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New York Times (Dec 2020)

  1. Tommy Lister, Actor Who Menaced as Deebo in ‘Friday,’ Is Dead at 62

    564 points • dec 12, 2020

  2. No, I Am Not Getting Rid of My Thousands of CDs

    563 points • dec 10, 2020

  3. 25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped China’s Grasp

    561 points • dec 30, 2020

  4. Pantyhose and Trash Bags: How Music Programs Are Surviving in the Pandemic

    560 points • dec 02, 2020

  5. California Travel Restrictions: What You Need to Know

    560 points • dec 12, 2020

  6. Why You Can’t Meet God Over Zoom

    558 points • dec 25, 2020

  7. Stimulus Deal Provides Economic Relief, for Now

    556 points • dec 21, 2020

  8. The head of Operation Warp Speed apologizes for shortfalls in vaccine deliveries to at least 14 states.

    552 points • dec 20, 2020

  9. It’s Peak Season for Tamales in Los Angeles

    552 points • dec 23, 2020

  10. How the Pandemic Is Imperiling a Working-Class College

    551 points • dec 28, 2020

  11. Feeling Socially Awkward? Even Extroverts Are a Little Rusty

    550 points • dec 21, 2020

  12. Take Back Your Sex Life

    549 points • dec 28, 2020

  13. Why Prosecuting Trump Is a Very Bad Idea

    544 points • dec 03, 2020

  14. Why Days 5 to 10 Are So Important When You Have Coronavirus

    543 points • dec 02, 2020

  15. Mexico Misled Citizens About the Severity of Coronavirus in its Capital

    536 points • dec 22, 2020

  16. ‘I Wouldn’t Have Known That My Mom Had Gone Through Menopause’

    535 points • dec 16, 2020

  17. Our Democracy’s Near-Death Experience

    529 points • dec 02, 2020

  18. Answering Trump, Democrats Try and Fail to Jam $2,000 Payments Through House

    526 points • dec 25, 2020

  19. First U.S. Case of Highly Contagious Coronavirus Variant Is Found in Colorado

    524 points • dec 31, 2020

  20. It’s Time to Scare People About Covid

    524 points • dec 07, 2020

  21. Hearing Aids Could Use Some Help

    523 points • dec 16, 2020

  22. Why 530 Frozen Bodies Sit in a Brooklyn Warehouse

    520 points • dec 27, 2020

  23. The Risks of the Covid Vaccine, in Context

    516 points • dec 30, 2020

  24. The 2020 High School Yearbook of Donald J. Trump

    516 points • dec 30, 2020

  25. After Defying Virus Rules, Bar Manager Drives Car Into Sheriff’s Deputy

    510 points • dec 08, 2020

  26. Early Voting Numbers in Georgia Senate Races Put G.O.P. on Edge

    508 points • dec 31, 2020

  27. He Escaped Death as a Kamikaze Pilot. 70 Years Later, He Told His Story.

    506 points • dec 04, 2020

  28. Brexit Deal Done, Britain Now Scrambles to See How It Will Work

    506 points • dec 26, 2020

  29. A day after Justice Dept. found no evidence of widespread election fraud, Trump posts video filled with falsehoods.

    506 points • dec 04, 2020

  30. The Second Stimulus Package: Here’s What’s Included

    500 points • dec 23, 2020

  31. A Choir Tries to Keep Its Christmas Tradition Alive

    499 points • dec 23, 2020

  32. Jupiter and Saturn Head for Closest Visible Alignment in 800 Years

    495 points • dec 07, 2020

  33. How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline

    493 points • dec 23, 2020

  34. Trump Tries to Kill Covid Relief

    486 points • dec 11, 2020

  35. Five Takeaways From Olivia Jade’s First Interview About the College Admissions Scandal

    484 points • dec 09, 2020

  36. Leslie West, ‘Mississippi Queen’ Rocker, Is Dead at 75

    482 points • dec 24, 2020

  37. Watching Earth Burn

    481 points • dec 28, 2020

  38. Cyberpunk 2077 Developer Apologizes and Offers Refund for Game Glitches

    476 points • dec 15, 2020

  39. When Can We Stop Thinking About Trump Every Minute?

    474 points • dec 01, 2020

  40. Let There Be Light, and Art, in the Moynihan Train Hall

    474 points • dec 31, 2020

  41. H. Jack Geiger, Doctor Who Fought Social Ills, Dies at 95

    473 points • dec 29, 2020

  42. After 32 Years, Charges Are Filed in Kidnapping of 9-Year-Old Girl

    472 points • dec 24, 2020

  43. What You Need to Know About Getting Tested for Coronavirus

    472 points • dec 10, 2020

  44. William Shakespeare has been vaccinated against the coronavirus. (Yes, you read that right.)

    470 points • dec 09, 2020

  45. Is American Dietetics a White-Bread World? These Dietitians Think So

    469 points • dec 08, 2020

  46. I Achieved My Wildest Dreams. Then Depression Hit.

    468 points • dec 07, 2020

  47. Jon Huber, Who Rose to Fame With World Wrestling Entertainment, Dies at 41

    468 points • dec 28, 2020

  48. London A.I. Lab Claims Breakthrough That Could Accelerate Drug Discovery

    466 points • dec 01, 2020

  49. Democrats, and Even Some Republicans, Cheer as Justices Spurn Trump

    464 points • dec 13, 2020

  50. ‘Take Five’ Is Impeccable. ‘Time Outtakes’ Shows How Dave Brubeck Made It.

    462 points • dec 08, 2020

  51. A Close Reading of Ariana Grande’s Engagement Announcement

    460 points • dec 23, 2020

  52. Beethoven’s 250th Birthday: His Greatness Is in the Details

    458 points • dec 14, 2020

  53. Watch the Moon Landing of China’s Chang’e-5 Spacecraft

    452 points • dec 03, 2020

  54. A Turkish-German Couple May Save Us From the Virus. So Why Is Germany Uneasy?

    451 points • dec 02, 2020

  55. It’s Holiday Party Season at the White House. Masks Are Encouraged, but Not Required.

    448 points • dec 03, 2020

  56. Biden Faces Challenge as Congress Drops State Aid to Secure Stimulus

    448 points • dec 19, 2020

  57. How Black People Learned Not to Trust

    443 points • dec 07, 2020

  58. Covid Antibody Drugs Go Unused as Need Soars

    442 points • dec 23, 2020

  59. Armed Mexicans Were Smuggled In to Guard Border Wall, Whistle-Blowers Say

    440 points • dec 09, 2020

  60. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now

    439 points • dec 01, 2020

  61. Google Researcher Says She Was Fired Over Paper Highlighting Bias in A.I.

    439 points • dec 05, 2020

  62. Fleeing Ethiopians Tell of Ethnic Massacres in Tigray War

    438 points • dec 10, 2020

  63. Cookie Monster Mural Puzzles Artist and Enrages Property Owner

    438 points • dec 17, 2020

  64. Hospitals Prepare for First Shots as Virus Vaccine Shipments Blanket U.S.

    434 points • dec 14, 2020

  65. The Science Behind Your Child’s Tantrums

    424 points • dec 08, 2020

  66. Japan, Spain, France, Sweden and Canada find cases of the new coronavirus variant.

    418 points • dec 27, 2020

  67. A Family of Four and a Home Office, in 660 Square Feet?

    417 points • dec 30, 2020

  68. Happiness Won’t Save You

    416 points • dec 01, 2020

  69. How to Build a Guitar

    412 points • dec 01, 2020

  70. Catch These 15 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in December

    412 points • dec 08, 2020

  71. Couple Tested Positive for Coronavirus, Police Say, but They Still Boarded a Plane

    412 points • dec 04, 2020

  72. How to Make the Perfect Cookie Box

    407 points • dec 02, 2020

  73. The Lost Days That Made Bergamo a Coronavirus Tragedy

    405 points • dec 01, 2020

  74. 18 Things That Happened for the First Time in 2020

    404 points • dec 14, 2020

  75. Will Pence Do the Right Thing?

    404 points • dec 30, 2020

  76. Walter Tevis Was a Novelist. You Might Know His Books (Much) Better as Movies.

    399 points • dec 24, 2020

  77. She’s a Chess Champion Who Can Barely See the Board

    398 points • dec 25, 2020

  78. Her Father Had a Theory About Her Killing. Then Came the Arrest.

    396 points • dec 26, 2020

  79. Facing Deportation, They Fled to the Safety of a Church. Now They are Free.

    392 points • dec 25, 2020

  80. Explaining the Frenzy in the Housing Market

    389 points • dec 03, 2020

  81. 2020 Was the Year Reaganism Died

    387 points • dec 30, 2020

  82. Trump Has Never Believed in Democracy

    387 points • dec 15, 2020

  83. Where Are Your Papers? A New Yorker Goes Home to Locked-Down France

    382 points • dec 12, 2020

  84. The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now

    380 points • dec 21, 2020

  85. Ancient DNA Is Changing How We Think About the Caribbean

    378 points • dec 24, 2020

  86. Market Edges Toward Euphoria, Despite Pandemic’s Toll

    377 points • dec 27, 2020

  87. The Best Thrillers of 2020

    375 points • dec 12, 2020

  88. An Agent’s Mistake Cost an N.B.A. Player $3 Million. He Paid Him Back.

    374 points • dec 15, 2020

  89. The Elderly vs. Essential Workers: Who Should Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?

    372 points • dec 06, 2020

  90. Being Boba Fett: Temuera Morrison Discusses ‘The Mandalorian’

    370 points • dec 08, 2020

  91. Argentina Legalizes Abortion, a Milestone in a Conservative Region

    369 points • dec 31, 2020

  92. Barbra Streisand Is, as Ever, Firmly in Control

    367 points • dec 01, 2020

  93. New York Has a Cameo in ‘The Crown.’ Here’s What Really Happened.

    366 points • dec 13, 2020

  94. The Secret to Longevity? 4-Minute Bursts of Intense Exercise May Help

    361 points • dec 24, 2020

  95. The Lasting Lessons of John Conway’s Game of Life

    361 points • dec 28, 2020

  96. The Hartford Courant’s newsroom is closing down.

    360 points • dec 05, 2020

  97. India’s ‘Pickle Queen’ Preserves Everything, Including the Past

    359 points • dec 25, 2020

  98. Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’

    355 points • dec 02, 2020

  99. ‘Mank’ Review: A Rosebud by Any Other Name

    355 points • dec 04, 2020

  100. Pulse Oximeter Devices Have Higher Error Rate in Black Patients

    354 points • dec 23, 2020