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New York Times (May 2021)
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  Israelis, Palestinians and Their Neighbors Worry: Is This the Big One?
  
  
644 points • may 11, 2021
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  Bombing Outside Afghan School Kills at Least 50, With Girls as Targets
  
  
644 points • may 09, 2021
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  Scientists Don’t Want to Ignore the ‘Lab Leak’ Theory, Despite No New Evidence
  
  
642 points • may 28, 2021
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  India records the pandemic’s highest known daily death toll for a single country.
  
  
642 points • may 20, 2021
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  Is America a Racist Country?
  
  
640 points • may 03, 2021
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  Federal Judge Strikes Down Moratorium on Evicting Renters
  
  
638 points • may 06, 2021
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  3 Die After Human-Smuggling Boat Hits Reef Near San Diego
  
  
638 points • may 03, 2021
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  F.E.C. Drops Case Reviewing Trump Hush-Money Payments to Women
  
  
636 points • may 08, 2021
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  Johnny Bench Misses His Hall of Fame Friends
  
  
633 points • may 04, 2021
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  Near-Complete Ban on Abortion Is Signed Into Law in Texas
  
  
632 points • may 21, 2021
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  Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan, Our Most Underappreciated Comic
  
  
626 points • may 24, 2021
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  Not Your Pre-Pandemic Las Vegas
  
  
625 points • may 22, 2021
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  Ex-Commish With the Dish
  
  
623 points • may 30, 2021
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  Life and Death on the Lighthouse of the Mediterranean
  
  
622 points • may 05, 2021
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  United Airlines will start a ticket lottery for vaccinated loyalty program members.
  
  
620 points • may 26, 2021
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  ‘You Can Feel the Tension’: A Windfall for Minority Farmers Divides Rural America
  
  
616 points • may 24, 2021
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  Covid Desperation Is Spreading Across India
  
  
612 points • may 12, 2021
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  I’m a Vaccinated Transplant Recipient. I Don’t Have Antibodies. Now What?
  
  
610 points • may 24, 2021
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  Vaccinate the World! The Best Investment Ever.
  
  
608 points • may 28, 2021
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  Judge Declares Mistrial in Murder Case Against Brother of Simone Biles
  
  
606 points • may 26, 2021
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  A Jaw-Dropping Philip Glass Opera Is Finally on Video
  
  
606 points • may 08, 2021
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  Stream These 13 Movies and Shows Before They Leave Netflix in May
  
  
605 points • may 04, 2021
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  If You’re Reading Stoicism for Life Hacks, You’re Missing the Point
  
  
601 points • may 15, 2021
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  Washington Post Names A.P. Editor, Sally Buzbee, as Its Top Editor
  
  
600 points • may 13, 2021
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  Big Candy Is Angry
  
  
596 points • may 23, 2021
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  Women Can Have a Better Menopause. Here’s How.
  
  
595 points • may 26, 2021
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  What to Save? Climate Change Forces Brutal Choices at National Parks.
  
  
594 points • may 19, 2021
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  Supreme Court Case Throws Abortion Into 2022 Election Picture
  
  
584 points • may 21, 2021
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  Gasoline Buying Fever Rages as Pipeline Company Begins Restart
  
  
584 points • may 13, 2021
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  Palestinian Refugees Deserve to Return Home. Jews Should Understand.
  
  
578 points • may 13, 2021
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  A fragile peace takes hold after an intense diplomatic effort.
  
  
578 points • may 21, 2021
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  A Year After George Floyd: Pressure to Add Police Amid Rising Crime
  
  
570 points • may 24, 2021
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  The U.S. inches closer to Biden’s vaccination goal, making gains among teenagers and the hard-to-reach.
  
  
568 points • may 30, 2021
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  New Honor System on Masks: ‘Am I to Trust These People?’
  
  
568 points • may 20, 2021
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  The new U.S. guidance on masks is ‘a ticket to freedom,’ but comes with questions.
  
  
568 points • may 15, 2021
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  Sinead O’Connor recuerda las cosas de otra manera
  
  
566 points • may 25, 2021
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  Cruise Line Threatens to Skip Florida Ports Over Proof-of-Vaccination Ban
  
  
564 points • may 09, 2021
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  The Myth of Coexistence in Israel
  
  
559 points • may 26, 2021
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  There Is a Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
  
  
557 points • may 28, 2021
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  A Grudge Match in Japan: One Corner, Two 7-Elevens
  
  
555 points • may 01, 2021
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  Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From Covid Vaccine
  
  
553 points • may 05, 2021
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  Cable-Car Tragedy Shakes a Town Already Wounded by the Pandemic
  
  
550 points • may 27, 2021
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  To Fish These Big Trout, Bring a Ladder
  
  
548 points • may 28, 2021
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  The Economy Is Spinning Its Wheels, and About to Take Off
  
  
539 points • may 28, 2021
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  The Secret Recipe for All-Fun Parenting
  
  
538 points • may 30, 2021
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  Mercedes EQS Electric Sedan: The S Stands for Stunning
  
  
536 points • may 02, 2021
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  The virus is surging in Alaska’s interior, straining a Fairbanks hospital.
  
  
534 points • may 03, 2021
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  Russia School Shooting Kills 7 Students and 2 Employees
  
  
534 points • may 11, 2021
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  U.S. Says It Will Not Rejoin Open Skies Treaty With Russia
  
  
530 points • may 29, 2021
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  Was Mother Teresa a Cult Leader?
  
  
529 points • may 21, 2021
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  The E.U. moves quickly to isolate Belarus, denouncing its plane interception.
  
  
528 points • may 25, 2021
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  Are You a Glennon or an Abby?
  
  
523 points • may 12, 2021
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  Infections are surging among climbers trying to scale Mount Everest.
  
  
520 points • may 06, 2021
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  The Catholic Church’s Reproductive Fight Is About Controlling Women’s Freedom
  
  
520 points • may 27, 2021
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  Bias Is a Big Problem. But So Is ‘Noise.’
  
  
514 points • may 16, 2021
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  Hundreds Reported Abnormal Menstruation After Exposure to Tear Gas, Study Finds
  
  
514 points • may 02, 2021
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  New Zealanders Are Flooding Home. Will the Old Problems Push Them Back Out?
  
  
512 points • may 25, 2021
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  Biden releases his tax forms, showing that he and his wife, Jill Biden, earned just over $600,000 in 2020.
  
  
508 points • may 18, 2021
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  A New Crop in Pennsylvania: Warehouses
  
  
507 points • may 26, 2021
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  She Used a Male Doll in a Joke. Now She’s Accused of Sexual Harassment.
  
  
507 points • may 13, 2021
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  Footage Shows Louisiana Troopers Punching and Dragging Man Who Died
  
  
500 points • may 20, 2021
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  Health Advocate or Big Brother? Companies Weigh Requiring Vaccines.
  
  
496 points • may 07, 2021
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  The Secret Psychology of Sneaker Colors
  
  
495 points • may 25, 2021
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  They Call It a ‘Women’s Disease.’ She Wants to Redefine It.
  
  
494 points • may 01, 2021
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  Prince Harry Shares ‘Pain and Suffering’ of Growing Up in Royal Family
  
  
492 points • may 15, 2021
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  52 Fragrances and How to Think About Them
  
  
492 points • may 16, 2021
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  Scenes of Scotland, as It Weighs Its Future Within Britain
  
  
486 points • may 07, 2021
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  Diapers, Cereal and, Yes, Toilet Paper Are Going to Get More Expensive
  
  
480 points • may 01, 2021
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  Expert Picks: Who Will Win the Kentucky Derby
  
  
480 points • may 02, 2021
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  Along the Columbia River, Making a Monument of the Land
  
  
480 points • may 22, 2021
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  How the Storming of the Capitol Became a ‘Normal Tourist Visit’
  
  
477 points • may 20, 2021
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  A Wave of Afghan Surrenders to the Taliban Picks Up Speed
  
  
473 points • may 28, 2021
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  Florida and Texas Join the March as Republicans Press Voting Limits
  
  
470 points • may 07, 2021
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  Trump’s ‘Fringe Benefits’ for Employees Are Under Scrutiny
  
  
470 points • may 15, 2021
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  ‘Bro I Robbed Everyone’: 3 N.Y.P.D. Officers Charged in Bribe Scheme
  
  
466 points • may 12, 2021
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  Eli Broad, Who Helped Reshape Los Angeles, Dies at 87
  
  
466 points • may 01, 2021
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  Think Outside the Banana. Eat the Peel.
  
  
465 points • may 12, 2021
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  The Math That Explains the End of the Pandemic
  
  
461 points • may 01, 2021
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  Their Olympics Are Already Canceled
  
  
460 points • may 31, 2021
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  The Persistent Grip of Social Class on College Admissions
  
  
460 points • may 27, 2021
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  WeWork’s C.E.O. says ‘least engaged’ employees enjoy working from home.
  
  
460 points • may 13, 2021
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  The Netherlands’ Eurovision entry featured a Black Lives Matter moment.
  
  
454 points • may 24, 2021
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  High Schools Are Posting Their College Lists. Don’t Be Misled.
  
  
454 points • may 09, 2021
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  Kathryn Garcia for Mayor
  
  
452 points • may 11, 2021
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  From the Past, a Chilling Warning About the Extremists of the Present
  
  
449 points • may 02, 2021
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  La policía de Colombia responde a las protestas con balas y hay más muertos
  
  
444 points • may 07, 2021
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  The New Trump? Easy. It’s Tucker.
  
  
440 points • may 02, 2021
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  723 Epidemiologists on When and How the U.S. Can Fully Return to Normal
  
  
436 points • may 15, 2021
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  How the United States Beat the Variants, for Now
  
  
428 points • may 15, 2021
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  You Might Be Depressed Now, but Don’t Underestimate Your Resilience
  
  
424 points • may 05, 2021
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  What Your Taxes Are Paying For in Israel
  
  
423 points • may 13, 2021
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  The Free Ride May Soon Be Over for Anti-Abortion Politicians
  
  
422 points • may 21, 2021
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  Small Earthquakes Rattle Lake Tahoe Area
  
  
420 points • may 29, 2021
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  People Want an Alzheimer’s Drug. This Isn’t the One.
  
  
416 points • may 29, 2021
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  How the Mideast Conflict Is Blowing Up the Region, the Democratic Party and Every Synagogue in America
  
  
415 points • may 26, 2021
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  Summer Is Coming. Bring a Book.
  
  
408 points • may 20, 2021
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  Don’t Just Buy Any Bath Towels. Here’s How to Pick the Right Ones.
  
  
408 points • may 18, 2021
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  E-Bikes Can Provide a Good Workout
  
  
407 points • may 20, 2021
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  MoMA Built a House. Then It Disappeared. Now It’s Found.
  
  
402 points • may 28, 2021
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  Psychiatry Confronts Its Racist Past, and Tries to Make Amends
  
  
402 points • may 01, 2021