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The network settled with the slain DNC staffer’s parents over three years after suggesting his involvement in the 2016 hack of the Democratic Party.
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Nov. 25, 2020 Why Does It Take Six Hours to Get a COVID Test? The hottest item in town may be a cotton swab that goes up the nose.
Nov. 25, 2020 Here’s What Lame-Duck Trump Might Do The president could start a war, spare his convicted cronies, and more on the way out.
Nov. 25, 2020 Trump Pardons Flynn, Who Pleaded Guilty to Russia Lies A little dose of payback from the departing president.
Nov. 25, 2020 To the Salt Mines With Ye, Ben Domenech You can’t threaten your employees with hard labor for unionizing, even if you’re the boss of the Federalist.
Nov. 25, 2020 Losing Hasn’t Changed Trump’s Stance on White Supremacy His continued resistance to renaming military bases that honor Confederates — though it has no obvious political benefit — confirms his true beliefs.
Nov. 25, 2020 Jobless Claims Rise Again As Virus Surges A sign that economic recovery may be stalling out as the pandemic grips America again.
Nov. 25, 2020 ‘We Saw it Coming. We Should Have Been Better at This.’ A Montana doctor treated coronavirus patients in New York, but she never thought the horrors would follow her 2,000 miles home.
Nov. 25, 2020 Fox News Reaches Settlement With Seth Rich’s Family The network settled with the slain DNC staffer’s parents over three years after suggesting his involvement in the 2016 hack of the Democratic Party.
Nov. 24, 2020 U.S. Exceeds 2,000 Deaths in a Day for First Time Since May Tuesday also marked three straight weeks of new daily cases above 100,000 and 15 straight days of new hospitalization highs.
Nov. 24, 2020 David Dinkins Deserved Better His mayoralty was not the overt failure it once seemed.
Nov. 24, 2020 New York Democrats Gain Veto-Proof Majority in State Senate The supermajority gives lawmakers enhanced negotiating power over Governor Cuomo and could set pandemic-related eviction protections in motion.
Nov. 24, 2020 CDC Director: Vaccine Could Be Ready for Elderly Next Month Robert Redfield said a vaccine may be distributed to nursing-home residents, then health-care providers, as early as mid-December.
Nov. 24, 2020 We’ll Soon Be Rid of Steve King — But Not His Demagoguery The outgoing Republican congressman’s questioning of Kamala Harris’s ancestry shows his racist impulses have not been blunted — nor have his party’s.
Nov. 24, 2020 Trump Will Keep Charging Fraud Until Randy Quaid’s Satisfied The issue isn’t fraud; it’s the perception of fraud now.
Nov. 24, 2020 The Cost of Closing NYC’s Public Schools Talking through the effects of an irrational decision.
Nov. 24, 2020 Sports Are Making COVID Look Like No Big Deal Coaches and athletes’ casual approach to the virus doesn’t exactly set a great example for the rest of the country.
Nov. 24, 2020 What Organized Labor Wants From Biden After years of fiery activism, unions won’t be satisfied with returning to the pre-Trump status quo.
Nov. 24, 2020 The Children of Quarantine What does a year of isolation and anxiety do to a developing brain?
Nov. 24, 2020 David Dinkins, New York’s Only Black Mayor, Has Died at 93 Dinkins, who served as mayor from 1989 to 1993, was reportedly found at home in Lenox Hill on Monday and appears to have died from natural causes.
Nov. 23, 2020 COVID Hospitalizations Break Record for 14th Day in a Row The surge in hospitalizations is just one indicator of the massive third wave in the U.S., where there have been 3 million new cases this month alone.

Nov. 25, 2020 Denmark’s Slaughtered Mink Reportedly Rising From Graves Weeks after the country began culling the animals over coronavirus concerns, their decomposing bodies are resurfacing.
Nov. 25, 2020 Haggard Tree Undergoes Stunning Glow-Up The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree got extensions.
Nov. 25, 2020 The 24 Best Gifts for the Foodie in Your Life Whether they’re into wine, coffee, or Sichaun spices.
Nov. 25, 2020 Well, at Least There’s No SantaCon This Year Or, no official SantaCon, that is.
Nov. 25, 2020 The 11 Best Books to Give As Gifts Titles to satisfy everyone on your list, from fantasy obsessives to die-hard New Yorkers.
Nov. 25, 2020 One-of-a-Kind Jewelry Inspired By ’70s Glassware Brooke Callahan creates whimsical creations out of vintage and Italian glass.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Happiest Man on Twitter Chatting with Gerald Stratford, the British retiree who’s become famous for his big veg.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Florist Using Bouquets for Good Kaylyn Hewitt’s new collaboration benefits Campaign Zero, which fights police brutality.
Nov. 25, 2020 So When Exactly Will a COVID Vaccine Be Ready? Everything you need to know about the most promising candidates, how they’ll be distributed, and what happens after.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Candle Smells Dirty and I Like It It’s like spicy gingerbread. Extra spicy.
Nov. 25, 2020 Trump Has Lost the Will to Be Blond The president’s hair has always been a clue to his mental state.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Bachelorette Actually Talked About Something Real In last night’s episode, Tayshia and Ivan spoke candidly about police brutality and Black Lives Matter.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Border Patrol Agent I Know An immigration activist and reporter in conversation with an active-duty Border Patrol agent, on The Cut podcast.
Nov. 25, 2020 Ivanka Probably Isn’t Welcome Back in New York City “Everyone with self-respect, a career, morals, respect for democracy … will steer clear.”
Nov. 25, 2020 A-Rod and J.Lo Unveil Saks’s Holiday Windows The department store has more celebrity Christmas events in the works.
Nov. 25, 2020 Their Patients Have COVID-19 and Still Think It’s a Hoax Nurses treating coronavirus skeptics are being spit on and harassed. Many want to quit.
Nov. 25, 2020 Jenna Lyons Is Back And she hopes you still like her.
Nov. 25, 2020 America’s Food Banks Are Totally Overwhelmed Right Now It’s never been so important to donate. Here’s how.
Nov. 25, 2020 Meghan Markle Reveals She Suffered a Miscarriage in July “Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few,” she wrote in an essay for the New York Times.
Nov. 25, 2020 Mackenzie Davis Is Overwhelmed Too Talking 2020 with the co-star of Hulu’s new lesbian holiday rom-com, Happiest Season.

2:23 A.M. Kelsey Nicole Drops Thee Stallion Diss Track ‘Bussin Back’ The song is a direct response to Megan’s track “Shots Fired” off her new album Good News.
12:22 A.M. Bad Bunny to Drop New Album El Último Tour del Mundo It’s the recent AMA winner’s third album of 2020, and fans are worried the musician is headed to retirement.
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Nov. 25, 2020 Joss Whedon Bows Out of Forthcoming HBO Series The Nevers Whedon is currently under investigation by Warner Bros. for alleged misconduct on the set of Justice League.
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Nov. 25, 2020 The Uncozy Parts of Happiest Season Make It Interesting The Kristen Stewart-Mackenzie Davis Christmas rom-com is at its best when it acknowledges the cruelty underscoring its holiday hijinks.
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Nov. 25, 2020 Mary Steenburgen’s iPad Is the Real Star of Happiest Season It’s the one element of this film that is absolutely, unimpeachably perfect.
Nov. 25, 2020 House of Ho Trailer: There’s Some Hos in This House HBO Max documents the crazy rich life of a Vietnamese American family in Houston.
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Nov. 25, 2020 Oh No, There Are 82 New Christmas Movies This Year Your definitive guide to 2020’s absolute deluge of made-for-TV holiday fare, on Netflix, Hallmark, Lifetime, and more.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Crown Found Its Scoundrel in Charles If the Netflix series once wanted us to see the prince as a sensitive man dragged along by an unfeeling system, it certainly doesn’t anymore.
Nov. 25, 2020 The 59 Best Movies to Watch With Your Parents For anyone who’s riding out the coronavirus at their childhood home.

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Nov. 25, 2020 All the Best Black Friday Kitchen Deals Get serious discounts on Le Creuset, KitchenAid, Breville, and more.
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Nov. 25, 2020 The Best Holiday Gifts From Small Businesses Including matcha-infused chocolate bars, handmade soap, bags made from recycled leather, and more.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Best Holiday Décor, According to Hallmark Set Designers “People look at a Hallmark movie and they want to live there.”
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Nov. 25, 2020 These Boy Shorts Ended My Hunt for VPL-Free Underwear Countless pairs that promised to vanquish panty lines gave me intolerable wedgies, but the trim and more generous cut on these finally did the trick.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Best Gifts to Buy on Black Friday From L.O.L. Surprise dolls for kids to comfy robes for stressed-out adults.
Nov. 25, 2020 What Author Brit Bennett Can’t Live Without “I’m someone who cares deeply about the temperature of beverages.”
Nov. 25, 2020 What Are the Best Disposable Face Masks? We tested expert- (and celebrity-) approved disposable face masks.
Nov. 25, 2020 All the Best Early Deals From Lululemon’s Black Friday Sale Including lots of women’s leggings, men’s hoodies, and accessories.
Nov. 25, 2020 What’s the Best Loafer for Women? Including a pair that looks like Celine for a tenth of the price.

Nov. 25, 2020 People in COVID Testing Lines Are Turning on Each Other Line-cutters, it turns out, aren’t treated kindly by those waiting six hours for a nose swab.
Nov. 25, 2020 A $695K Soho Spot and an Apartment With Gramercy Park Access Plus, a $349K studio in Beekman, a spacious two-bedroom in Prospect Park South, and more.
Nov. 25, 2020 Upper West Side Homeless Shelters: What You Need to Know The latest: A judge ruled that the city is allowed to transfer the over 200 Lucerne Hotel residents to the Radisson in the Financial District.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Approval System for New Building Encourages Mediocrity In Gowanus, we’re dredging for an idea everyone can live with.
Nov. 25, 2020 The Remaining Rockettes on Their Spectacular-less Christmas “Our kick lines look the same, but we are doing them socially distanced.”
Nov. 25, 2020 From Community Organizer to the Ultimate Insider Kathy Wylde, the longtime head of the Partnership for New York City, has a message for today’s young socialists.
Nov. 24, 2020 The Time I Walked Princess Diana Through the Lower East Side “I didn’t get a chance to be nervous.”
Nov. 24, 2020 A 1930 McKim, Mead & White Castle in Tuxedo Park The 24,000-square-foot mansion overlooking Tuxedo Lake has 14 bedrooms and 11.5 baths.
Nov. 24, 2020 Chess Forum’s Imad Khachan Talks With @NewYorkNico “It’s something that time forgot, I feel like — the place — and me in it.”
Nov. 24, 2020 Howard Wolfson Among the Investors Keeping Astor Hair Open The 75-year-old barbershop will no longer be family run.
Nov. 24, 2020 The Look Book Goes to The Chelsea Flea After a nearly nine-month closure, the 44-year-old market is back.
Nov. 23, 2020 An Upper West Side Penthouse Spread Over 4 Floors The lower half of the 1,700-square-foot apartment used to be the operating room of a former hospital.
Nov. 23, 2020 Trump’s Lame-Duck Period Could Trigger an Eviction Crisis Just one more thing to worry about before January 20th.
Nov. 23, 2020 A Lounge in the Sky in the West Village How architect Alexander Gorlin turned a badly renovated studio into a sunny and starlit day-to-night home — with enough space for 30 Dutch soldiers.
Nov. 20, 2020 Dorothy Parker Honored With Building She’d Be Evicted From Builders seldom make passes at writers’ broke asses.
Nov. 20, 2020 Artist Shaun Leonardo Is the New Co-Director of Recess “For change to happen, folks have to move aside and actually allocate power to the people.”
Nov. 20, 2020 Should Parking Snitches Get Riches? A new bill would give New Yorkers a 25 percent cut of fines for tattling on illegally parked cars.
Nov. 20, 2020 Nobody Wants to Buy Trump’s D.C. Hotel No one wants to buy a hotel right now, and especially not this one.
Nov. 20, 2020 Norman Teague Invites You to Find Your Groove in His Tables The designer makes his mark by letting you make yours.
Nov. 20, 2020 Hideous? Perhaps. But It’s Time to Accept the Gaming Chair. “To invest in what you are actually doing — where you are actually sitting — might seem like capitulation but is also self-care.”

Nov. 25, 2020 DoorDash Will Pay $2.5 Million in Tip-Skimming Settlement The online delivery platform was sued for using tips for delivery workers’ base pay.
Nov. 25, 2020 I Miss My Restaurant Family, Unfortunately We were something of an un-chosen family — until the coronavirus forced us apart.
Nov. 24, 2020 6 Local Chile Oils That Could Make Anything Taste Great A look at the homegrown crop, all perfectly suited for rice-drizzling and stocking-stuffing.
Nov. 24, 2020 8 Highly Giftable Cookbooks by New York Chefs Restaurants may be in flux, but cookbooks are a constant.
Nov. 24, 2020 What Happens If Outdoor Dining Pauses in New York? People need spaces to gather. Do we want to see what happens when those go away?
Nov. 23, 2020 Good-bye to MeMe’s Diner, a Restaurant That Felt Like Home “When you experience hospitality from your chosen family, it can be revelatory.”
Nov. 23, 2020 Don’t Call Yellow Rose Tex-Mex At the new East Village canteen, the vegan queso rivals the beef chili.
Nov. 20, 2020 Did It Have to Be This Way, Great British Baking Show? It’s Pâtisserie Week and it’s all just too much.
Nov. 20, 2020 Jason Stewart’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not particularly proud of it.”
Nov. 19, 2020 The Enormous Joy of the Tiny Thanksgiving It is not a celebration of abundance. It is a celebration of just enough.
Nov. 19, 2020 Winter Comes for New York’s Streeteries Our restaurant critic bundles up for the season ahead.
Nov. 18, 2020 The Grub Street Guide to Thanksgiving Takeout in NYC This year, take your turkey to-go.
Nov. 18, 2020 Can Pickle Rick Seltzer Cure Our Collective Malaise? Pickle-flavored seltzer is finally here. Is it any good?
Nov. 17, 2020 How Many New Ways Will Restaurant Owners Get Squeezed? Both restaurant workers and owners alike have had to deal with a steady drip of small, incremental changes.
Nov. 17, 2020 A New Mexican Deli Lands in Bushwick With Real-Deal Birria Andrés Tonatiuh Galindo Maria has opened Nene’s in the neighborhood where he grew up.
Nov. 17, 2020 The Case for Spending Thanksgiving Alone This year, and every year.
Nov. 16, 2020 Here’s Another Reminder to Stop Using Delivery Apps They prey on restaurants, but still can’t make money.
Nov. 16, 2020 Can Meal Kits Connect Us to Restaurants, and Each Other? Once-shunned, meal kits have taken on new importance in the age of coronavirus.
Nov. 13, 2020 Say Good-bye to Two More Vital New York Restaurants The Beatrice Inn and MeMe’s Diner will both close their doors soon.
Nov. 13, 2020 The Great British Baking Show Is Best When It’s Very British “Take me to a British lemon bog! Make me a preindustrial mutton-fat pudding with an entire rindy lemon in the middle of it!”

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