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New York Times (Aug 2021)

  1. American University of Afghanistan students and relatives trying to flee were sent home.

    1058 points • aug 30, 2021

  2. Virginia Giuffre Files Lawsuit Accusing Prince Andrew of Rape

    1056 points • aug 10, 2021

  3. Bill Gates says his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was ‘a huge mistake.’

    1056 points • aug 06, 2021

  4. Olympics End as They Began: Strangely

    1052 points • aug 09, 2021

  5. The Stress-Free Way to Hang Art

    1034 points • aug 24, 2021

  6. How to Enjoy Retirement Without Going Broke

    1028 points • aug 28, 2021

  7. Parole Board Recommends Release of Sirhan Sirhan, Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassin

    1004 points • aug 28, 2021

  8. Biden Administration Planning to Require Foreign Travelers to Be Vaccinated

    1002 points • aug 05, 2021

  9. Now Going Viral: Meeting Online Friends in Real Life

    988 points • aug 16, 2021

  10. A Taliban spokesman urges women to stay home because fighters haven’t been trained to respect them.

    978 points • aug 26, 2021

  11. Abbott Criticized for Ban on Covid Mandates as Cases Soar in Texas

    966 points • aug 10, 2021

  12. Taliban Reject Extended Deadline as U.S. Races to Finish Evacuation

    956 points • aug 24, 2021

  13. Resistance fighters drive Taliban from 3 districts in the mountains north of Kabul.

    956 points • aug 23, 2021

  14. Can Fruits and Vegetables Boost Brain Health?

    940 points • aug 10, 2021

  15. Who Gets the L.L.C.? Inside a Silicon Valley Billionaire’s Divorce.

    939 points • aug 21, 2021

  16. Obama Significantly Scales Back 60th Birthday Party as Virus Cases Rebound

    936 points • aug 05, 2021

  17. Body of Reuters Photographer Was Mutilated in Taliban Custody, Officials Say

    932 points • aug 01, 2021

  18. Protected Habitat, for a Population of One

    930 points • aug 07, 2021

  19. Unvaxxed, Unmasked and Putting Our Kids at Risk

    927 points • aug 02, 2021

  20. A Guide to Finding Faith

    917 points • aug 15, 2021

  21. Breakthrough Covid Cases: Uncommon and Often Mild, but Not Always

    916 points • aug 27, 2021

  22. 20 Simple Sauces That Will Transform Any Meal

    916 points • aug 17, 2021

  23. Kathy Hochul, Cuomo’s No. 2, Prepares to Step Into the Limelight

    912 points • aug 10, 2021

  24. California’s Gig Worker Law Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules

    904 points • aug 22, 2021

  25. The Kindergarten Exodus

    904 points • aug 08, 2021

  26. La variante delta se infiltró en un aula de primaria. Así sucedió

    904 points • aug 31, 2021

  27. The U.S. Is Getting a Crash Course in Scientific Uncertainty

    902 points • aug 24, 2021

  28. Sea Scallops Farmed in Maine Aren’t Just Sustainable. They’re Helping Their Habitat.

    899 points • aug 24, 2021

  29. The U.S. launches a reprisal strike and warns Americans to leave the Kabul airport.

    896 points • aug 28, 2021

  30. YouTube suspends Rand Paul for a week over a video disputing the effectiveness of masks.

    896 points • aug 12, 2021

  31. Record Salmon in One Place. Barely Any in Another. Alarm All Around.

    891 points • aug 14, 2021

  32. Breanna Stewart’s Golden Journey to Motherhood

    888 points • aug 17, 2021

  33. As U.S. Troops Searched Afghans, a Bomber in the Crowd Moved In

    884 points • aug 29, 2021

  34. Virus Misinformation Spikes as Delta Cases Surge

    882 points • aug 11, 2021

  35. In New Orleans, Anxiously Watching the Levees As Hurricane Ida Arrives

    880 points • aug 30, 2021

  36. A Rough Beast Returns

    870 points • aug 22, 2021

  37. New York City to Require Proof of Vaccination for Indoor Dining and Gyms

    870 points • aug 04, 2021

  38. The U.S. Education Department is investigating five states over their mask mandate bans.

    870 points • aug 31, 2021

  39. Did the War in Afghanistan Have to Happen?

    859 points • aug 23, 2021

  40. What to Do This Summer: Denver

    858 points • aug 17, 2021

  41. Workers Don’t Want Their Old Jobs on the Old Terms

    854 points • aug 24, 2021

  42. What Is the Islamic State Khorasan, a.k.a. ISIS-K?

    852 points • aug 28, 2021

  43. Why American Women Everywhere Are Delaying Motherhood

    846 points • aug 11, 2021

  44. Former U.S. attorney in Atlanta says Trump wanted to fire him for not backing election fraud claims.

    832 points • aug 12, 2021

  45. An ‘Absolute Emergency’ at Rikers Island as Violence Increases

    828 points • aug 25, 2021

  46. This Is a Terrible Time for Savers

    825 points • aug 09, 2021

  47. Barry the Owl Brought Us Together. What Will We Do Without Her?

    816 points • aug 12, 2021

  48. Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Céline Gounder

    816 points • aug 07, 2021

  49. Guan Chenchen of China wins gold. Biles takes bronze.

    812 points • aug 03, 2021

  50. It Shouldn’t Fall to Veterans to Clean Up Biden’s Mess

    811 points • aug 29, 2021

  51. Under Taliban Rule, Life in Kabul Transforms Once Again

    808 points • aug 25, 2021

  52. An Obstacle to Amtrak Expansion That Money Won’t Solve

    804 points • aug 07, 2021

  53. The Best Coffee Break Is an Affogato

    803 points • aug 12, 2021

  54. Do We Really Need to Take 10,000 Steps a Day for Our Health?

    798 points • aug 20, 2021

  55. Some People Flip Real Estate. I Flip Men.

    794 points • aug 09, 2021

  56. Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas calls a new legislative special session, putting pressure on Democrats.

    794 points • aug 06, 2021

  57. Last Call for Tomatoes and Corn

    792 points • aug 31, 2021

  58. I No Longer Want to Shop

    789 points • aug 03, 2021

  59. Kaari Upson, California Artist of Desire and Disturbance, Dies at 51

    788 points • aug 22, 2021

  60. There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing

    775 points • aug 02, 2021

  61. What to Do With Our Covid Rage

    774 points • aug 08, 2021

  62. A World War II Spy Didn’t Live to Tell Her Tale. Her Great-Great-Niece Will.

    773 points • aug 01, 2021

  63. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now

    773 points • aug 08, 2021

  64. Seven Olympic Moments Worth Revisiting

    772 points • aug 09, 2021

  65. I Can’t Stop Wondering What’s Going On Inside My Cat’s Head

    767 points • aug 27, 2021

  66. How Cuomo and His Team Retaliated Against His Accusers

    764 points • aug 06, 2021

  67. Stream These 12 Titles Before They Expire in August

    763 points • aug 06, 2021

  68. Why Only 28 Percent of Young Black New Yorkers Are Vaccinated

    761 points • aug 13, 2021

  69. With Afghan Collapse, Moscow Takes Charge in Central Asia

    760 points • aug 20, 2021

  70. The Villages, a retirement community in Florida, was the fastest-growing metro area over the last decade.

    758 points • aug 13, 2021

  71. The World Is Still Short of Everything. Get Used to It.

    755 points • aug 31, 2021

  72. Female Hummingbirds Avoid Harassment by Looking Like Males

    751 points • aug 27, 2021

  73. The C.D.C. Needs to Stop Confusing the Public

    747 points • aug 05, 2021

  74. California Could Throw Away What It’s Won

    747 points • aug 27, 2021

  75. Your Garden May Be Pretty, but Is It Ecologically Sound?

    741 points • aug 14, 2021

  76. The Unappreciated Importance of Cats (to Medical Science)

    740 points • aug 01, 2021

  77. Simone Biles has withdrawn from the gymnastics floor exercise final.

    740 points • aug 02, 2021

  78. Biden Could Have Stopped the Taliban. He Chose Not To.

    733 points • aug 14, 2021

  79. It Was a Terrifying Census for White Nationalists

    722 points • aug 16, 2021

  80. With More Freedom, Young Women in Albania Shun Tradition of ‘Sworn Virgins’

    718 points • aug 09, 2021

  81. Biden Has Blunt Words for Republican Governors on Vaccines: ‘Get Out of the Way’

    714 points • aug 04, 2021

  82. ‘Super Taster’ Who Lost Sense of Smell Is Helping Italians Regain It

    713 points • aug 21, 2021

  83. The Clock Is Ticking: What We Know About N.Y.C.’s School Reopening Plan

    712 points • aug 11, 2021

  84. Patagonia, Adorned in Autumn

    710 points • aug 17, 2021

  85. There Is a Problem With California’s Recall. It’s Unconstitutional.

    708 points • aug 12, 2021

  86. Mystery Attacks on Diplomats Leave Scores of Victims but Still Little Evidence

    706 points • aug 10, 2021

  87. The Black Reporter Who Exposed a Lie About the Atom Bomb

    705 points • aug 09, 2021

  88. The Tragedy of Afghanistan

    704 points • aug 16, 2021

  89. Megachurch Co-Founder Is Charged With Concealing Child Sexual Abuse

    690 points • aug 06, 2021

  90. Cecily Strong Is Starting a New Conversation

    688 points • aug 05, 2021

  91. Nick Mohammed Has Been Faking It on ‘Ted Lasso’

    686 points • aug 27, 2021

  92. The U.S. reaches a daily average of 100,000 Covid hospitalizations for the first time since the winter peak.

    682 points • aug 31, 2021

  93. A First Amendment Precedent

    680 points • aug 18, 2021

  94. Jamaica wins the women’s 4x100-meter relay easily, while Italy stuns the men’s field.

    678 points • aug 07, 2021

  95. What’s Ripping American Families Apart?

    678 points • aug 01, 2021

  96. Rest Better With Light Exercises

    678 points • aug 16, 2021

  97. What if the Unvaccinated Can’t Be Persuaded?

    666 points • aug 01, 2021

  98. The Senate passes the infrastructure bill, and turns to the Democratic budget.

    664 points • aug 10, 2021

  99. A Fuller Picture of Osama bin Laden’s Life

    664 points • aug 04, 2021

  100. Australian athletes left behind vomit and a hole in the wall in the Olympic village.

    658 points • aug 04, 2021