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The rap star’s sophomore album explores new adulthood, new fame, and its many slumps.

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Trump’s Stimulus Orders Create Legal and Administrative Chaos

Student loan payment suspensions aside, Trump’s orders mostly depend on actions by others that could make thwart his scheme, even without litigation.
More Than 100 People Arrested After Downtown Chicago Looting

The Magnificent Mile turned chaotic Sunday night after a police shooting on the city’s South Side hours earlier.
Instagram Is a Wicked, Tempting Mistress

The president of Liberty University has stepped down after posting a regrettable vacation selfie.
McDonald’s Is Suing Its Former CEO

Steve Easterbrook allegedly lied and destroyed evidence about relationships with employees.
Antonio Banderas Has Worst Birthday Ever, Tests Positive for COVID-19

“I would like to add that I feel relatively good, just a little more tired than usual.”
Hong Kong’s Media Crackdown Has Begun in Earnest

A pro-democracy newspaper owner was arrested for colluding with a foreign power, a charge that could mean life in prison.
Please Throw Away Your Onions

The humble staple ingredient has been linked to a massive salmonella outbreak.
What We Know About Trump’s New ‘Executive Orders’

The president’s power grab is more likely to deliver a constitutional crisis than economic relief during the pandemic.
Rachael Ray Safe After New York House Fire

“The house is unfortunately damaged and we don’t yet know to what extent,” her rep told outlets.
U.S. Surpasses 5 Million COVID-19 Cases

And there’s still no adequate federal response to slow the spread of the summer outbreak.
Could USPS Leadership Overhaul Be Part of Trump’s Push to Impair Mail-in Voting?

Changes at the top of the Postal Service appear to be part of Trump’s effort to undermine the agency ahead of an election reliant on mail-in voting.
9 COVID Cases Reported at High School Whose Packed Halls Went Viral

At least six students and three teachers at Georgia’s North Paulding High School have tested positive for coronavirus.
Simon Cowell Breaks His Back From Electric Bike Crash

He had to undergo emergency surgery.
Yes, Trump Actually Did Want to Be Added to Mount Rushmore

A White House aide reportedly looked into the process for adding another president’s face to the monument.
Zoë Kravitz Calls Out Hulu for Lack of Shows Starring Women of Color

“At least Hulu has a ton of other shows starring women of color we can watch. Oh wait.”
TikTok Is Reportedly Suing the Trump Administration

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U.S. Intelligence Says Republicans Are Working With Russia to Reelect Trump

The collusion is happening in plain sight.
Georgia NAACP Head Asks Matt Lieberman to Drop Senate Bid

Lieberman’s self-published 2018 novel is allegedly loaded with “racist tropes.”
Cuomo Says New York Schools Can Reopen, But Hurdles Remain

School districts have the green light. Whether they move forward with in-person learning is still an open question.
Democrats Struggle to Accommodate Stars at Shrunken Convention

With no live audience and reduced media coverage, and no incumbent president to soak up attention, Democrats will have to be careful about who speaks.

1:43 P.M. Trump Stimulus Orders Create Legal and Administrative Chaos Student loan payment suspensions aside, Trump’s orders mostly depend on actions by others that could make thwart his scheme, even without litigation.
12:42 P.M. More Than 100 People Arrested After Downtown Chicago Looting The Magnificent Mile turned chaotic Sunday night after a police shooting on the city’s South Side hours earlier.
12:31 P.M. ‘Working Class’ Conservatism Doesn’t Work Without Unions Self-styled “populist” Republicans — who oppose pro-labor policies — are just Reaganites in different clothes.
10:09 A.M. If Uber Eats Isn’t Profitable Now, When Can It Be? Huge growth is based on charging customers less for delivery than drivers get paid to provide it.
10:07 A.M. Hong Kong’s Media Crackdown Has Begun in Earnest A pro-democracy newspaper owner was arrested for colluding with a foreign power, a charge that could mean life in prison.
7:00 A.M. The Senate Is America’s Most Structurally Racist Institution Why is massive overrepresentation for white America still acceptable in 2020?
Aug. 9, 2020 What We Know About Trump’s New ‘Executive Orders’ The president’s power grab is more likely to deliver a constitutional crisis than economic relief during the pandemic.
Aug. 9, 2020 U.S. Surpasses 5 Million COVID-19 Cases And there’s still no adequate federal response to slow the spread of the summer outbreak.
Aug. 9, 2020 USPS Leadership in Disarray as Trump Blasts Mail-in Voting Changes at the top of the Postal Service appear to be part of Trump’s effort to undermine the agency ahead of an election reliant on mail-in voting.
Aug. 9, 2020 The Good (But Not Great) News on T-Cells and Herd Immunity Two areas of research offer tentative hope that meaningful natural protection from COVID-19 may come sooner than expected.
Aug. 8, 2020 Yes, Trump Actually Did Want to Be Added to Mount Rushmore A White House aide reportedly looked into the process for adding another president’s face to the monument.
Aug. 8, 2020 Bill de Blasio Is Using New York’s Murder Rate to Demagogue The mayor doesn’t know why murder rates have risen in the city. But he’s using them for political purposes anyway.
Aug. 8, 2020 U.S. Intelligence: GOP Is Accepting Russian Help for Trump The collusion is happening in plain sight.
Aug. 8, 2020 How the Final Stretch of Biden’s VP Search Is Playing Out It’s been an abnormal, increasingly contentious process, but the wait is finally almost over.
Aug. 7, 2020 Georgia NAACP Head Asks Matt Lieberman to Drop Senate Bid Lieberman’s self-published 2018 novel is allegedly loaded with “racist tropes.”
Aug. 7, 2020 Cuomo Says New York Schools Can Reopen, But Hurdles Remain School districts have the green light. Whether they move forward with in-person learning is still an open question.
Aug. 7, 2020 Democrats Struggle to Feature Stars at Shrunken Convention With no live audience and reduced media coverage, and no incumbent president to soak up attention, Democrats will have to be careful about who speaks.
Aug. 7, 2020 What the Hell Is Kanye West’s Campaign About? It is not serious, but it’s not a joke either. It has aspects of both a vanity project and a GOP sabotage operation, but not fully either.
Aug. 7, 2020 Frank Rich: Trump’s Frantic Summer — Salesmanship or Mania? So, in the three-month countdown to Election Day, it’s come to this.
Aug. 7, 2020 As Schools Open, Coronavirus Outbreaks Follow Here are the states where reopened schools are dealing with positive coronavirus tests.

12:21 P.M. Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt Had a Baby The couple announced the birth of their daughter on Instagram.
11:38 A.M. Instagram Is a Wicked, Tempting Mistress The president of Liberty University has stepped down after posting a regrettable vacation selfie.
10:54 A.M. Beware of Onions A multistate salmonella outbreak has infected at least 640 people.
10:00 A.M. The True Cost of Being a Black Teacher Even at a school that yearns for racial equity, I constantly feel like this profession is a path to nowhere.
8:00 A.M. I Think About Colin Farrell Salsa Dancing a Lot It wasn’t a night at the club that made me regret never learning to dance — it was his sultry scene in Miami Vice.
8:00 A.M. When Becky Yells at You An excerpt from Shayla Lawson’s new book, This Is Major, about working alongside a white woman with a massive inferiority complex.
Aug. 9, 2020 Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of August 10 Uranus goes retrograde this week. Here’s how to cope.
Aug. 9, 2020 The Woman Taking Weed Gummies to Get in the Mood This week’s sex diary.
Aug. 9, 2020 9 COVID Cases at High School Whose Packed Halls Went Viral At least six students and three teachers at Georgia’s North Paulding High School have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Aug. 9, 2020 Is Trump Really Banning TikTok? He issued an executive order banning the app from operating in the U.S., unless its Chinese-owned parent company sells it off.
Aug. 9, 2020 Yet Another Woman Is Suing Harvey Weinstein for Rape In a newly filed lawsuit, another Jane Doe says Weinstein repeatedly sexually assaulted her during meetings about her career.
Aug. 9, 2020 The U.S. Is Now Reporting Over 5 Million Coronavirus Cases July saw over 1.9 million new COVID-19 infections, more than twice the number of cases recorded in any other month.
Aug. 7, 2020 What If We Stopped Listening to Beauty Influencers? Shea Couleé and Teddy Quinlivan are the faces of a democratic new beauty app.
Aug. 7, 2020 Beautiful Objects for a Good Cause The Brooklyn-based brand Mociun has solicited pieces from 20 other companies for a charitable auction.
Aug. 7, 2020 Did a Teen Kill His Neighbor to Become ‘TikTok Famous’? The 18-year-old claims he was acting in self-defense when he stabbed his neighbor. The neighbor’s family says otherwise.
Aug. 7, 2020 The Best Film Genre Is ‘Dance Movie’ Preferably featuring a try-hard female lead, as in the new Netflix film Work It.
Aug. 7, 2020 What It’s Like to Teach Yoga Over Zoom “I’ve got all my stuff from Brooklyn in my childhood bedroom, and I’ve transformed the whole family room into a yoga space.”
Aug. 7, 2020 How to Help Beirut Right Now Two explosions have created incomprehensible devastation in a country already struggling to contain multiple crises.
Aug. 7, 2020 Alicia Keys Is Starting a Skin-Care Brand Let out a perfectly pitched “Yayyyy.”
Aug. 7, 2020 Trump Keeps Pushing for Schools to Fully Reopen But the majority of Americans say they’re worried about the risks.

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3:25 P.M. The Saved By the Bell Reboot Teaser Is Corny As Hell Coming soon to NBCU’s Peacock.
2:48 P.M. Harry Styles Gets First No. 1 Hit With ‘Watermelon Sugar’ Thanks to National Watermelon Day, among other factors.
2:29 P.M. Alt and Straight TikTok Both Agree on Rapper Ppcocaine Here’s how not one, not two, but three ppcocaine songs went viral on TikTok at the same time.
2:20 P.M. Selena Gomez and David Henrie Conjure Up a Reunion Gomez is an executive producer of his new movie.
2:15 P.M. Here Are All the Movies Scheduled to Hit Theaters in 2020 An ever-evolving guide to the year’s major theatrical release dates.
2:05 P.M. Porsha Hasn’t Talked to the White Housewives About Activism “Even though we’ve been in quarantine, I’ve been busy as hell!”
1:56 P.M. Judd Apatow to Direct Two-Part George Carlin Documentary Coming to HBO sometime in the future.
1:24 P.M. Robert Pattinson Couldn’t Outsmart Christopher Nolan “I said I had a family emergency.”
1:23 P.M. What is Tenet About, Anyway? A few theories about Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie, which is definitely not about time travel.
1:20 P.M. Umbrella Academy’s Ritu Arya Didn’t Know That Lila Twist The breakout new addition thought she was auditioning for a single-episode role, not one of season two’s biggest cliffhangers.
12:50 P.M. Amber Ruffin and Larry Wilmore Get Peacock Late-Night Shows “We can’t wait to write sketches, songs and jokes about this terrible time we call now!”
12:00 P.M. Superman Had the Briefest of Flights on Broadway And how Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa almost got him back off the ground nearly 50 years later.
10:59 A.M. Antonio Banderas Tests Positive for COVID-19 on His Birthday “I would like to add that I feel relatively good, just a little more tired than usual.”
10:35 A.M. The Story Behind ‘WAP’s ‘Whores in This House’ Sample “My daughter sent me a link. She’s so proud that her daddy has such a strong connection with the whores of the world.”
10:30 A.M. James Gandolfini Loved Green Day “He also named his dog dookie and used it in his email address.”
10:12 A.M. Aminé Isn’t Out of Limbo Yet The 26-year-old Portland rap star’s sophomore album explores new adulthood, new fame, and all its many slumps.
10:03 A.M. Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt Had a Baby Katherine’s brother confirmed the news over the weekend.
9:42 A.M. Rachael Ray Safe After New York House Fire “The house is unfortunately damaged and we don’t yet know to what extent,” her rep told outlets.
9:40 A.M. Simon Cowell Breaks His Back From Electric Bike Crash He’s now joking that he should’ve “read the manual.”

12:59 P.M. Hit Thai Restaurant Uncle Boons Will Close Permanently It was easily one of New York’s most popular restaurants of the last decade.
11:17 A.M. McDonald’s Is Suing Its Former CEO Steve Easterbrook allegedly lied and destroyed evidence about relationships with employees.
10:48 A.M. Please Throw Away Your Onions The humble staple ingredient has been linked to a massive salmonella outbreak.
9:30 A.M. Can a 12-Year-Old Convince You to Go Vegan? A delightful conversation with chef Omari McQueen.
Aug. 9, 2020 Five Bon Appétit Stars Have Exited the Test Kitchen All say Condé Nast Entertainment is failing to make meaningful change to the way it does business.
Aug. 7, 2020 Ziwe’s Grub Street Diet “I was like, ‘Oh, these guys have meat with everything — let me get on that wave right quick.’”
Aug. 6, 2020 The Joy of Sourcing I craved adventure. I found preserved lemons.
Aug. 5, 2020 How a Restaurant Leaves New York For three months, I lived my dream. Then COVID-19 arrived.
Aug. 4, 2020 A New Sandwich Shop Is Obsessed with Cutlets “The fast-casual category populated by brands like Sweetgreen, Dig Inn, and Dos Toros hasn’t been heroized yet.”
Aug. 4, 2020 Which Negroni To Go Is Right for You? The Underground Gourmet taste-tests a representative sampling from our Campari-drenched delivery zone.
Aug. 3, 2020 Trader Joe’s Won’t Change Its ‘Racist’ Product Names The grocer released a new statement contradicting its first response to an online petition criticizing branding like Trader Ming’s.
Aug. 3, 2020 We (Still) Need to Talk About Abuse in Restaurants As businesses reopen, we must discuss the industry’s pervasive sexism and rampant harassment.
Aug. 3, 2020 Dale DeGroff Is Optimistic About the Future of Bars A new book and some old stories from the man who brought us drinks as we know them.
Aug. 3, 2020 To Placate Cuomo, Botanica Bar Adds Fancy Pizza to Its Menu For years, the dive bar’s customers got by on peanuts.
July 31, 2020 Author Molly Wizenberg’s Grub Street Diet “Our first green bean had appeared, and there I was, squatting down in my bathrobe in the dark.”
July 30, 2020 What Is Going on With Trump’s Pizza Tweet? A very quick explainer.
July 30, 2020 Keith McNally Is Closing Another Restaurant Au revoir, Augustine.
July 30, 2020 Would You Subscribe to a Restaurant? A bold proposal to rethink the way we pay for food — and it comes from Panera?
July 29, 2020 Can the No-Tipping Movement Survive? Tip-free restaurants are more equitable and better for customers, but they’re in danger of disappearing.
July 29, 2020 What We Know About the Trader Joe’s Anti-Mask Assault One employee was sent to the hospital, according to someone who witnessed the attack.

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12:40 P.M. The Best Face Masks for Running Outside We found ones that are actually breathable.
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7:36 A.M. The Strategist’s First-Ever Celebrity Auction Including Hari Nef’s Gucci gown, Leon Bridges’s 22-kt gold shades, and Pepa’s “Push It”–themed snowboard.
Aug. 9, 2020 9 Products That Delighted Us Last Week on the Strategist Including a bubble vase to brighten your day, the face masks a doctor recommends to all friends and family, and Rick Ross’s favorite deodorant.
Aug. 7, 2020 Does UPF Protective Clothing Work? A new batch of brands is making actually stylish sun-protective clothing.
Aug. 7, 2020 A Beginner’s Guide to Skateboarding, According to Skaters The best skateboards, protective gear, and accessories to get you rolling.
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Aug. 7, 2020 This Convertible Coach Bag is 50 Percent Off For the days you don’t want to schlep your granny cart to the park.
Aug. 7, 2020 WFH Isn’t Going Anywhere. These Things Will Make It Easier. From the basics (keyboards, mice, and headphones) to the treats (a footrest and a back-massaging office chair).
Aug. 7, 2020 21 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Fjallraven to Sony Lots of end-of-season deals from Macy’s, Backcountry, Anthropologie, and more.
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