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New York Times (Aug 2021)

  1. Restaurants Will Never Be the Same. They Shouldn’t Be.

    657 points • aug 10, 2021

  2. Settling Scores at a Fist-Fighting Festival in the Peruvian Andes

    657 points • aug 10, 2021

  3. A Florida school board defies the governor’s mask ban.

    656 points • aug 16, 2021

  4. Delta’s Extra $200 Insurance Fee Shows Vaccine Dilemma for Employers

    654 points • aug 27, 2021

  5. 20 Wines Under $20: For When the Weather Is Sultry

    654 points • aug 21, 2021

  6. A Smarter Way to Make Decisions About Your Kids

    653 points • aug 01, 2021

  7. Alabama has no more I.C.U. beds available, the state authorities said.

    650 points • aug 20, 2021

  8. What if ‘Fauda’ Moved to New York?

    647 points • aug 06, 2021

  9. Watch the Perseids Meteor Shower Peak in Night Skies

    646 points • aug 12, 2021

  10. ‘This Isn’t How We’re Supposed to Live’: Residents Flee as Dixie Fire Surges

    644 points • aug 01, 2021

  11. Where Does Weed Come From? A New Study Suggests East Asia.

    642 points • aug 13, 2021

  12. Biting your own medal is one thing. A Japanese mayor learned you don’t bite someone else’s.

    638 points • aug 07, 2021

  13. Simone Biles plans to compete in the balance beam, her last possible event in Tokyo.

    638 points • aug 02, 2021

  14. Lorde’s Work Here Is Done. Now, She Vibes.

    636 points • aug 13, 2021

  15. Attack of the Superweeds

    636 points • aug 19, 2021

  16. Will These Places Survive a Collapse? Don’t Bet on It, Skeptics Say.

    636 points • aug 04, 2021

  17. Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica wins the 100-meter dash.

    630 points • aug 01, 2021

  18. For a Better Pizza, Light Up the Grill

    629 points • aug 17, 2021

  19. What We Lose When We Livestream Church

    628 points • aug 09, 2021

  20. Wide Awake at 3 A.M.? Our Readers Offer Advice.

    624 points • aug 31, 2021

  21. The Performative Antiracism of Black Students at the U. of Wisconsin

    620 points • aug 25, 2021

  22. At the Texas Capitol, a Day for Arrest Warrants, Not Legislation

    618 points • aug 12, 2021

  23. Belarusian Sprinter Who Feared for Her Safety Is Offered Asylum in Poland

    616 points • aug 03, 2021

  24. This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma

    612 points • aug 24, 2021

  25. For France, American Vines Still Mean Sour Grapes

    612 points • aug 30, 2021

  26. Getting Old Is a Crisis More and More Americans Can’t Afford

    608 points • aug 10, 2021

  27. South Koreans Now Dislike China More Than They Dislike Japan

    608 points • aug 21, 2021

  28. ‘They Thought I Was Dead’: Haitian President’s Widow Recounts Assassination

    604 points • aug 01, 2021

  29. Two House members secretly flew to Kabul on an unauthorized oversight mission.

    604 points • aug 26, 2021

  30. Cuomo Has $18 Million in Campaign Cash. What Can He Do With It?

    604 points • aug 13, 2021

  31. U.S. Airstrikes in Afghanistan Could Be a Sign of What Comes Next

    600 points • aug 05, 2021

  32. U.S. men’s basketball defeats Australia and heads to the gold medal game.

    600 points • aug 05, 2021

  33. Golf Carts Are Parked, Walking Is In and, Yes, It’s Exercise

    600 points • aug 17, 2021

  34. Donald Rumsfeld, Architect of War in Afghanistan, Is Laid to Rest

    596 points • aug 25, 2021

  35. Alibaba Will Fire Employee After Rape Accusation

    596 points • aug 09, 2021

  36. The C.D.C. endorses Covid vaccinations during pregnancy.

    596 points • aug 12, 2021

  37. A Lawyer’s Deathbed Confession About a Sensational 1975 Kidnapping

    594 points • aug 13, 2021

  38. For Tenants Nationwide, a Scramble to Pay Months of Rent or Face Eviction

    594 points • aug 01, 2021

  39. On Death Row in Texas, a Last Request: A Prayer and ‘Human Contact’

    592 points • aug 31, 2021

  40. Austin Police Officer Is Charged With Murder in a Second On-Duty Killing

    584 points • aug 29, 2021

  41. America Needs to Start Telling the Truth About Israel’s Nukes

    581 points • aug 11, 2021

  42. Celebrated String Quartet Will Disband, Ending 47-Year Run

    580 points • aug 27, 2021

  43. In Shift, Israel Quietly Allows Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount

    576 points • aug 25, 2021

  44. Simone Biles, in a Comeback, Takes Bronze on the Balance Beam

    576 points • aug 03, 2021

  45. Evacuation from Kabul falters as chaos at airport reigns.

    570 points • aug 16, 2021

  46. I Know All About Condo Living. After Surfside, Change Is Coming.

    569 points • aug 01, 2021

  47. The State of the American Mall

    568 points • aug 11, 2021

  48. United Asks Flight Attendants Not to Tape Passengers to Seats

    568 points • aug 20, 2021

  49. ESPN Cancels Nichols’s Show After Her Remarks About a Colleague

    562 points • aug 26, 2021

  50. A New Chapter of the Coronavirus

    562 points • aug 02, 2021

  51. In String of Wins, ‘Biden Democrats’ See a Reality Check for the Left

    558 points • aug 06, 2021

  52. H.H.S. will require its health workers to get the Covid vaccine.

    556 points • aug 13, 2021

  53. This Is the World Being Left to Us by Adults

    553 points • aug 20, 2021

  54. A Yearlong Cry for Help, Then Death After an Assault

    552 points • aug 11, 2021

  55. This Is How Theocracy Shrivels

    548 points • aug 28, 2021

  56. Learning to Love Solitude (and Hate Oatmeal) on a 15,534-Mile Canadian Trek

    544 points • aug 08, 2021

  57. In Lionel Messi’s Move, a Dim Portrait of Modern Soccer

    540 points • aug 11, 2021

  58. ‘Mommy Brain’ Is Real

    538 points • aug 07, 2021

  59. Texas drops enforcement of its governor’s ban on mask mandates.

    538 points • aug 21, 2021

  60. How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?

    536 points • aug 08, 2021

  61. How Exercise May Help Keep Our Memory Sharp

    536 points • aug 26, 2021

  62. How G.M.’s First Turbo Engines Crashed and Burned

    533 points • aug 27, 2021

  63. Restaurant owners sue New York City, hoping to block its ‘ridiculous’ vaccine mandate.

    530 points • aug 19, 2021

  64. N.Y.C. will require shots for all education staff, including teachers and principals.

    530 points • aug 24, 2021

  65. What to Do This Summer: Chapel Hill, N.C.

    528 points • aug 07, 2021

  66. ‘We lost Greenville’: A California town is overrun by the Dixie Fire.

    528 points • aug 06, 2021

  67. Typhoon Damages Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin Sculpture in Japan

    523 points • aug 11, 2021

  68. The Dream Cars of the Car Designers

    522 points • aug 21, 2021

  69. I Don’t Want to Spend the Rest of My Days Grieving

    521 points • aug 09, 2021

  70. Why Doctors Dismiss Dizziness

    520 points • aug 04, 2021

  71. Why My Daughter Got (Temporarily) Married at 13

    516 points • aug 28, 2021

  72. A U.S. scientist settled his federal whistle-blowing complaint over Covid treatments.

    516 points • aug 10, 2021

  73. This Breast Cancer Gene Is Less Well Known, but Nearly as Dangerous

    514 points • aug 17, 2021

  74. What I’ve Learned Over a Lifetime of Caring for the Dying

    510 points • aug 11, 2021

  75. Genial and Respectful? Why New York’s Next Governor Is a Radical

    507 points • aug 14, 2021

  76. Is Taiwan Next?

    506 points • aug 05, 2021

  77. Preventing Muscle Loss as We Age

    506 points • aug 12, 2021

  78. Inside Politico’s Billion-Dollar Drama

    504 points • aug 31, 2021

  79. McDonald’s Franchise Settles Suit Involving ‘Dog Diaper’ Masks

    500 points • aug 13, 2021

  80. Even as Dixie Fire Rages, ‘I’m Not Going to Leave’

    498 points • aug 08, 2021

  81. Hochul Vows a Change in Tone as the Cuomo Era Nears an End in Albany

    498 points • aug 12, 2021

  82. Orlando residents are asked to cut back on water usage as the virus surges in Florida.

    496 points • aug 22, 2021

  83. Why Beekeeping Is Booming in New York: ‘A Hive Is a Box of Calm’

    495 points • aug 01, 2021

  84. Why Lifting Weights Can Be So Potent for Aging Well

    492 points • aug 20, 2021

  85. In a Busy Week for Hurricane Season, Kate Is Downgraded to a Tropical Depression

    490 points • aug 31, 2021

  86. Delta Surge Drives Home Painful Truth: Covid Isn’t Going Away

    488 points • aug 17, 2021

  87. She just won her third gold medal in Tokyo. Detractors in South Korea are criticizing her haircut.

    484 points • aug 01, 2021

  88. Russia Bans Bard College, and Other Universities Ask What’s Next

    483 points • aug 06, 2021

  89. Jeanne Robertson, 77, Down-Home Humorist With a Pageant Past, Dies

    480 points • aug 30, 2021

  90. With F.D.A. approval for a Covid vaccine, the Pentagon and others add vaccine requirements.

    478 points • aug 24, 2021

  91. Looking for St. Mark’s Square? You May Find Yourself in a Shipyard Instead.

    478 points • aug 03, 2021

  92. The Caldor fire is ‘knocking on the door’ to the Lake Tahoe basin, a fire official said.

    478 points • aug 25, 2021

  93. A Hidden Trove Gives a Glimpse of Opera in the Wild West

    477 points • aug 11, 2021

  94. The South Must Teach Its Children the Truth

    476 points • aug 03, 2021

  95. Out of the Doghouse, Into the Bed

    476 points • aug 09, 2021

  96. Local officials in Texas can temporarily require masks, two judges rule.

    474 points • aug 12, 2021

  97. Why Poetry Is So Crucial Right Now

    473 points • aug 30, 2021

  98. What Scenes From the Taliban’s Victory in Afghanistan Reveal

    472 points • aug 17, 2021

  99. Vaccines’ protection against virus infection is waning, C.D.C. studies suggest.

    472 points • aug 18, 2021

  100. The California Recall, Untangled

    472 points • aug 27, 2021