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New York Times (Aug 2020)

  1. 3 Men Marooned in the Pacific Are Rescued After Writing SOS in the Sand

    272 points • aug 05, 2020

  2. Pete Hamill, Quintessential New York Journalist, Dies at 85

    271 points • aug 06, 2020

  3. For Quick Coronavirus Testing, Israel Turns to a Clever Algorithm

    270 points • aug 22, 2020

  4. I Hope This Email Finds You Well

    269 points • aug 25, 2020

  5. Trump Doesn’t Need the Most Votes. What if He Doesn’t Even Want Them?

    268 points • aug 04, 2020

  6. What Happened in Portland? Here’s What We Know

    264 points • aug 31, 2020

  7. Win or Lose, Trump Will Hold Power Over the G.O.P.

    262 points • aug 23, 2020

  8. A Colombian Chef Shares His Secret to Better Empanadas

    260 points • aug 05, 2020

  9. Parents Are Frightened, and Not Just About Contagion

    259 points • aug 15, 2020

  10. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Silent Witness’

    258 points • aug 15, 2020

  11. At Least 14 Killed After Suicide Bombers Hit Philippines

    256 points • aug 25, 2020

  12. Fossil Reveals ‘One of the Cutest Dinosaurs’ Ever Found

    256 points • aug 29, 2020

  13. Powerful Explosion in Beirut Kills at Least 78, Injures Thousands: Live Updates

    252 points • aug 04, 2020

  14. After a Covid Scare, an Olympic Hopeful Recovers Her Optimism

    250 points • aug 25, 2020

  15. Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free

    249 points • aug 04, 2020

  16. Trump Floats Gettysburg as Site for Nomination Speech

    248 points • aug 11, 2020

  17. Kamala Harris’s Cultural Impact

    247 points • aug 13, 2020

  18. Is QAnon the Most Dangerous Conspiracy Theory of the 21st Century?

    246 points • aug 06, 2020

  19. They’re Teens Biking Across a Turbulent Country. The Lessons Keep Coming.

    245 points • aug 17, 2020

  20. A Rhode Islander Reconciles Herself to Calamari

    241 points • aug 22, 2020

  21. Here’s How Moving to Work Remotely Could Affect Your Taxes

    240 points • aug 26, 2020

  22. I Have a Cure for the Dog Days of Summer

    238 points • aug 10, 2020

  23. 4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Los Angeles

    236 points • aug 01, 2020

  24. The Hottest New Label? U.S.P.S.

    236 points • aug 08, 2020

  25. ‘Top Cop’ Kamala Harris’s Record of Policing the Police

    234 points • aug 10, 2020

  26. How Kamala Harris’s Family in India Helped Shape Her Values

    232 points • aug 17, 2020

  27. For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar

    227 points • aug 11, 2020

  28. Where Has Your Tween Been During the Pandemic? On This Gaming Site

    226 points • aug 18, 2020

  29. It’s a Tough Time for the Left. But I’m More Optimistic Than Ever.

    222 points • aug 10, 2020

  30. Facebook Removes 790 QAnon Groups to Fight Conspiracy Theory

    220 points • aug 20, 2020

  31. How White Progressives Undermine School Integration

    220 points • aug 23, 2020

  32. Why Parents, With ‘No Good Choice’ This School Year, Are Blaming One Another

    220 points • aug 14, 2020

  33. Europe’s Big Oil Companies Are Turning Electric

    219 points • aug 17, 2020

  34. Trump Forecasts His Own Fraud

    216 points • aug 03, 2020

  35. The Revolt of the Republican Strategists

    216 points • aug 12, 2020

  36. What if Trumpism Is the G.O.P.’s Natural State?

    215 points • aug 19, 2020

  37. Stephen Colbert Refuses to Watch Night 3 of the R.N.C.

    214 points • aug 27, 2020

  38. Un écrivain pédophile — et l’élite française — sur le banc des accusés

    214 points • aug 29, 2020

  39. As the Coronavirus Comes to School, a Tough Choice: When to Close

    212 points • aug 04, 2020

  40. We Didn’t See Our Kids for 109 Days

    212 points • aug 18, 2020

  41. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Party On With Bill and Ted

    212 points • aug 27, 2020

  42. A Strange Rash Had Doctors Stumped. Was It an Insect Bite?

    212 points • aug 30, 2020

  43. Death of a Cat

    209 points • aug 04, 2020

  44. Elizabeth Warren was surrounded by Easter eggs as she addressed the convention.

    206 points • aug 21, 2020

  45. Covid-19 Live Updates: Opening of U.S. Education System Brings Strike Threats, New Cases and Improvisation

    206 points • aug 19, 2020

  46. Aboard the Diamond Princess, a Case Study in Aerosol Transmission

    204 points • aug 01, 2020

  47. Feel Like You’re Going Out of Your Mind? Consider Your Mind-Set

    201 points • aug 13, 2020

  48. Notre Dame Moves Classes Online Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

    200 points • aug 19, 2020

  49. ‘If I Hadn’t Been Transferred, I Would Have Died’

    199 points • aug 05, 2020

  50. Gail Sheehy, Journalist, Author and Social Observer, Dies at 83

    198 points • aug 26, 2020

  51. Why Kamala Harris Matters to Me

    198 points • aug 12, 2020

  52. A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway

    197 points • aug 01, 2020

  53. Judge Agrees to Retire After Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

    196 points • aug 13, 2020

  54. I Attended Boys State, and Survived

    196 points • aug 27, 2020

  55. Melania Trump, Dressed for Battle. But Which One?

    195 points • aug 27, 2020

  56. E. Jean Carroll, Who Accused Trump of Rape, Can Go Forward With Suit

    194 points • aug 08, 2020

  57. We Need to Talk About ‘Indian Matchmaking’

    193 points • aug 06, 2020

  58. A Covid Patient Goes Home After a Rare Double Lung Transplant

    192 points • aug 01, 2020

  59. With American TV on Pause, Here Are 5 British Series to Watch

    192 points • aug 01, 2020

  60. Trump Can’t Avoid Reality Forever

    191 points • aug 29, 2020

  61. Finding the Soul of Sonora in Carne Asada

    189 points • aug 12, 2020

  62. 5 Things We Know About Flying Right Now

    189 points • aug 22, 2020

  63. Over 100 Ex-Staff Members for John McCain Endorse Joe Biden

    188 points • aug 28, 2020

  64. Boycotted. Criticized. But Fox News Leads the Pack in Prime Time.

    188 points • aug 09, 2020

  65. The Poly-Parent Households Are Coming

    187 points • aug 13, 2020

  66. Why the Coronavirus Is More Likely to ‘Superspread’ Than the Flu

    186 points • aug 09, 2020

  67. God Is Dead. So Is the Office. These People Want to Save Both

    186 points • aug 29, 2020

  68. Elena Ferrante’s New Novel Is a Suspenseful Story About the Sins of Parents

    185 points • aug 27, 2020

  69. How to Navigate the Coronavirus Real Estate Market

    184 points • aug 03, 2020

  70. The Post Office Mess Is Meant to Exhaust You. Don’t Let It.

    180 points • aug 19, 2020

  71. Trevor Noah Agrees With Putting Trump on Mount Rushmore

    177 points • aug 11, 2020

  72. The Recession Is About to Slam Cities. Not Just the Blue-State Ones.

    177 points • aug 18, 2020

  73. G.O.P. Gathers for a Second Night

    176 points • aug 26, 2020

  74. How Plants Can Help People Grow

    176 points • aug 19, 2020

  75. There’s More to German Wine Than Riesling

    175 points • aug 23, 2020

  76. The Glory (and the Taboo) of ‘WAP’

    174 points • aug 23, 2020

  77. The Caribbean Dilemma

    174 points • aug 05, 2020

  78. Is Telemedicine Here to Stay?

    172 points • aug 04, 2020

  79. Hurricane Laura Live Updates: Evacuations Near Houston as Texas Prepares

    172 points • aug 25, 2020

  80. The Bryan Brothers Retire as They Played: Together

    172 points • aug 27, 2020

  81. Trump Might Cheat. Activists Are Getting Ready.

    171 points • aug 19, 2020

  82. 11 Supposedly Fun Things We’ll Never Do the Same Way Again

    169 points • aug 12, 2020

  83. A Private Security Company Is Detaining Migrant Children at Hotels

    169 points • aug 18, 2020

  84. How to Handle Anxiety Over Back-to-School Decisions

    168 points • aug 09, 2020

  85. Stop Campus Partying to Slow the Virus? Colleges Try but Often Fail

    168 points • aug 23, 2020

  86. Bald Eagle Sends Government Drone Into Lake Michigan

    166 points • aug 16, 2020

  87. Can Artificial Sweeteners Keep Us From Gaining Weight?

    165 points • aug 22, 2020

  88. Un ex-adjoint au maire de Paris accusé d’abus sexuels

    160 points • aug 17, 2020

  89. ‘But I Saw It on Facebook’: Hoaxes Are Making Doctors’ Jobs Harder

    158 points • aug 30, 2020

  90. The ‘Rage Moms’ Democrats Are Counting On

    158 points • aug 18, 2020

  91. Top U.S. Officials Told C.D.C. to Soften Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

    156 points • aug 27, 2020

  92. Make Pizza … On Your Grill

    156 points • aug 03, 2020

  93. A Honeybee’s Tongue Is More Swiss Army Knife Than Ladle

    155 points • aug 16, 2020

  94. Why Joe Biden Keeps Missing His Own V.P. Deadlines

    152 points • aug 08, 2020

  95. The Covid Drug Wars That Pitted Doctor vs. Doctor

    152 points • aug 06, 2020

  96. How to Watch the Democratic National Convention

    152 points • aug 17, 2020

  97. Trump’s Policies Are a Boon to the Super Rich. So Where Are All the Seven-Figure Checks?

    152 points • aug 17, 2020

  98. Melania Trump Wore a Jacket Saying ‘I Really Don’t Care’ on Her Way to Texas Shelters

    151 points • aug 27, 2020

  99. Why Store Art When You Can Share It? A Collector’s Trove

    151 points • aug 02, 2020

  100. Anti-Mask Louie Gohmert Tests Positive, Sending Shudders Through Congress

    150 points • aug 01, 2020