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New York Times (May 2021)
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  Inside Democrats’ Scramble to Repel the G.O.P. Voting Push
  
  
82 points • may 09, 2021
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  William Shakespeare, the first man in Britain to receive an approved Covid vaccine, dies at 81.
  
  
82 points • may 26, 2021
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  China Targets Muslim Women in Push to Suppress Births in Xinjiang
  
  
82 points • may 10, 2021
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  The U.S. will start restricting travel from India on Tuesday, the White House says.
  
  
80 points • may 01, 2021
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  White House Is Said to Quietly Push Change to D.C. Statehood Bill
  
  
80 points • may 14, 2021
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  The Stealth Sticker Campaign to Expose New York’s History of Slavery
  
  
80 points • may 08, 2021
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  Start of a Modern Inquiry
  
  
79 points • may 23, 2021
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  From Brian Wilson to Nancy Sinatra: The L.A. Music Scene in the ’60s
  
  
79 points • may 23, 2021
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  A Pandemic Gives the Funny Pages a Jolt of Reality
  
  
79 points • may 06, 2021
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  10 Ways for Museums to Survive and Thrive in a Post-Covid World
  
  
78 points • may 22, 2021
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  ‘That’s Heartbreaking’: How American Health Care Looks From Abroad
  
  
76 points • may 01, 2021
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  Australian Who Filmed 4 Dead and Dying Officers Gets Prison Sentence
  
  
76 points • may 01, 2021
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  Israel’s Goals in Gaza?
  
  
75 points • may 21, 2021
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  Is This the Oldest Bottle of American Whiskey? Is It Worth $40,000?
  
  
74 points • may 01, 2021
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  California Man Dies After Officers Pin Him to Ground for 5 Minutes
  
  
74 points • may 01, 2021
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  ‘Climate Change Is Not a Subjective Thing.’ How Does the U.S. Approach to the Environment Look From Abroad?
  
  
73 points • may 06, 2021
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  Democrats failed to get enough votes for an independent inquiry into the Jan. 6 riot.
  
  
72 points • may 29, 2021
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  Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Boom?
  
  
72 points • may 08, 2021
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  How Roblox Sparked a Chaotic Music Scene
  
  
71 points • may 18, 2021
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  Old Buildings, New Views
  
  
71 points • may 08, 2021
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  Sofia Coppola’s Challenge: To Convey the Feeling of Live Dance
  
  
71 points • may 06, 2021
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  Naomi Osaka Quits the French Open After News Conference Dispute
  
  
70 points • may 31, 2021
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  The Lab-Leak Theory
  
  
70 points • may 28, 2021
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  When I Applied to College, I Didn’t Want to ‘Sell My Pain’
  
  
69 points • may 10, 2021
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  Australians Took Over Hollywood. Their Own Box Office Had to Wait.
  
  
68 points • may 23, 2021
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  Passengers recall the fear that gripped the dissident journalist as their flight was diverted.
  
  
68 points • may 25, 2021
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  The Departed Could Soon Become Compost in Colorado
  
  
68 points • may 01, 2021
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  How Eric Adams, Mayoral Candidate, Mixed Money and Political Ambition
  
  
67 points • may 27, 2021
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  Joe Biden Was No One’s Idea of a Historic Figure
  
  
67 points • may 04, 2021
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  Don’t Pay Tax Penalties on Money You Took From Retirement Accounts
  
  
67 points • may 24, 2021
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  A Bet 20 Years Ago Made It the Exxon of Green Power
  
  
66 points • may 01, 2021
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  N.R.A. Leadership and Bankruptcy Assailed by U.S. Trustee
  
  
66 points • may 05, 2021
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  In the Russian Arctic, the First Stirrings of a Very Cold War
  
  
65 points • may 23, 2021
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  There’s an Art to Making Your Bed
  
  
65 points • may 03, 2021
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  Colt Brennan, Former University of Hawaii Star Quarterback, Dies at 37
  
  
64 points • may 14, 2021
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  Nail-biting, Nerve-shredding Novels That Will Keep You Up at Night
  
  
64 points • may 28, 2021
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  Una orquesta tiene un público selecto: las vacas de un pueblo danés
  
  
63 points • may 05, 2021
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  Why the Right Loves Public School Culture Wars
  
  
62 points • may 05, 2021
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  Donald P. Ryder, Architect of Black Heritage Sites, Dies at 94
  
  
61 points • may 08, 2021
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  No Longer the ‘Devil’s Lettuce’: How the Town of Weed Embraced Weed
  
  
61 points • may 19, 2021
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  Covid Forces Families to Rethink Nursing Home Care
  
  
61 points • may 07, 2021
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  Cyberattack Forces a Shutdown of a Top U.S. Pipeline
  
  
60 points • may 08, 2021
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  Four former Minneapolis police officers are indicted on charges of violating George Floyd’s civil rights.
  
  
60 points • may 08, 2021
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  A Heart Risk Factor Even Doctors Know Little About
  
  
60 points • may 24, 2021
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  Efforts to Weed Out Extremists in Law Enforcement Meet Resistance
  
  
60 points • may 13, 2021
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  18 Condiments Our Food Staff Would Lick Off a Spoon
  
  
60 points • may 20, 2021
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  The Art Market Often Works in Secret. Here’s a Look Inside.
  
  
59 points • may 09, 2021
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  This ‘Angry’ Bird Is the Most Photogenic, Research Finds
  
  
58 points • may 01, 2021
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  Lucinda Franks Dies at 74; Prize-Winning Journalist Broke Molds
  
  
57 points • may 08, 2021
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  Saugerties, N.Y.: A Congenial Place With a Colorful History
  
  
57 points • may 20, 2021
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  What 14 Trump Voters Think About George Floyd’s Legacy
  
  
56 points • may 23, 2021
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  His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue.
  
  
56 points • may 07, 2021
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  Leigh Perkins, Who Built Orvis Into a Lifestyle Brand, Dies at 93
  
  
55 points • may 17, 2021
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  Why Charles Koch Wins When Our Energy System Breaks Down
  
  
55 points • may 16, 2021
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  Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘The Nanny’
  
  
55 points • may 15, 2021
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  Cal Survived Covid. Now, Back to Its Usual Problems.
  
  
55 points • may 11, 2021
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  Review: Sofia Coppola Brings New York City Ballet Back to Life
  
  
54 points • may 08, 2021
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  A Spice Mill Designed by Michel Bras
  
  
53 points • may 10, 2021
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  Ibérico Ham With Texas Twang
  
  
53 points • may 22, 2021
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  What Should Museums Do With the Bones of the Enslaved?
  
  
53 points • may 24, 2021
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  E.U. Says Americans Can Come, but Europeans Wonder How
  
  
53 points • may 01, 2021
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  Why You Shouldn’t Skip Your Second Covid Shot
  
  
53 points • may 01, 2021
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  These Neanderthals Weren’t Cannibals, So Who Ate Them? Stone Age Hyenas.
  
  
52 points • may 10, 2021
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  Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side
  
  
52 points • may 22, 2021
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  Why Exercise Can Be So Draining for People With Rheumatoid Arthritis
  
  
52 points • may 07, 2021
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  Is It Time to Panic About Inflation? Ask These 5 Questions First.
  
  
52 points • may 21, 2021
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  Republicans’ Overthrow of Liz Cheney Risks Worsening Their Headaches
  
  
52 points • may 13, 2021
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  Krysta With a Y Plays Liza With a Z
  
  
51 points • may 15, 2021
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  Space Aged: Bottle of Wine From Space Station Could Sell for $1 Million
  
  
51 points • may 08, 2021
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  What Americans Missed Most About Going to Restaurants. (It Wasn’t the Food.)
  
  
51 points • may 20, 2021
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  When Wokeness Becomes Weakness
  
  
51 points • may 03, 2021
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  Americans, It’s Time to Get Comfortable With Platonic Touch
  
  
51 points • may 24, 2021
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  For Sleep Apnea, a Mouth Guard May be a Good Alternative to CPAP
  
  
51 points • may 31, 2021
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  U.S. Economy’s Strong Start Signals a Stellar Year
  
  
50 points • may 01, 2021
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  Unearthed Steinbeck Short Story Isn’t at All Like ‘Grapes of Wrath’
  
  
49 points • may 28, 2021
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  Policymakers Used to Ignore Child Care. Then Came the Pandemic.
  
  
49 points • may 10, 2021
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  Jeff Fox, 52, Dies; Balanced Baseball With Protecting Presidents
  
  
48 points • may 03, 2021
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  Garth C. Reeves, 100, Activist Newspaper Publisher, Is Dead
  
  
48 points • may 15, 2021
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  Stephen Colbert Roasts Jeff Bezos for His ‘Support Yacht’
  
  
48 points • may 13, 2021
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  A Pitcher Never Forgot His Promise to His Mother
  
  
48 points • may 08, 2021
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  Is Capitalism Killing Conservatism?
  
  
48 points • may 10, 2021
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  Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, a Novelist Who Went on a Quest for an Authentic Life
  
  
48 points • may 11, 2021
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  I Needed to Lead My City. But I Needed to Apologize First.
  
  
48 points • may 24, 2021
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  In Germany, an Early Vaccine Shot Comes With Disapproving Looks
  
  
48 points • may 20, 2021
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  The Wind and Solar Boom Is Here
  
  
48 points • may 01, 2021
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  2 Dead and Over 20 Hurt in Shooting at a Florida Banquet Hall
  
  
48 points • may 31, 2021
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  Buying an Electric Vehicle? Here Is Some Advice.
  
  
47 points • may 05, 2021
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  Jimmy Fallon Is Psyched About Going Maskless
  
  
47 points • may 15, 2021
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  U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence
  
  
46 points • may 28, 2021
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  Can a Smartwatch Save Your Life?
  
  
46 points • may 22, 2021
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  Can This Houseplant Be Saved?
  
  
46 points • may 27, 2021
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  There’s No Classics ‘Catastrophe’ at Howard University
  
  
45 points • may 03, 2021
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  Activists Crashed Exxon’s Board, but Forcing Change Will Be Hard
  
  
44 points • may 29, 2021
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  Why So Much Rests on the Fate of a Tiny Neighborhood in East Jerusalem
  
  
44 points • may 13, 2021
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  ‘Friends’ Reunion: The One With the ‘Remember the One With … ?’
  
  
44 points • may 27, 2021
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  A Misstep by the Organizers of Pride
  
  
44 points • may 20, 2021
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  11 New Books We Recommend This Week
  
  
43 points • may 24, 2021
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  Iran’s Oil Exports Rise as U.S. Looks to Rejoin Nuclear Accord
  
  
42 points • may 20, 2021
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  ‘Her Man’: A Relic of a Bygone Hollywood, Now Restored
  
  
42 points • may 28, 2021
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  In Turning on Liz Cheney, G.O.P. Bows to Trump’s Election Lies
  
  
42 points • may 07, 2021