COVID-19 Vaccine So wholesome.
Jan. 27, 2021 Min Jin Lee and Alan Yang Join Forces for Netflix Series It’s an adaptation of Lee’s 2007 novel Free Food for Millionaires.
Jan. 27, 2021 The Bold Type Shutters After 5 Seasons But dot-com is forever.
Jan. 27, 2021 Nomadland and Soul Score Big on the AFI and NBR Lists A total of six movies appeared on both the American Film Institute and National Board of Review best-of lists.
Jan. 27, 2021 Summer Walker Embraces Her Baby Bump in the “Body” Video The long-awaited music video is here to soothe your soul.
Jan. 27, 2021 Greetings From Somewhere and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying Including a series all about Chippendales.
Jan. 27, 2021 Ted Cruz Nemesis to Publish Memoir Seth Rogen’s first book will be out May 11.
Jan. 27, 2021 Map of Tiny Perfect Things Trailer: It’s Teen Groundhog Day! And Kathryn Newton seems fine with it.
Jan. 27, 2021 Why Not Just Watch Miranda? Sure, you could watch the new American remake, Call Me Kat, starring Mayim Bialik, but there’s a better option.
Jan. 27, 2021 Halsey Announces She’s Pregnant: ‘Surprise!’ The 26-year-old is expecting her first child with Alev Aydin after suffering multiple miscarriages over the years.
Jan. 27, 2021 Say Hola to Selena Gomez’s First Spanish Project REVELACIÓN Out March 12.
Jan. 27, 2021 Cannes Festival 2021 Pushes Its Dates from May to July Why? Because they Cannes.
Jan. 27, 2021 Try Not to Bust a Knee to TikTok’s #BussItChallenge Looking … respectfully.
Jan. 27, 2021 COVID Didn’t Kill Live Comedy — It Drove It Underground After Governor Cuomo classified live comedy as not “essential,” some NYC club owners decided to roll the dice.

Jan. 27, 2021 Valentine’s Day Gifts for Every Type of Man A cannabis-scented candle, a bread cookbook, and a fancy soap on a rope.
Jan. 27, 2021 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Dining-Room Décor on Amazon From napkins to silverware to an (unconventional) table.
Jan. 27, 2021 The Best High-Waisted Jeans, According to Stylish Women “Once I find a decent fit, I tend to buy in bulk.”
Jan. 27, 2021 The Best Valentine’s Day Flowers (That You Can Order Online) From traditional red roses to a tiny pink cactus.
Jan. 27, 2021 8 Things That’ll Sell Out: From Great Jones to Golde A host of quirky, unlikely, and very good collabs.
Jan. 27, 2021 The Best Food Gifts for Every Type of Valentine Including some boxes of chocolate and three dozen oysters, plus a DIY fondue kit and five-pound bag of mixed candy from Economy Candy.
Jan. 27, 2021 9 Things on Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Maje to Chefman Including discounted cold-weather gear for him and her, some cheap but expensive-looking kitchenware, and even a vacuum strong enough for pet owners.
Jan. 27, 2021 The Best Virtual Gifts for Valentine’s Day From a floral-arrangement class to a pasta-making course taught by an Italian grandmother.
Jan. 27, 2021 What Is the Best Lingerie? “I feel like a goddess while wearing this.”
Jan. 27, 2021 The Best (and Best-Looking) Electric Kettle Is on Sale But only through midnight — so don’t dillydally.
Jan. 27, 2021 In the U.K., I Found an Actually Sexy Bra for Big Boobs Despite being so femininely detailed and beautiful to look at, it turned out to appear perfectly smooth under my sweater.
Jan. 27, 2021 What Are the Best Men’s Crewneck Sweatshirts? “It is so soft and fluffy, it might as well be made of kitten fur and cotton balls.”
Jan. 27, 2021 A Man-About-Town’s Favorite (Caffeine-Free) Pick-Me-Up Says gossip writer George Wayne, “It’s what I now reach for when I need a mood lift or to feel rejuvenated and meta-human à la Deepak Chopra.”
Jan. 27, 2021 34 Funny and Unusual Valentine‘s Cards You Can Buy on Amazon Options for friends, kids, spouses, and anyone else you love.
Jan. 27, 2021 The Best Hand Creams on Amazon, According to Reviews “Wow, I hate hand creams, but this is amazing.”
Jan. 26, 2021 10 E-Greeting-Card Services When Snail Mail Isn’t an Option Including video messages, group greetings, and physical cards you don’t have to send yourself.
Jan. 26, 2021 Everything You Need to Start Streaming, According to Experts “Think of yourself as an entertainer, a comedian, etc., in a room full of people.”
Jan. 26, 2021 The Best Webcams, According to Tech Experts and YouTubers Because the one built into your laptop isn’t doing you any favors.
Jan. 26, 2021 I Quit Coffee With the Help of This Dandelion Powder Stirring the powder in my cup makes me feel like a wise old hippie, impervious to the stresses of winter in NYC during a pandemic.
Jan. 26, 2021 What RHOSLC’s Brooks Marks Can’t Live Without “I’ve worn these my entire life. They sell them at Costco.”

Jan. 27, 2021 A Prewar One-Bedroom for $462K and a 2015-Built Two-Bedroom Plus, a Lenox Hill apartment changing hands for the first time in over 60 years.
Jan. 27, 2021 Even Before COVID, Superstar Cities Were Shrinking In London, Paris, Tokyo, and New York, the population is steady or falling. But that doesn’t mean they’re in trouble.
Jan. 27, 2021 There’s a Snowy Owl in Central Park It’s been hanging out by the ballfields with some crows.
Jan. 27, 2021 Lawsuit Against Zoom Meetings Could Derail Gowanus Rezoning The challenge, if successful, could create a legal opening to stall developments.
Jan. 26, 2021 Barge Full of Gowanus Sludge Sinks Into Gowanus Sludge Toxic material dredged up from the canal is now at the bottom of the nearby bay.
Jan. 26, 2021 Manhattan’s Trump Buildings Have Lost Half Their Value An indication that the gold-plated name has become a toxic asset.
Jan. 26, 2021 L.A. Doesn’t Need to Save Every Unremarkable Little Building When NIMBYs sneakily invoke nostalgia for something that’s neither old nor architecturally significant, it’s time to say no.
Jan. 26, 2021 What Are the Best Cloth Napkins? A simple way to elevate your at-home dining experience.
Jan. 26, 2021 A Times Square Margaritaville Resort Opening in a Pandemic Here’s everything we know about Jimmy Buffett’s high-rise paradise.
Jan. 26, 2021 What Trottenberg’s DOT Tells Us About What She’ll Do in D.C. Trottenberg moved the needle forward on street safety, but some say she could have done more.
Jan. 25, 2021 A Box Truck That Carries Our Dreams of Home See Swoon’s fantastical memory box on wheels, “The House Our Families Built.”
Jan. 25, 2021 MTA Workers Get a New Citywide COVID-19 Memorial “It’s so important for New Yorkers to understand the price that has been paid by so many.”
Jan. 22, 2021 Upper East Side, Unlike West Side, Embraces Homeless Shelter “No fanfare, no problem. The men can stay,” said one local official.
Jan. 22, 2021 Huh, the Port Authority Bus Terminal Could Get Less Bad Opening in 2031 (est.).
Jan. 22, 2021 A Brooklyn Heights 3-Bedroom Covered in Exposed Beams Originally two separate units, this airy co-op apartment sits on a street lined with real gas lamps.
Jan. 22, 2021 Artist Daniel Arsham Invites You to His ‘Signature Decay’ A look at his new gallery show of old-looking things.
Jan. 22, 2021 Thousands in Rent Debt: Five New Yorkers’ Stories “I feel like if COVID doesn’t kill me, the stress will.”
Jan. 22, 2021 On an LES Block, It’s Streeteries, Condos, or Cars Guess which one the DOT picked.
Jan. 22, 2021 New York City’s Rats Are Doing Just Fine The ratpocalypse came and went.
Jan. 21, 2021 Elon Musk’s Miami Tunnel Plan Is Filled With Holes It’s the sinkhole capital of the United States, to start.

Jan. 27, 2021 Inside the End of the Hunts Point Produce Market Strike “When it was your time to stand up, you stood up and did the right thing.”
Jan. 26, 2021 The Human Toll of New York’s Restaurant-Unemployment Crisis “I felt like my life was in total stasis.”
Jan. 26, 2021 New York Loves Its Bodegas, But What Are They Officially? How the city keeps track of its most beloved stores.
Jan. 26, 2021 Man Sets Fire to Restaurant Called Ignited Authorities accuse the Astoria lounge’s owner of starting the blaze.
Jan. 25, 2021 147 Minutes With the ‘Accidental Voice for Chinatown’ When COVID-19 arrived, Grace Young knew what she had to do.
Jan. 22, 2021 Sarah Jessica Parker’s Grub Street Diet “One of the greatest gifts in New York is the discovery of everywhere else.”
Jan. 21, 2021 Biden Has Already Removed Trump’s Diet Coke Button Plenty of changes at the White House.
Jan. 21, 2021 The Street Vendors Who Are Fighting Against Hunger A new program is spearheaded by the same people it aims to help.
Jan. 21, 2021 Million Dollar Slice Chris Barrett has made bank on the gray market selling pizza laced with 40 mg of THC per slice. Can the Pizza Pusha survive pot legalization?
Jan. 20, 2021 I Work in a Restaurant. When Will I Get Vaccinated? Am I “essential,” or not?
Jan. 19, 2021 What’s Happening at the Hunts Point Produce Market? Workers are on strike, and some experts warn it could affect the city’s produce supplies.
Jan. 19, 2021 Nasrin Rejali Shares Family Recipes One To-Go Box at a Time The Iranian refugee is building a brand with delivery dinners and mail-order cookies.
Jan. 19, 2021 Pecking House’s Chinese Fried Chicken A poultry pop-up with secret passwords.
Jan. 15, 2021 Andrew Yang Walks Into a Bodega — or Does He? Where, exactly, did the mayoral candidate buy his green tea this morning?
Jan. 15, 2021 Sign Up for a Meal Subscription and Save a Restaurant Summerlong Supper Club and Table22 aim to turn brand loyalty into reliable revenue streams.
Jan. 15, 2021 Comedian Steven Phillips-Horst’s Grub Street Diet “My boyfriend is a brilliant chef, but left to my own devices I’m a ’90s sitcom widower cliché.”
Jan. 14, 2021 The Instagram Account Holding Restaurants Accountable He broke Sqirl’s mold scandal wide open and revealed racism at a popular pizza shop. But who is Joe Rosenthal, really?
Jan. 14, 2021 Potatoes Will Make a Triumphant Return to Taco Bell’s Menu Now do Mexican Pizza.
Jan. 13, 2021 Hope Is Rising for Real Restaurant Relief “We feel pretty good that we can get the bill passed.”
Jan. 12, 2021 Inside the Food Feud at Rockaway Beach The boardwalk could look quite different this summer.

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