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New York Times (May 2021)
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  The Unveiling of Bolsonaro’s Supervillain Plot Is Weirdly Gripping
  
  
250 points • may 27, 2021
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  Late Night Has a New Contender for Weirdest Presidential Photo Ever
  
  
246 points • may 06, 2021
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  Joshua Duggar of ‘19 Kids and Counting’ Pleads Not Guilty to Child Pornography Charges
  
  
244 points • may 01, 2021
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  I Went Braless During Lockdown. What Do I Do Now?
  
  
244 points • may 02, 2021
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  Biden’s Taiwan Policy Is Truly, Deeply Reckless
  
  
241 points • may 06, 2021
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  Biden Seeks Shift in How the Nation Serves Its People
  
  
240 points • may 01, 2021
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  Israel Moves Toward Coalition Deal That Could Sideline Netanyahu
  
  
240 points • may 31, 2021
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  Jimmy Kimmel Finds Irony in the G.O.P. Vote to Cancel Liz Cheney
  
  
240 points • may 14, 2021
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  Republicans Promise Counteroffer as Infrastructure Talks Falter
  
  
238 points • may 26, 2021
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  Soaring Prices Herald Boom Time for Steel Makers
  
  
236 points • may 22, 2021
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  What We Learned From a Year of Crafting
  
  
236 points • may 15, 2021
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  Food; The World Is My Custard
  
  
236 points • may 03, 2021
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  Why the Lab Leak Theory Matters
  
  
234 points • may 30, 2021
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  Where to Appreciate the Joys of Naked Gardening
  
  
234 points • may 28, 2021
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  Benito Skinner Is All About Drama
  
  
234 points • may 31, 2021
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  There’s an Exodus From the ‘Star Cities,’ and I Have Good News and Bad News
  
  
233 points • may 13, 2021
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  The Obamas Are Freed in Their Blackness
  
  
232 points • may 10, 2021
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  Paulo Gustavo, Comedian Who Lampooned Brazilian Mothers, Dies at 42
  
  
230 points • may 08, 2021
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  Vaccinated Americans May Go Without Masks in Most Places, Federal Officials Say
  
  
228 points • may 14, 2021
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  A $100 Million Bet on Cross-Country Restaurant Delivery
  
  
226 points • may 18, 2021
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  Kids Will Be Kids, but Their Parents Should Know Better
  
  
224 points • may 17, 2021
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  How Long Can We Live?
  
  
222 points • may 01, 2021
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  Nations Must Drop Fossil Fuels, Fast, World Energy Body Warns
  
  
222 points • may 18, 2021
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  Some Male Birds Fly Under False Colors to Attract Mates, Study Suggests
  
  
222 points • may 01, 2021
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  2 Oklahoma Boys Pulled From Class for ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-Shirts
  
  
220 points • may 10, 2021
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  How Michel Foucault Lost the Left and Won the Right
  
  
220 points • may 26, 2021
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  Have You Seen This Dance?
  
  
218 points • may 19, 2021
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  I Became a Mother at 25, and I’m Not Sorry I Didn’t Wait
  
  
217 points • may 08, 2021
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  The Essential Elin Hilderbrand
  
  
216 points • may 16, 2021
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  Billy Porter Reveals He Has Been H.I.V. Positive for 14 Years
  
  
214 points • may 20, 2021
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  Want to Party? You Might Need a ‘Vaccine Passport.’
  
  
212 points • may 08, 2021
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  N.Y.C. will eliminate remote learning for the fall, in a major step toward reopening.
  
  
212 points • may 25, 2021
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  Gavin MacLeod, ‘Mary Tyler Moore’ and ‘Love Boat’ Actor, Dies at 90
  
  
212 points • may 30, 2021
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  ‘I Need to Know I Tried’
  
  
211 points • may 11, 2021
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  Has Online Retail’s Biggest Bully Returned?
  
  
210 points • may 03, 2021
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  The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now
  
  
210 points • may 13, 2021
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  The Banality of Democratic Collapse
  
  
209 points • may 26, 2021
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  For Better Bakes, Perfect This Versatile Dough
  
  
208 points • may 23, 2021
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  Krugman Wonks Out: Why Doesn’t Cutting Taxes on the Wealthy Work?
  
  
207 points • may 01, 2021
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  Europe Failed Miserably With Vaccines. Of Course It Did.
  
  
206 points • may 17, 2021
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  The Future of Virus Tracking Can Be Found on This College Campus
  
  
205 points • may 18, 2021
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  Is Liz Cheney a Martyr — or Just a Hack in Holy Drag?
  
  
205 points • may 10, 2021
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  The Case of the Disappearing Cicadas
  
  
203 points • may 21, 2021
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  Sweden, Dressed in Summer
  
  
203 points • may 02, 2021
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  Hacked Pipeline Is Now Delivering ‘Millions of Gallons’ an Hour, Owner Says
  
  
202 points • may 16, 2021
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  4 Takeaways From Biden’s Address to Congress
  
  
200 points • may 01, 2021
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  N.Y.C. Will Eliminate Remote Learning for Next School Year
  
  
199 points • may 24, 2021
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  Shohei Ohtani Unleashed
  
  
198 points • may 15, 2021
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  Asian-American Business Leaders Fund Effort to Fight Discrimination
  
  
198 points • may 04, 2021
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  The world may need to learn to live with the virus.
  
  
198 points • may 11, 2021
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  In Sweden’s Far North, a Space Complex Takes Shape
  
  
196 points • may 24, 2021
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  Over 3 Million People Took This Course on Happiness. Here’s What Some Learned.
  
  
194 points • may 01, 2021
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  Severe Weather Continues in South for Third Straight Day
  
  
194 points • may 05, 2021
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  Quintin Jones Is Not Innocent. But He Doesn’t Deserve to Die.
  
  
194 points • may 11, 2021
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  Here Is Who’s Behind the Global Surge in Single-Use Plastic
  
  
193 points • may 20, 2021
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  The Price They Pay for Your Perfect Vacation Photo
  
  
192 points • may 12, 2021
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  Why Jerusalem’s Aqsa Mosque Is an Arab-Israeli Fuse
  
  
192 points • may 12, 2021
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  Buoyed by Federal Covid Aid, Big Hospital Chains Buy Up Competitors
  
  
192 points • may 23, 2021
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  Unleashed but (Mostly) Masked, British Tourists Return to Portugal
  
  
191 points • may 30, 2021
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  These Sisters With Sickle Cell Had Devastating, and Preventable, Strokes
  
  
191 points • may 24, 2021
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  Everyone Thinks Americans Are Selfish. They’re Wrong.
  
  
189 points • may 27, 2021
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  Cases of Unruly Airline Passengers Are Soaring, and So Are Federal Fines
  
  
189 points • may 10, 2021
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  Vaccine Skepticism Was Viewed as a Knowledge Problem. It’s Actually About Gut Beliefs.
  
  
188 points • may 01, 2021
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  Biden’s $4 Trillion Economic Plan, in One Chart
  
  
188 points • may 01, 2021
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  Unemployment Pay May Again Require a Job Search. Is It Too Soon?
  
  
188 points • may 18, 2021
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  F.B.I. Asking Questions After a Pension Fund Aimed High and Fell Short
  
  
187 points • may 12, 2021
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  The Crisis of Anti-Semitic Violence
  
  
187 points • may 26, 2021
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  A Florida Republican on Election Integrity and Trump’s Fraud Claims
  
  
186 points • may 23, 2021
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  In a Dark Year on Campus, Some Surprising Glimmers of Light
  
  
183 points • may 17, 2021
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  Guess Which Creature Made Mysterious Trails on the Ocean Floor
  
  
183 points • may 07, 2021
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  India’s outbreak is a danger to the world. Here’s why.
  
  
182 points • may 03, 2021
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  Five Recent Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
  
  
181 points • may 22, 2021
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  ‘Fue horrible’: 19 personas mueren en las manifestaciones de Colombia
  
  
180 points • may 05, 2021
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  Jimmy Kimmel and Ted Cruz Rekindle an Old Feud
  
  
180 points • may 27, 2021
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  Conflict Strengthens Netanyahu, but the Price Is High
  
  
178 points • may 22, 2021
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  ‘We’re Suffering’: How Remote Work Is Killing Manhattan’s Storefronts
  
  
173 points • may 03, 2021
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  We Were Called to Sacrifice as a Nation. We Didn’t Answer.
  
  
169 points • may 31, 2021
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  A Year of Cooking With My Mother
  
  
169 points • may 02, 2021
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  A Map of Every Building in America
  
  
168 points • may 13, 2021
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  Rural Areas Are Looking for Workers. They Need Broadband to Get Them.
  
  
166 points • may 18, 2021
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  The Endless Curiosity of Chris Thile
  
  
166 points • may 27, 2021
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  Theater to Stream: Stars Gather for ‘Miscast’ and More
  
  
165 points • may 15, 2021
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  Biden and Republicans Spar Over Unemployment as Job Gains Disappoint
  
  
162 points • may 08, 2021
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  The G.O.P. Won It All in Texas. Then It Turned on Itself.
  
  
160 points • may 05, 2021
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  Biden Administration Plans to Propose Banning Menthol Cigarettes
  
  
160 points • may 01, 2021
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  Katherine Barber, Who Defined Canadian English, Is Dead at 61
  
  
160 points • may 17, 2021
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  Ontario’s Premier Wants a Tighter Border. A U.S. Senator Eyes Reopening It.
  
  
159 points • may 10, 2021
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  The Composer at the Frontier of Movie Music
  
  
158 points • may 10, 2021
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  ‘I Am So Freaked Out. I Can’t Even Get My Mind Around It.’
  
  
158 points • may 26, 2021
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  Meet the Other Social Influencers of the Animal Kingdom
  
  
156 points • may 08, 2021
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  How to Plan a D.I.Y. Alaska Trip
  
  
156 points • may 13, 2021
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  ‘Apocalypse ’45’ Review: Graphic Images of Wartime
  
  
156 points • may 28, 2021
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  Seth Meyers Calls Trump the ‘David Blaine of Crime’
  
  
154 points • may 27, 2021
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  Mother’s Day Can Be Painful. It Can Also Reconnect Us to the World.
  
  
154 points • may 04, 2021
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  Where to Find Exceptional Flowers in Six Different Cities
  
  
153 points • may 06, 2021
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  How to Beat Burnout — Without Quitting Your Job
  
  
153 points • may 02, 2021
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  Some states lift mask mandates for vaccinated people, while others greet the new C.D.C. guidance with caution.
  
  
153 points • may 15, 2021
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  How to Navigate a Hot Housing Market
  
  
152 points • may 18, 2021
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  After a Year of Loss, South America Suffers Worst Death Tolls Yet
  
  
152 points • may 01, 2021
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  Italy wins the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.
  
  
152 points • may 24, 2021