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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

(If you haven’t already.)
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.
Biden Reverses Trump’s Transgender Military Ban: Live Updates

Biden signed an executive order on Monday fulfilling a campaign promise to allow transgender troops to serve openly once again.
Dominion Voting System Sues Giuliani Over All Those Lies

Recklessly defaming a company for weeks on end may end up having a cost.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Announce Run for Arkansas Governor: Report

While the position of White House press secretary isn’t often used as a platform for higher office, Sanders has been long expected to run in 2022.
Republicans Who Condemned Trump Are Being Condemned By the GOP

Arizona Republicans were censured for wavering from their support of Trump, while GOP reps. who voted for impeachment face early primary challengers.
Seth Rogen Logged On to Do Pottery and Hold Ted Cruz Accountable

And he’s all out of clay.
Man Charged in Capitol Riot Called for AOC’s Assassination

Garret Miller reportedly tweeted “assassinate AOC” on the day of the attack.
Trump Made Repeated Attempts to Pressure DOJ to Help Overturn Election

After DOJ leaders refused to file a Supreme Court lawsuit, Trump nearly fired the acting attorney general just days before the attack on Congress.
Broadcasting Legend Larry King Is Dead at 87

The prolific interviewer worked on his Ora Tv series up until his death
Biden Apologizes After National Guard Troops Are Sent to Parking Garages

After two weeks protecting the Capitol grounds, troops were ordered to vacate the complex and sleep on the concrete floors of parking garages.
Can Biden and Democrats Protect Abortion Rights From Trump’s Judges?

The worst was averted when Trump lost and Democrats won control of the Senate. But an anti-abortion majority on the Supreme Court could strike soon.
GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski Rules Out Party Switch

The occasionally heretical Alaska senator dislikes what Trump did to her party, but she dislikes Democratic environmental policies even more.
The Timeline for Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial

Now that Pelosi has plans to transmit the article of impeachment to the Senate, things should move quickly unless there’s a deal to do otherwise.
Biden Displays Basic Pandemic Competence With His COVID Executive Orders

His initial wave of coronavirus policies intends to ramp up the production of vaccines and testing — and to “restore trust” in the federal government.
Trump’s Revenue Is Cratering at the Worst Possible Time

The ex-president has $900 million in loans coming due in the next four years, and his businesses took a 40 percent hit in 2020.

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Jan. 25, 2021 Strangest Details From Dominion’s Lawsuit Against Giuliani The voting-systems company lays out some of the former mayor’s more peculiar behavior since the election.
Jan. 25, 2021 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.
Jan. 25, 2021 Biden Ends Trump’s Transgender Military Ban: Live Updates Biden signed an executive order on Monday fulfilling a campaign promise to allow transgender troops to serve openly once again.
Jan. 25, 2021 The Timeline for Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial A bipartisan deal has delayed the trial for two weeks, but it’s still unclear how long it will last.
Jan. 25, 2021 Senate Republicans Don’t 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.
Jan. 25, 2021 Josh Hawley Believes Disliking Josh Hawley Is Censorship The senator’s new pose is an American Mandela.
Jan. 25, 2021 Dominion Voting Systems Sues Giuliani Over All Those Lies Recklessly defaming a company for weeks on end may end up having a cost.
Jan. 25, 2021 ‘I Want to Meet My Teacher’ A war over reopening schools has upended the progressive politics of the New Jersey suburbs.
Jan. 24, 2021 Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Run for Arkansas Governor: Report While the position of White House press secretary isn’t often used as a platform for higher office, Sanders has been long expected to run in 2022.
Jan. 24, 2021 How to Sign Up for a COVID Vaccine in New York Recent efforts to expand vaccine access have hit a wall, as New York ran out of vaccine doses on Friday.
Jan. 24, 2021 New COVID Strain Spreading Across U.S.: What We Know As public-health officials warn that the U.K. COVID strain could soon become common in the U.S., an unrelated variant has been found in California.
Jan. 24, 2021 Republicans Who Condemned Trump Now Condemned by the GOP Arizona Republicans were censured for wavering from their support of Trump, while GOP reps who voted for impeachment face early primary challengers.
Jan. 24, 2021 Political Unity Can Also Do Harm. Just Look at U.S. History. From the Era of Good Feelings to the Compromise of 1877 and beyond, nonpartisanship and bipartisanship have often fostered injustice.
Jan. 24, 2021 Let This Harvard Professor Convince You That Aliens Exist A Harvard astrophysicist thinks a mysterious object that swung by our solar system in 2017 was from an extraterrestrial civilization.
Jan. 23, 2021 Trump Repeatedly Pressured DOJ to Help Overturn Election After DOJ leaders refused to file a Supreme Court lawsuit, Trump nearly fired the acting attorney general just days before the attack on Congress.
Jan. 23, 2021 How Boeing Settled a Killer Case for Almost Nothing One of the most lenient corporate criminal deals ever was quietly cut during the president’s final weeks in power.
Jan. 23, 2021 Wall Street’s Millennial Wonder Readies Her Next Act Lauren Simmons, the youngest woman ever on the New York Stock Exchange, on her new show, diversity, and the future crash.
Jan. 23, 2021 Republicans Have Decided Not to Rethink Anything What if they held a GOP civil war and nobody came?

Jan. 25, 2021 A Singer Who Loves the Smells of Chicken Fingers and Matcha Talking to Harry Hudson about love, life, and his new, limited-edition scent with Snif.
Jan. 25, 2021 How to Get Ripped, the Fashion Way Three spring 2021 couture shows to jump-start your week.
Jan. 25, 2021 Gaze in Awe Upon This Dramatic Celebrity Back Tattoo Brooklyn Beckham got a love letter from his fiancée permanently etched on his entire neck.
Jan. 25, 2021 Time to Start Double-Masking (If you haven’t already.)
Jan. 25, 2021 Rihanna’s Mullet Continues to Thrive She’s still sporting her glossy black helmet hair.
Jan. 25, 2021 Oh God, She’s Really Running As threatened, former White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is running for governor of Arkansas.
Jan. 25, 2021 Thom Browne Suits Just Got Even Tinier The designer has launched a line for kids.
Jan. 25, 2021 Butt-Length Hair Was Always My Dream Until it became a nightmare.
Jan. 25, 2021 Yet Another One of Armie Hammer’s Exes Speaks Out Paige Lorenze says the actor branded her with a knife and talked about “consuming her.”
Jan. 25, 2021 No One Wants to Be a Member at High-Profile Loser’s Club Since Trump moved in to his glitzy estate, the mood at the exclusive club has apparently been “dispirited,” and many members are quitting.
Jan. 25, 2021 A Puffer Coat Meets a Blazer And they fall in love.
Jan. 25, 2021 Keira Knightley Won’t Do Sex Scenes Directed by Men Anymore “I don’t want it to be those horrible sex scenes where you’re all greased up and everybody is grunting.”
Jan. 25, 2021 What Does Lauren Oyler Like? With the release of her debut novel, the hard-to-please literary critic has to offer up her idea of a good book.
Jan. 25, 2021 Does Ted Cruz Truly Have Nothing Better to Do? The senator has been trying, and failing, to win a Twitter beef with actor Seth Rogen … for days.
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Jan. 25, 2021 The Prison Abolitionist Redefining What It Means to Win When not visiting clients in jail or advocating for them in court, Rhiannon Hamam also co-hosts a podcast about “how much the Supreme Court sucks.”
Jan. 24, 2021 Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of January 25 Mercury goes retrograde this week, and there’s a full moon in dramatic Leo.
Jan. 24, 2021 The Dog Trainer Hooking Up With the New Boy Next Door This week’s sex diary.
Jan. 24, 2021 We Welcome the Rumored Royal Pup Prince William and Kate Middleton have reportedly acquired a puppy.
Jan. 24, 2021 JoJo Siwa Is ‘the Happiest She’s Ever Been’ Since Coming Out “I’ve been happy in this land for a minute now, and now that I get to share that with the world, it just, it’s awesome!”

12:18 A.M. Matt Rogers, Punam Patel Join Vanessa Bayer Love This Pilot The former SNL star’s Showtime project also features Cybill Shepard and Molly Shannon.
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Jan. 25, 2021 Peacock Hopes You’ll Mix Some WWE Into Your Office Marathon The streaming app just bought the exclusive rights to WWE Network’s content.
Jan. 25, 2021 The 50 Best Comedies on Netflix Right Now Hot Rod, Eurovision, Superbad and more.
Jan. 25, 2021 Demi Lovato Comedy Pilot Hungry In the Works at NBC The series will follow a group of friends who meet at a support group to work through their issues around food.
Jan. 25, 2021 Disney to Update Jungle Cruise Ride to Be 100% Less Racist The changes are expected to be made by the end of this year.
Jan. 25, 2021 RHOA Recap: Allow Me To ReintroDrewce Myself New housewife Drew finally takes center stage at a dinner party where she effectively meets all the ladies for the first time.
Jan. 25, 2021 A Harry Potter TV Series Might Come to HBO Max The streaming service is now denying its existence.
Jan. 25, 2021 The Expanse: Dominique Tipper on Naomi’s Time in Hard Vacuum “I had these pain charts, and I just had to think about every single ounce of it, then throw it all away, take what I knew, and perform it.”
Jan. 25, 2021 Anuel AA and Ozuna Are Better Off Building Separate Empires Los Dioses, their first joint album, catches the two urbano stars at critical intersections in both careers, yet they struggle to connect.
Jan. 25, 2021 Netflix Dominates AFI’s Top Movie and TV Series of the Year This year’s list is also a record for diversity, with more than half the films featuring majority-Black casts.
Jan. 25, 2021 Barry Jenkins Is Dropping Underground Railroad Hints Get a first look at the Colson Whitehead adaptation coming to Prime Video.
Jan. 25, 2021 Just Imagine Eddie Redmayne and Jamie Dornan Doing Pottery A hobby they had when they were roommates.
Jan. 25, 2021 Euphoria Special Recap: Most Girls In its second, Jules-centric holiday special, the series returns to its ostentatious roots, undercutting the potential of its own story.
Jan. 25, 2021 Disney and Nick Stars Gone Pop: A Power Ranking Has Miley held her position at the top? How powerful is Lesbian Jesus? And is Zendaya poised to be our next superstar?
Jan. 25, 2021 Winter Time Is Hilda Time The Netflix series is the hygge of all-ages animation.
Jan. 25, 2021 It’s a Sin Trailer: The British AIDS Drama Comes to HBO Max Cue up the Pet Shop Boys and start dancing or weeping, or probably both, because Russell T. Davies’s series premieres in the U.S. on February 18.
Jan. 25, 2021 90 Day Fiancé Recap: A Beautiful Mess Natalie and Mike’s biggest issue is Natalie hating everything about Mike and who he is.
Jan. 25, 2021 High School Musical: The Musical: The Series: The Drama Sabrina Carpenter says her surprise single, “Skin,” isn’t an Olivia Rodrigo “diss track.”
Jan. 25, 2021 Glenn Close Says ‘It Might Be Cool to Never Get’ an Oscar Sure, queen! You do you, Albert Nobbs!

Jan. 25, 2021 The Best Point-and-Shoot Cameras, According to Photographers These small cameras go big on quality.
Jan. 25, 2021 The Best Sex Toys for Couples, According to Sex Therapists Really, any sex toy can be a couples sex toy, but these are specifically designed for you and a partner.
Jan. 25, 2021 The Best Lubes, According to Experts Including a flavored lube that one expert says is used to top ice cream at trade shows (because it tastes that good).
Jan. 25, 2021 The Best Face-Mask Filters, According to Doctors We found out what to put in that filter pocket.
Jan. 25, 2021 Valentine’s Day Gifts That’ll Delight Any Beauty Nut Including a silky eye mask and a pink (yes, pink!) Mason Pearson.
Jan. 25, 2021 These Fleece-Lined L.L.Bean Boots Are More Than Half Off A worthy pair of UGG alternatives — for less than half the price of UGGs.
Jan. 25, 2021 11 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Barbour to Instant Pot Including deeply discounted items we think any Valentine would love.
Jan. 24, 2021 10 Products That Delighted Us Last Week on the Strategist Including a Vermont-made beanie for cross-country skiing, a seductive sculptural candle, and a better version of a beloved baby monitor.
Jan. 22, 2021 Best Heat-Free Curling Methods, According to TikTok One includes socks!
Jan. 22, 2021 What Are the Best Wireless Bras and Bralettes? Including a bralette made from organic cotton and recycled water bottles, and a soft-cup bra that’s available in four different shades of “nude.”
Jan. 22, 2021 Where to Buy Face Masks for Kids We spoke to pediatricians to find the face masks both you and your kids will love.
Jan. 22, 2021 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Bedroom Décor Items on Amazon Do up your sanctuary without spending a fortune.
Jan. 22, 2021 46 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Apartment Accents on Amazon Including a napkin holder for the cost of a Sweetgreen salad.
Jan. 22, 2021 The Best Dog Beds, According to Amazon Reviews “She’s snug as a bug, and most days I have to wake her up to get her out of this bed!”
Jan. 22, 2021 The Tool Opera Singers and Pilates Pros Ease Neck Knots With I heard about it from an opera singer, who heard about it from a Broadway actress, who heard about it from another actor-turned–massage therapist.
Jan. 22, 2021 What Regina King Can’t Live Without “There are those people who sip on cognac; for tequila drinkers, this is our cognac.”
Jan. 22, 2021 Valentine’s Day Gifts (Under $50) for Every Type of Person Including some status chocolate and a picnic basket backpack for two.
Jan. 22, 2021 You Can Save $100 on This Strategist-Approved Bidet “Just the thought of coming home to your analog toilet becomes so … uncivilized.”
Jan. 22, 2021 The Best Standing Desk Is a Workbench Meant for the Garage It’s inexpensive, handsome, adjustable, and so, so sturdy.
Jan. 22, 2021 15 Things on Sale You’ll Want to Buy: From Adidas to Coola Including lots of cold-weather essentials for the long winter ahead.

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. 21, 2021 We Unearthed the 40 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now Several very large one-bedrooms in Manhattan, a Cornelia Street studio with a ton of architectural details, and more.
Jan. 21, 2021 New Union Square Plan to Make Bigger, Greener Park The $100M proposal would make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
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. 21, 2021 John Wilson’s Favorite Spots in Ridgewood Chicken pupusas, a special occasion strip club, and a used bookstore with great coffee.
Jan. 20, 2021 Biden Declares the Border Wall Dead on His First Day And not a moment too soon.
Jan. 20, 2021 A $495K Sunnyside Two-Bedroom and a Carnegie Hill Duplex Plus, a Williamsburg penthouse duplex with 18-foot ceilings and 30 huge windows.
Jan. 20, 2021 ‘They’re All in Long Island’: Boards Ghost Their Residents And residents are none too pleased.
Jan. 20, 2021 Is a High Line Extension Really What the West Side Needs? Even if improving pedestrian access is the point, levitating over the city is not the solution.
Jan. 20, 2021 What Did Trump, the ‘Builder President,’ Actually Build? A short, grim list of projects he completed while in office.
Jan. 19, 2021 Looks Like the Rich Aren’t Abandoning New York After All High-end Manhattan apartments are finally moving again.

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.
Jan. 11, 2021 Edy Massih Wants to Be ‘the Middle Eastern Martha Stewart’ At Edy’s Grocer, the chef is ready to go big.
Jan. 8, 2021 City Councilmember Carlina Rivera’s Grub Street Diet “I made a wish.”
Jan. 7, 2021 La Newyorkina, Fany Gerson’s Passion Project, Is Closing “We were doing numbers that we do in the dead of winter some days during the summer, which is crazy.”
Jan. 6, 2021 Dani Luv’s Next Act? Maybe Mayor. Sammy’s Roumanian’s house musician talks about the restaurant’s closing.

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