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New York Times (Dec 2020)

  1. He Was Rescued at Sea in a Sailing Race. ‘It’s Life,’ He Said.

    353 points • dec 04, 2020

  2. What Happened When Henry Yao Almost Went Bust

    351 points • dec 26, 2020

  3. Leaders in Congress Meet in Search of Spending and Stimulus Deals

    348 points • dec 16, 2020

  4. ‘I Have Never Seen So Many Toadstools.’ A Bumper Crop of Mushrooms in Ukraine.

    348 points • dec 01, 2020

  5. More Men Reach for Sewing Machines

    347 points • dec 10, 2020

  6. What Books Should Biden Read? We Asked 22 Writers

    347 points • dec 20, 2020

  7. Big Pharma Is Fooling Us

    346 points • dec 18, 2020

  8. Make Schools More Human

    344 points • dec 24, 2020

  9. Newburgh, N.Y.: Onetime Jewel of the Hudson River

    342 points • dec 16, 2020

  10. One of the First Virus Hot Spots in the U.S. Is Under Siege Again

    341 points • dec 05, 2020

  11. Minneapolis Police Fatally Shoot Man During Traffic Stop

    336 points • dec 31, 2020

  12. A.I. and I

    330 points • dec 15, 2020

  13. Not Just Another Pipeline

    329 points • dec 29, 2020

  14. Senate Candidates Duel in Georgia as G.O.P. Voters’ Anger Persists

    328 points • dec 22, 2020

  15. Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Choice

    328 points • dec 03, 2020

  16. The Best Historical Fiction of 2020

    326 points • dec 08, 2020

  17. Vaccines Are Safe, No Matter What Bobby Kennedy Says

    324 points • dec 30, 2020

  18. Time Won’t Let Me Wait That Long

    324 points • dec 09, 2020

  19. Thank You, Justice Gorsuch

    314 points • dec 01, 2020

  20. Robert Jones Jr. Is Son of Baldwin, and More

    314 points • dec 31, 2020

  21. The Weirdly Enduring Appeal of Weird Al Yankovic

    310 points • dec 22, 2020

  22. 128 Tricky Questions That Could Stand Between You and U.S. Citizenship

    310 points • dec 01, 2020

  23. As two-thirds of House Republicans support the Texas election suit, a Democrat called them ‘traitors.’

    308 points • dec 12, 2020

  24. The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico Collapses

    308 points • dec 02, 2020

  25. Biden Plans to Tap Lloyd Austin, Former Iraq Commander, as Defense Secretary

    304 points • dec 08, 2020

  26. As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races

    302 points • dec 02, 2020

  27. John le Carré: Writer, Spy, Neighbor, Friend

    301 points • dec 16, 2020

  28. How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

    295 points • dec 05, 2020

  29. An Epic Israeli TV Drama Exposes War Wounds Old and New

    295 points • dec 13, 2020

  30. In Life, She Defied Alzheimer’s. In Death, Her Brain May Show How.

    293 points • dec 12, 2020

  31. How Francis Ford Coppola Got Pulled Back In to Make ‘The Godfather, Coda’

    292 points • dec 03, 2020

  32. Trump has discussed pardons for his three eldest children and Giuliani.

    292 points • dec 02, 2020

  33. Nike and Coca-Cola Lobby Against Xinjiang Forced Labor Bill

    290 points • dec 01, 2020

  34. Billions Spent on U.S. Defenses Failed to Detect Giant Russian Hack

    288 points • dec 17, 2020

  35. ‘It’s Like Playing With Kobe’: An Unlikely Intergenerational Bridge Team

    287 points • dec 25, 2020

  36. The White House Christmas Decorations Look Strikingly Normal

    284 points • dec 01, 2020

  37. Michael Cunningham on Virginia Woolf’s Literary Revolution

    281 points • dec 27, 2020

  38. Emerald Fennell’s Dark, Jaded, Funny, Furious Fables of Female Revenge

    279 points • dec 19, 2020

  39. Lidia Menapace, Who Fought Fascists and Sexists, Dies at 96

    276 points • dec 21, 2020

  40. In Key States, Republicans Were Critical in Resisting Trump’s Election Narrative

    275 points • dec 01, 2020

  41. What if the Great American Novelist Doesn’t Write Novels?

    275 points • dec 16, 2020

  42. The Album Steve Earle Never Wanted to Make: A Tribute to His Son

    274 points • dec 30, 2020

  43. U.S. to Limit Service Animals on Planes to Dogs Only

    274 points • dec 04, 2020

  44. Republicans Can’t Handle the Truth

    273 points • dec 08, 2020

  45. 10 Sparkling Wines for Leaving 2020 Behind

    272 points • dec 21, 2020

  46. Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Charge

    268 points • dec 12, 2020

  47. Barack and Michelle: Scenes From a Marriage

    267 points • dec 05, 2020

  48. Vaccinated? Show Us Your App

    265 points • dec 14, 2020

  49. You’re Choosing a Gift. Here’s What Not to Do.

    263 points • dec 18, 2020

  50. Pope Francis: A Crisis Reveals What Is in Our Hearts

    263 points • dec 01, 2020

  51. Relief Deal Would Give Small Businesses a Shot at a Second Loan

    259 points • dec 22, 2020

  52. Treasure Hunter Notches 5th Year in Prison for Refusing to Forfeit His Loot

    258 points • dec 20, 2020

  53. The Haunting of Tulsa, Okla.

    258 points • dec 28, 2020

  54. Now That Grandma Has Been Vaccinated, May I Visit Her?

    256 points • dec 22, 2020

  55. My 50-Pound Bag of Flour Is Gone. My Sanity Remains.

    255 points • dec 17, 2020

  56. Just How Dangerous Was Donald Trump?

    250 points • dec 16, 2020

  57. She’s Starring Opposite Tom Hanks. She’d Never Heard of Him.

    250 points • dec 31, 2020

  58. How Joe Biden’s Digital Team Tamed the MAGA Internet

    250 points • dec 07, 2020

  59. The Bittersweet Tale of a Diner, a Toy Shop and a Changing New York

    249 points • dec 11, 2020

  60. Shearing Sheep, and Hewing to Tradition, on an Island in Maine

    248 points • dec 31, 2020

  61. 12,000 More White Children Return to N.Y.C. Schools Than Black Children

    248 points • dec 09, 2020

  62. How to Pretend You’re in Tokyo

    246 points • dec 02, 2020

  63. The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders

    245 points • dec 01, 2020

  64. Tiger Woods, Playing Partner and Parent

    243 points • dec 19, 2020

  65. The Grit and Glory of Dolly Parton

    242 points • dec 01, 2020

  66. When a Family Is Fractured

    241 points • dec 09, 2020

  67. Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz Tell the Full Sordid Story of Spiro Agnew

    238 points • dec 07, 2020

  68. Why Did Racial Progress Stall in America?

    238 points • dec 05, 2020

  69. A Lemon Meringue Cookie Good Enough to Be Imaginary

    235 points • dec 01, 2020

  70. Library Books: A Small Antidote to a Life of Perpetual Dissatisfaction

    234 points • dec 08, 2020

  71. A German-Vietnamese social media star dies at 29, and other news from around the world.

    234 points • dec 13, 2020

  72. Trevor Noah: Trump Takes Another ‘L’ Trying to ‘Unlose’ the Election

    232 points • dec 11, 2020

  73. Trump Orders All American Troops Out of Somalia

    232 points • dec 05, 2020

  74. Barry Gibb Has a Mission: ‘Keep the Music Alive’

    232 points • dec 03, 2020

  75. Three Steps for Safe Living

    232 points • dec 04, 2020

  76. Her Stomach Hurt Unbearably. Her Doctors Were Baffled.

    230 points • dec 29, 2020

  77. Should I Stop Speaking to My Trump-Supporting Friends?

    229 points • dec 01, 2020

  78. Earthlings, It Seems, Not Aliens, Removed the Utah Monolith

    228 points • dec 01, 2020

  79. Accountability After Trump

    227 points • dec 20, 2020

  80. How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?

    227 points • dec 02, 2020

  81. Can Trump Pre-emptively Pardon Allies or Himself? Clemency Power, Explained

    226 points • dec 03, 2020

  82. Biden receives the coronavirus vaccine.

    224 points • dec 22, 2020

  83. As His Term Ends, Trump Faces More Questions on Payments to His Hotel

    224 points • dec 08, 2020

  84. Deb Price, a First as a Columnist on Gay Life, Dies at 62

    222 points • dec 12, 2020

  85. Why ‘Pivot Counties’ That Stuck With Trump May Be a Warning for Democrats

    222 points • dec 23, 2020

  86. Nashville Explosion Appears Intentional, Authorities Say

    220 points • dec 25, 2020

  87. Defying Trump, McConnell Seeks to Squelch Bid to Overturn the Election

    220 points • dec 17, 2020

  88. How Scientists Tracked Down a Mass Killer (of Salmon)

    220 points • dec 04, 2020

  89. No One Expects Civility From Republicans

    219 points • dec 08, 2020

  90. ‘Gunda’ Review: A Remarkable Pig’s-Eye View of the World

    216 points • dec 11, 2020

  91. Just Say No, Yes or Maybe

    215 points • dec 31, 2020

  92. A Race Against Time to Rescue a Reef From Climate Change

    206 points • dec 06, 2020

  93. ‘Stay Alive and Survive’: Ski Resorts Brace for a Pandemic Season

    206 points • dec 26, 2020

  94. The 48 Mountains That Held My Grief

    206 points • dec 29, 2020

  95. Behind Trump Clemency, a Case Study in Special Access

    205 points • dec 26, 2020

  96. Young People Have Less Covid-19 Risk, but in College Towns, Deaths Rose Fast

    205 points • dec 13, 2020

  97. The Greatest Restaurant City in America Is Hurting More Than You Know

    205 points • dec 20, 2020

  98. Clueless About 2020, Wall Street Forecasters Are at It Again for 2021

    200 points • dec 19, 2020

  99. Surprise Medical Bills Cost Americans Millions. Congress Finally Banned Most of Them.

    199 points • dec 22, 2020

  100. The Losses We Share

    198 points • dec 01, 2020