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U.S. Reaches New Daily High of COVID Cases, Tops 9 Million in Total

The United States recorded 89,940 cases on Thursday, a record that will be shattered soon, considering the uncontrolled spread of the virus.
Second Coronavirus Wave Propels European Countries Into Lockdown 2.0

France, Germany announce lockdowns that will last at least a month. “We no longer have control of the spread of the virus,” Chancellor Merkel warned.
Why Did Tucker Carlson Send a Flash Drive Through the Mail?

Carlson’s purportedly damning package on Biden family corruption wasn’t stolen, though it did turn out he sent digital documents through the mail.
Three Dead in Knife Attack in France

The attack comes amid a period of growing tension in France over secularism and religious equality.
Dr. Fauci Predicts No ‘Semblances of Normality’ Until 2022

Yikes.
Kelly Loeffler Claims She’s ‘Not Familiar’ With Access Hollywood Tape

Well, that’s a new one.
Chait: Tucker Carlson Reports He Lost the Only Copy of Documents That Nail Biden

Maybe see if a Canadian girlfriend from summer camp stole them?
And Now, a Sinkhole Full of Rats

A New York sidewalk split and swallowed its victim, plunging him into a rat pit.
Anonymous ‘Resistance Inside the Trump Administration’ Guy Is Former DHS Staffer

The notorious op-ed belongs to Miles Taylor, who wrote about how he fought Trump’s worst impulses while selling one of his most abhorrent policies.
Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks?

Negotiations were slowly making progress after repeated Trump flip-flops, then time ran out for a pre-election deal. Early 2021 remains the best bet.
Cecilia Chiang, the Restaurateur Who Changed Chinese Food in America, Has Died

She opened the Mandarin in 1961, introducing this country to dishes that are now ubiquitous.
57 Migrant Women Say They Were Victims of ICE Gynecologist

More women have come forward with claims of forced procedures and other medical abuse at an ICE detention center in Georgia.
Chait: Badgers Football COVID Outbreak Might Doom Trump in Wisconsin

A high-profile symbol of Trump’s failure.
E. Jean Carroll’s Lawsuit Against Trump Will Move Forward

A federal judge blocked the Justice Department’s attempt to shield the president from the defamation suit.
Congrats to the Dodgers, Except This One Dodger

Justin Turner tested positive for coronavirus and proceeded to hug his teammates.
Trump Supporters Left Stranded in Cold After Omaha Rally

Several people were taken to area hospitals with hypothermia after an organizational breakdown at the event.
Trump Campaign Website Hacked in Apparent Cryptocurrency Scam

A message up for around 30 minutes baselessly claimed that voters would soon learn that “the trump-gov is involved in the origin of the corona virus.”
National Guard Mobilized in Philadelphia After Police Killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

Several hundred guardsmen will be deployed to Philadelphia within 48 hours, following the police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. on Monday.
Jon Stewart to Return to Television With New Apple TV+ Series

Multiple seasons of the hour-long show are in the works.
Hopes for a Stimulus Deal Before the Election Are Dead

The economy is on its own until January or later.

1:05 A.M. U.S. Sets New COVID Case Daily High, Tops 9 Million in Total The United States recorded 89,940 cases on Thursday, a record that will be shattered soon, considering the uncontrolled spread of the virus.
Oct. 29, 2020 Why Did Tucker Carlson Send a Flash Drive Through the Mail? Carlson’s purportedly damning package on Biden family corruption wasn’t stolen, though it did turn out he sent digital documents through the mail.
Oct. 29, 2020 Second COVID Wave Propels France, Germany Into Lockdown 2.0 France, Germany announce lockdowns that will last at least a month. “We no longer have control of the spread of the virus,” Chancellor Merkel warned.
Oct. 29, 2020 Trump’s Voter Suppression Is a Crisis (Even If It Backfires) Historic turnout doesn’t erase the threat posed by the GOP’s open contempt for the political rights of its opposition.
Oct. 29, 2020 Frank Rich: Tuesday’s Worst-Case Scenario Biden may well win in a landslide, but there’s still plenty to keep liberal insomniacs awake.
Oct. 29, 2020 How SCOTUS Has Already Tinkered With the 2020 Election The Court has deferred to state decisions about mail-ballot deadlines and other election issues, with some conservatives clearly wanting to intervene.
Oct. 29, 2020 Trump Corruptly Meddled With Investigation Into Turkish Bank If Trump wins, the House should impeach him.
Oct. 29, 2020 Loeffler: ‘I’m Not Familiar’ With Access Hollywood Tape Well, that’s a new one.
Oct. 29, 2020 Scenes From Your Election Day New York readers share images of their election experiences, including PPE in Sacramento, an early-voting reflection, and some very happy waiting. gallery
Oct. 29, 2020 Kanye’s 2020 Run May Be the Future of Presidential Politics The next Trump or Yeezus won’t even need a party — just celebrity, money, and an actual campaign.
Oct. 28, 2020 The 5 Worst Things Kushner Said About Trump’s COVID Strategy In a newly published interview with Bob Woodward, Jared Kushner said in April that Trump wanted to get “the country back from the doctors.”
Oct. 28, 2020 Tucker Carlson: We Lost Only Copy of Documents Nailing Biden Maybe see if a Canadian girlfriend from summer camp stole them?
Oct. 28, 2020 Trump’s Base Isn’t Housewives, It’s Tradwives The president has provoked an internal gender war.
Oct. 28, 2020 Anonymous White House ‘Resistance’ Guy Is Former DHS Staffer The notorious op-ed belongs to Miles Taylor, who wrote about how he fought Trump’s worst impulses while selling one of his most abhorrent policies.
Oct. 28, 2020 COVID Resurgence May Keep Trump From Closing Gap With Biden As Trump urges voters to stop dwelling on his handling of the pandemic, COVID-19 is making an attention-grabbing comeback, especially in the Midwest.
Oct. 28, 2020 Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks? Negotiations were slowly making progress after repeated Trump flip-flops, then time ran out for a pre-election deal. Early 2021 remains the best bet.
Oct. 28, 2020 Will Anyone Possibly Call the Race on Election Night? Why you should be extra-skeptical of pundits (and the president) making declarations on November 3.
Oct. 28, 2020 Want Nonpartisan Court Reform? Add 4 Liberal Justices. Manufacturing a liberal majority is likely a prerequisite for preventing the Roberts Court from striking down unprecedented nonpartisan reforms.
Oct. 28, 2020 Badger Football COVID Outbreak Might Doom Trump in Wisconsin A high-profile symbol of Trump’s failure.
Oct. 28, 2020 Georgia Is Still a Purple State Only in Theory Biden’s visit suggests the president’s segregationist bid for the suburbs isn’t working as he hoped. But Trump is the favorite until proven otherwise.

Oct. 29, 2020 Kanye Got Kim K a Hologram of Her Late Dad Kim Kardashian received a very special gift for her 40th birthday.
Oct. 29, 2020 Look Who’s Back on the Market Timothée Chalamet and Eliza González reportedly broke up — if they were ever really dating to begin with.
Oct. 29, 2020 It’s Not Too Late to Help Defeat Trump Here are eight last-minute actions you can take in the days ahead.
Oct. 29, 2020 COVID-19 Cases Are Yet Again Surging The U.S. just surpassed 9 million confirmed cases, more than half a million of which were reported in the past week alone.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Original Beauty Influencer on Her Favorite Products Michelle Phan explains the 21 items she uses to the last drop.
Oct. 29, 2020 5 People Try Glossier’s New Body Stuff An exfoliating bar soap and a dry-touch oil.
Oct. 29, 2020 Shameless on Vacation A certain kind of American is still traveling internationally — and they’re not sorry.
Oct. 29, 2020 Trump Gives Green Light to Destroy Largest National Forest His administration has opened up Tongass National Forest, one of the world’s biggest intact temperate rainforests, for logging.
Oct. 29, 2020 Three Dead in Knife Attack in France The attack comes amid a period of growing tension in France over secularism and religious equality.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Astrology of Election Day Looks Pretty Dire Mercury retrograde ends on November 3… but we won’t be out of the clear.
Oct. 29, 2020 It Should Never Be This Hard Five horror stories that show the infuriating obstacles many people face while voting in America.
Oct. 29, 2020 People Are Still Going All Out for Halloween in NYC Here’s what they’ll be wearing.
Oct. 29, 2020 Remember the ‘Sexy Anonymous Op-Ed’ Costume? A spooky remembrance, in honor of the author’s big reveal.
Oct. 29, 2020 Is Anyone Less Equipped for an Alien Invasion Than Yuppies? In Save Yourselves!, a Brooklyn couple experiences their first real-life problems.
Oct. 29, 2020 Dr. Fauci Predicts No ‘Semblances of Normality’ Until 2022 Yikes.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Curator Using His Business for the Greater Good Tariq Dixon is using his platform to support marginalized communities.
Oct. 29, 2020 A Recipe Gets You Only So Far Chasing intangible feelings, in and out of the kitchen.
Oct. 29, 2020 I Hate Halloween Less This Year? My Holiday Mom angst is calmer than usual.
Oct. 29, 2020 The 23 Best Sweatpants for Women Never wear hard pants again.
Oct. 28, 2020 And Now, a Sinkhole Full of Rats A New York sidewalk split and swallowed its victim, plunging him into a rat pit.

2:56 A.M. Dua Lipa Teams Up With Belgian Singer Angèle On ‘Fever’ They’ve got a fever, can you check?
1:24 A.M. Nigerian Singer WizKid Drops New Album Made In Lagos “We will get through this together. Together we move. #endSARS.”
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12:00 A.M. Get in Position, Ariana Grande’s New Album positions Is Out Before the end of October, because she’s a woman of her word.
Oct. 29, 2020 Your Favorite Rappers From 2007 Keep Meeting With Trump First Kanye. Then Ice Cube. Now Weezy F. Baby.
Oct. 29, 2020 Kanye Got Kim A Hologram of Her Late Father For Her Birthday We, as a society, can no longer keep up with the Kardashians.
Oct. 29, 2020 Southern Charm Season Premiere Recap: Doubting Thomas So we’re really keeping this guy around, huh Bravo?
Oct. 29, 2020 Whoopi Goldberg Recalls Getting ‘Sick’ During Sister Act “I felt I should be more active, so I created a bit of a problem for Disney.”
Oct. 29, 2020 Full Frontal Is Prepping for Lava After the Election “We have to make a show because we sold the commercial space.”
Oct. 29, 2020 Gossip Girl Reboot Lands Broadway Star Laura Benanti XOXO, you know you love Benanti.
Oct. 29, 2020 Awkwafina and Sandra Oh Join Netflix Comedy As Sisters From Gloria Sanchez.
Oct. 29, 2020 Netflix Just Increased Its Prices, Effective Immediately Boooooooo.
Oct. 29, 2020 Bad Hair Fails the Very Audience It Seeks to Reflect If this movie is the love letter to Black women that its director promises, it’s written with a poison pen.
Oct. 29, 2020 Kanye Drops Campaign ‘Theme’ Remix With 2 Chainz, DaBaby “That’s a grown man, I can’t tell him what he can and can’t say,” 2 Chainz raps of West.
Oct. 29, 2020 Free The Great Pumpkin, You Ghouls Not having the Charlie Brown holiday specials on broadcast TV this year just seems cruel, especially when they still have so much to teach us.
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Oct. 29, 2020 America’s Sweetheart Marries Scarlett Johansson A very marriageable face.
Oct. 29, 2020 Khloé Kardashian Defends Kim’s Kovid Birthday on Ellen “There are so many frustrations going on for everybody. Also, it’s her 40th.”
Oct. 29, 2020 Judge Judy to Bang Her Gavel on IMDb TV for New Court Show Put on your listening ears. She has news.

Oct. 29, 2020 25 Gifts for Your Whole List (That You Can Buy at Macy’s) A bunch of Strategist-approved gifts from the department store that brings you the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Oct. 29, 2020 What’s the Best Men’s Dopp Kit? Compact enough to squeeze in a carry-on, durable enough to withstand years of travel.
Oct. 29, 2020 Trend Forecasters on Women’s Gifts to Buy Now Loungewear in soothing colors, “mood-boosting” jewelry, and other gifts to buy before they’re gone.
Oct. 29, 2020 What Are the Best Snow Pants? Skiing, sledding, and snowboarding are a lot more fun when you’re dry and warm.
Oct. 29, 2020 This $17 Hair Wand Smooths My Flyaways (and Tames My Brows) A rare #FYP find that actually lives up to the hype.
Oct. 29, 2020 The 10 Hoodies I Recommend to Most Everyone I Know From adult friends who want the comfiest hoodie they won’t mind spilling coffee on, to their kids who want hoodies like one Justin Bieber would wear.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Best Gifts for Bookworms (That Aren’t Books) Because they’ve probably already read that novel.
Oct. 29, 2020 Where Can I Find a (Budget-Friendly) Closet Fragrance? We found everything, from scented sachets to lavender-infused cedar blocks.
Oct. 29, 2020 11 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Baggu to Madewell Including an half-off Ninja Mega Kitchen System and a pair of Strategist-favorite Veja sneakers.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Best Digital Picture Frames, According to Amazon Reviews “This is the happiest birthday present I have ever chosen.”
Oct. 29, 2020 I Finally Found a Detergent That Doesn’t Make My Skin Itchy It gets coffee stains and mascara streaks out too.
Oct. 29, 2020 The KitchenAid Pro 5 Mixer Has Never Been Cheaper Upgrade to the most powerful KitchenAid mixer on the market for just $200 today.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Anti-Brass Shampoo I Use on My Light-Brown Hair The one that works best is actually made for gray hair.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Gifts for Architects, According to Architects Much of which is (not surprisingly) all black.
Oct. 28, 2020 This New Coffee Grinder Is a Breakthrough for Home Brewers The flat-burr grinder makes the technology found in far pricier models a lot more accessible.
Oct. 28, 2020 Ask the Strategist: Where Should I Put My Loose Change? More than 20 options for storing your coins like a grown-up.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Best Gifts for Everyone (From Black-Owned Businesses) From a ceramic bowl just for cereal to a durable, merino-wool tug-and-chew dog toy.
Oct. 28, 2020 36 Cheap (But Expensive-Looking) Bathroom Accents Including an actually cute toilet brush, a mushroom-shaped night light, and a bath mat for the young (or young at heart).
Oct. 28, 2020 17 Things That’ll Sell Out: From Jane Goodall to Star Wars Including many giftable items for yourself and everyone else on your list.
Oct. 28, 2020 What Are the Best Snowboarding Jackets? It’s a golden age of snowboarding: a time when the same jacket gives you performance on the mountain and non-slouchy style on the street.

Oct. 29, 2020 We Unearthed the 73 Best Rent Deals in NYC Right Now A rare Greenwich Village loft, a six-bedroom apartment in Harlem, and studios under $1,500 in Clinton Hill.
Oct. 29, 2020 I Waited 13 Years for a Target to Open. Now I Don’t Want It. It took over a decade for L.A. to pave a strip mall and put up a parking lot.
Oct. 29, 2020 Afrofuturist Ari Melenciano Doesn’t Mind Quarantine “All of my gadgets — they’re basically my toys — are everywhere.” And they inspire her.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Comptroller, the Mayor, and Public Housing: A Beef Turns out the money is spoken for and is being spent on a fairly inflexible schedule.
Oct. 29, 2020 How Does a Sidewalk Just Collapse and Swallow a Guy Up? Oh, great.
Oct. 29, 2020 The Look Book Goes to the Hudson Yards Equinox Where members were working out on treadmills, ellipticals, and weight machines under a tent.
Oct. 29, 2020 Remembering Fort Thunder: 11 Dudes, Two Bands, One Toilet Jim Drain looks back at life in the Providence punk art commune.
Oct. 28, 2020 A $389K Prewar Studio and an Architect’s Park Slope Spot Plus, an ornate brownstone studio on the Upper West Side, a quirky two-bedroom in Bed-Stuy, and more.
Oct. 28, 2020 The Listings Novelist Rumaan Alam Likes to Stare At “Listen, I’d probably do bad things to get this house.”
Oct. 28, 2020 Greenpoint’s New Public Library “Makes You Want to Move In” We paid a lot for it, but we got something worth having.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Most Notorious Property-Tax Underpayers in California Proposition 15, which would level the field, is a 50-50 shot to pass on Election Day.
Oct. 27, 2020 How to Stop the Next Invitation Homes. A chance to prevent private equity from devouring small landlords.
Oct. 27, 2020 Four Hacks for Safely Distributing Candy on Halloween From simple tools like trash grabbers to DIY candy chutes.
Oct. 27, 2020 She Hasn’t Skipped a Landmarks Meeting in 37 Years (Apart from a few sick days, that is.) Christabel Gough may have the quietest influence in New York.
Oct. 27, 2020 This Maplewood Mid-century Is Now $1M Cheaper The sprawling 7,000-square-foot home stands out on a New Jersey street of Colonials and Tudors.
Oct. 27, 2020 The Beauty-Supply Store Run by a 16-Year-Old In September, just as her Zoom classes were starting, high-school senior Paris McKenzie held the grand opening of Paris Beauty Supplyz.
Oct. 26, 2020 Just a Very Pretty Upper East Side Two-Bedroom The twice-renovated prewar unit comes with restored casement windows and five built-in arched bookshelves.
Oct. 26, 2020 Office Life, Inside and Out Paper co-founder Kim Hastreiter renovated a studio in her building to be her new office. But for now, meet her in Washington Square Park.
Oct. 23, 2020 Manhattan Rents Drop, Pig Busts Into a Garden, and More News The important — and unimportant — things that happened around town this week.
Oct. 23, 2020 Norwood Young Got Tired of Being Famous for His L.A. House He’s moved to Bangkok, where he is treated like a king.

6:00 A.M. Cookbook Author Nik Sharma’s Grub Street Diet “I really love ice cream.”
Oct. 29, 2020 What Went Wrong at Brooklyn Roasting Company? The local coffee chain has filed for bankruptcy protection and closed its biggest shops. Can it chart a new path forward?
Oct. 29, 2020 Voting Is Wonderful. Free Pizza Makes It Better. As voters brave waits of two, three, or even four hours, some good Samaritans offer relief in the form of food.
Oct. 28, 2020 Influential S.F. Restaurateur Cecilia Chiang Has Died She opened the Mandarin in 1961, introducing this country to dishes that are now ubiquitous.
Oct. 28, 2020 Is New York Actually Ready to Expand Indoor Dining? A November 1 deadline is looming.
Oct. 27, 2020 Eric See’s Mother’s Chiles Rellenos Revealed The secret is Ritz crackers.
Oct. 27, 2020 Live Music Returns to New York’s Bars and Restaurants “Music is an energy exchange. That is so necessary, especially now.”
Oct. 26, 2020 At Ernesto’s, Not Much (and Everything) Has Changed Adam Platt returns to Ryan Bartlow’s Basque-inspired taverna, which was the last dining room he patronized as a working critic in March.
Oct. 23, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Was Never Going to Save Us Perhaps we’ve been asking too much of Paul Hollywood and the gang.
Oct. 23, 2020 Author Bryan Washington’s Grub Street Diet “Yeah, no, one curry a week isn’t enough, to put it lightly.”
Oct. 22, 2020 What Even Are Those Outdoor Dining Bubbles? Do they count as outdoor dining?
Oct. 22, 2020 The Nightmare Inside Mission Chinese Food The restaurant’s chefs preached kindness. Behind the scenes, it was a different story.
Oct. 22, 2020 The Odeon, Four Decades On “None of us was thinking of this as a career. It was just sort of a fun idea.”
Oct. 21, 2020 It’s Time for Funfetti This is not birthday cake or celebration cake. It’s cake because things are grim and it is a Wednesday.
Oct. 21, 2020 A Completely New Soft-Serve Lands in New York What happens when booza meets Mister Softee?
Oct. 20, 2020 Is This the End of the Road for Michelin in America? Even the storied guide realizes restaurants need support, not stars.
Oct. 20, 2020 Food-Stamp Ruling Is a Loss for Trump, a Win for Decency A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end SNAP benefits for nearly 700,000 unemployed Americans.
Oct. 19, 2020 Freed From Restaurants, a Chef Couple Turns to Pelmeni Jessica and Trina Quinn are diving into the cuisine of Eastern Europe.
Oct. 16, 2020 Even in the Bake Off Tent, Things Have Gotten Bad The world is mired in problems of our own making. Why must it also be that way in the tent?
Oct. 16, 2020 Xi’an Famous Foods Owner Jason Wang’s Grub Street Diet “The sauce is where it’s at.”

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