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New York Times (Aug 2021)

  1. She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away

    16658 points • aug 05, 2021

  2. Should I Mask? Can I Travel? What About Hugs? How Delta Is Changing Advice for the Vaccinated

    12215 points • aug 04, 2021

  3. New York City adds 629,000 people, defying predictions of its decline.

    11210 points • aug 15, 2021

  4. The Afghan Military Was Built Over 20 Years. How Did It Collapse So Quickly?

    7257 points • aug 14, 2021

  5. Maker of Popular Covid Test Told Factory to Destroy Inventory

    7174 points • aug 21, 2021

  6. What We Think We Know About Metabolism May Be Wrong

    6935 points • aug 12, 2021

  7. They Wait Hours to Withdraw Cash, but Most A.T.M.s Are Empty

    6900 points • aug 08, 2021

  8. TikTok Trend: Eating Frozen Honey and Risking Ill Effects

    6624 points • aug 08, 2021

  9. The F.D.A. is aiming to give full approval to Pfizer’s Covid vaccine on Monday.

    6566 points • aug 21, 2021

  10. Are Delta Symptoms Different?

    6262 points • aug 13, 2021

  11. Why the Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Album Is Suing Now

    6246 points • aug 26, 2021

  12. Behold Barack Antoinette

    5686 points • aug 14, 2021

  13. Voices of the Unvaccinated

    5660 points • aug 07, 2021

  14. Recalled Pet Food May Be Linked to 130 Dog Deaths, F.D.A. Says

    5554 points • aug 20, 2021

  15. Israel, Once the Model for Beating Covid, Faces New Surge of Infections

    5443 points • aug 19, 2021

  16. The New Chief Chaplain at Harvard? An Atheist.

    5349 points • aug 26, 2021

  17. Abrupt Exit of New ‘Jeopardy!’ Host, Mike Richards, Rattles a TV Institution

    5237 points • aug 20, 2021

  18. Passenger Arrives Taped to a Seat and Is Charged With Assaulting Flight Attendants

    5158 points • aug 04, 2021

  19. U.S. to Advise Boosters for Most Americans 8 Months After Vaccination

    5148 points • aug 17, 2021

  20. The 40-Hour Work Week Is, in Fact, Life

    5074 points • aug 14, 2021

  21. No, the Unvaccinated Aren’t All Just Being Difficult

    5037 points • aug 07, 2021

  22. The Quiet Rage of the Responsible

    4897 points • aug 20, 2021

  23. Shot-Putter’s Gesture Renews Controversy Over Podium Protests

    4876 points • aug 01, 2021

  24. Those Anti-Covid Plastic Barriers Probably Don’t Help and May Make Things Worse

    4761 points • aug 20, 2021

  25. Olympics’ First Openly Transgender Woman Stokes Debate on Fairness

    4742 points • aug 01, 2021

  26. The A.S.L. Interpretation of ‘WAP’ Was TikTok Gold. It’s Also a Problem.

    4727 points • aug 14, 2021

  27. Former Acting Attorney General Testifies About Trump’s Efforts to Subvert Election

    4620 points • aug 08, 2021

  28. More than 200 staff members at 2 San Francisco hospitals have tested positive, most in breakthrough Delta infections.

    4608 points • aug 01, 2021

  29. What to Know About Breakthrough Infections and the Delta Variant

    4603 points • aug 11, 2021

  30. Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps

    4571 points • aug 15, 2021

  31. The Cotton Tote Crisis

    4378 points • aug 24, 2021

  32. Michael J. Fox Reviews a Thoughtful Memoir on the Challenges of Living With Disability

    4371 points • aug 16, 2021

  33. Cruise Passenger Dies From Covid, Testing Industry Plans

    4341 points • aug 24, 2021

  34. Spirit Airlines and American Airlines cancel hundreds of flights.

    4268 points • aug 04, 2021

  35. Texas anti-mask organizer clings to life in a battle with Covid-19.

    4214 points • aug 28, 2021

  36. ‘This Is Really Scary’: Kids Struggle With Long Covid

    4173 points • aug 09, 2021

  37. U.S. Drifts Back to the Pack in Olympic Medal Count

    4152 points • aug 07, 2021

  38. Can the Vaccinated Develop Long Covid After a Breakthrough Infection?

    4107 points • aug 16, 2021

  39. Cuomo’s Top Aide, Melissa DeRosa, Resigns as He Fights to Survive

    4078 points • aug 09, 2021

  40. Let’s Not Pretend That the Way We Withdrew From Afghanistan Was the Problem

    4062 points • aug 26, 2021

  41. At a Children’s Hospital, a Wave of Young Patients Struggling to Breathe

    4052 points • aug 28, 2021

  42. He was a baby on 9/11. Now he’s one of the last casualties of America’s longest war.

    4028 points • aug 28, 2021

  43. Work Is a False Idol

    4023 points • aug 23, 2021

  44. A Week Into Taliban Rule, One City’s Glimpse of What the Future May Hold

    3932 points • aug 16, 2021

  45. We Studied One Million Students. This Is What We Learned About Masking.

    3927 points • aug 10, 2021

  46. Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Up,’ Dies at 91

    3916 points • aug 30, 2021

  47. 5 Diet and Lifestyle Measures to Ward Off Heartburn

    3886 points • aug 24, 2021

  48. Moderna says its vaccine’s protection holds through six months.

    3878 points • aug 05, 2021

  49. Priceless? Even Olympic Medals Can Be Had for the Right Price.

    3876 points • aug 03, 2021

  50. I Commanded Afghan Troops This Year. We Were Betrayed.

    3853 points • aug 25, 2021

  51. Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative

    3848 points • aug 01, 2021

  52. Dying in the Name of Vaccine Freedom

    3806 points • aug 22, 2021

  53. N.Y.C. will require workers and customers show proof of at least one dose for indoor dining and other activities.

    3796 points • aug 03, 2021

  54. A Stranded Interpreter, and the Soldiers Who Would Not Let Go

    3762 points • aug 27, 2021

  55. As Biden Faces a Political Crisis, His Party Looks On in Alarm

    3758 points • aug 23, 2021

  56. E.U. Set to Propose Travel Restrictions on U.S. Visitors

    3753 points • aug 30, 2021

  57. Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win

    3744 points • aug 10, 2021

  58. ‘Jeopardy!’ Announces Mike Richards and Mayim Bialik as New Hosts

    3697 points • aug 11, 2021

  59. F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month

    3682 points • aug 04, 2021

  60. Can the Seller of My House Promise the Furniture to Someone Else?

    3682 points • aug 08, 2021

  61. Stranded Killer Whale Survives With Help of Good Samaritans

    3606 points • aug 01, 2021

  62. What we know about the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack.

    3596 points • aug 29, 2021

  63. Breathing Machine Recall Over Possible Cancer Risk Leaves Millions Scrambling for Substitutes

    3542 points • aug 17, 2021

  64. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture

    3538 points • aug 02, 2021

  65. In Florida, the pandemic is worse now than it has ever been before.

    3508 points • aug 26, 2021

  66. Critical Race Theory: A Brief History

    3470 points • aug 06, 2021

  67. I Was Powerless Over Diet Coke

    3458 points • aug 11, 2021

  68. Chris Cuomo of CNN breaks silence on his brother’s scandal.

    3418 points • aug 17, 2021

  69. F.D.A. to Authorize Third Vaccine Dose for People With Weak Immune Systems

    3410 points • aug 12, 2021

  70. Denmark says Covid is no longer a ‘socially critical disease.’

    3406 points • aug 28, 2021

  71. Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has tested positive for the coronavirus.

    3392 points • aug 18, 2021

  72. Black Real Estate Agent and Clients Handcuffed at House Viewing

    3378 points • aug 09, 2021

  73. What Went Wrong With the Pandemic in Florida

    3358 points • aug 29, 2021

  74. Olympic Sprinter From Belarus Seeks Refuge in Japan, Fearing Jail at Home

    3354 points • aug 02, 2021

  75. U.S. Asks Taliban to Spare Its Embassy in Coming Fight for Kabul

    3344 points • aug 13, 2021

  76. Julian Is Downgraded a Day After Becoming a Tropical Storm

    3342 points • aug 30, 2021

  77. Kushner Friend Who Was Pardoned by Trump Is Charged With Spying on Wife

    3340 points • aug 19, 2021

  78. Sha’Carri Richardson Finishes Last in Return to Track

    3336 points • aug 22, 2021

  79. They Spurned the Vaccine. Now They Want You to Know They Regret It.

    3322 points • aug 01, 2021

  80. Father and Sons Are Charged in $21 Million Lottery Fraud

    3320 points • aug 24, 2021

  81. When a Summer Hookup Lasts 12 Years, It’s Time to Reassess

    3290 points • aug 03, 2021

  82. Body Parts Found in Landing Gear of Flight From Kabul, Officials Say

    3286 points • aug 18, 2021

  83. Railing at Enemies and Pleading for Time: Inside Cuomo’s Final Days

    3260 points • aug 11, 2021

  84. Tap Dancing With Trump: Lindsey Graham’s Quest for Relevance

    3251 points • aug 15, 2021

  85. Here’s How You Can Show Proof of Vaccination in New York City

    3222 points • aug 05, 2021

  86. Heart Problem More Common After Covid-19 Than After Vaccination, Study Finds

    3206 points • aug 26, 2021

  87. Kabul falls to the Taliban as the Afghan government collapses and the president flees.

    3204 points • aug 15, 2021

  88. Henri’s path is becoming clearer as the storm approaches the U.S.

    3198 points • aug 21, 2021

  89. New data suggest J. & J. vaccine works against Delta and recipients don’t need a booster shot.

    3169 points • aug 07, 2021

  90. Charlie Watts, Bedrock Drummer for the Rolling Stones, Dies at 80

    3135 points • aug 24, 2021

  91. Phil Valentine, a radio host who scoffed at Covid, then urged his followers to get vaccinated, dies.

    3092 points • aug 22, 2021

  92. A 17-year-old Afghan soccer player died falling from a U.S. evacuation plane.

    3056 points • aug 20, 2021

  93. Among the Troops Who Died, Two Women on the Front Line

    3042 points • aug 29, 2021

  94. What Is Going on With Obama’s 60th Birthday Bash?

    3028 points • aug 07, 2021

  95. A New Surge at a Santa Monica I.C.U.

    3001 points • aug 02, 2021

  96. In a Handful of States, Early Data Hint at a Rise in Breakthrough Infections

    2995 points • aug 18, 2021

  97. Who Are the Unvaccinated in America? There’s No One Answer.

    2966 points • aug 01, 2021

  98. A heavily fortified C.I.A. base in Kabul is destroyed.

    2952 points • aug 28, 2021

  99. The Dixie Fire is now the largest blaze in the U.S., and third-largest wildfire on record in California.

    2934 points • aug 06, 2021

  100. ‘We’re Living in Hell’: Inside Mexico’s Most Terrified City

    2934 points • aug 03, 2021