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New York Times (Aug 2021)

  1. Going for Broke in Cryptoland

    469 points • aug 06, 2021

  2. How a Runner Turned a Nightmare Into a Great Olympic Moment

    468 points • aug 30, 2021

  3. 2 New York Judges Ordered Defendants to Get Vaccinated. Can They Do That?

    468 points • aug 24, 2021

  4. A Tidal Wave of Water and at Least 21 Deaths as Floodwaters Ravage Rural Tennessee

    466 points • aug 24, 2021

  5. Can Campus Culture Wars Be Funny? ‘The Chair’ Dares to Think So.

    455 points • aug 20, 2021

  6. More Covid Mysteries

    453 points • aug 01, 2021

  7. The Arizona vote review winds down amid disclosures that it was paid for almost entirely by Trump supporters.

    450 points • aug 01, 2021

  8. The New Reality of a European Trip: ‘Things Are Going to Change’

    445 points • aug 01, 2021

  9. New York Man Charged in Scooter Crash That Killed the Actress Lisa Banes

    444 points • aug 07, 2021

  10. How Andrew Cuomo’s Exit Tarnished a Legacy and Dimmed a Dynasty

    444 points • aug 15, 2021

  11. Show Me the Data!

    442 points • aug 27, 2021

  12. Climate Denial, Covid Denial and the Right’s Descent

    441 points • aug 10, 2021

  13. The Dixie fire nears communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

    436 points • aug 18, 2021

  14. Doubts, Anger and Anxiety: What It’s Like to Go to School Now

    435 points • aug 16, 2021

  15. Hawaii’s governor discourages travelers from visiting as virus rates surge in the state.

    434 points • aug 25, 2021

  16. Giraffes May Be as Socially Complex as Chimps and Elephants

    433 points • aug 08, 2021

  17. Enchanted by the Mountains’ Ever-Changing Beauty: 45 Miles on the Teton Crest Trail

    433 points • aug 31, 2021

  18. A baby passed over a wall in Kabul is reunited with his family, the military says.

    432 points • aug 21, 2021

  19. Biden says some Americans will be eligible for booster shots in September.

    432 points • aug 19, 2021

  20. Flight Attendants’ Hellish Summer: ‘I Don’t Even Feel Like a Human’

    431 points • aug 27, 2021

  21. In swimming’s finale, the U.S. men keep their unbeaten streak alive, and Emma McKeon gets her 7th medal.

    430 points • aug 01, 2021

  22. Breathe. Exhale. Repeat: The Benefits of Controlled Breathing

    428 points • aug 01, 2021

  23. Rediscovering the Joys of Travel on the Big Island of Hawaii

    427 points • aug 11, 2021

  24. Schemer or Naïf? Elizabeth Holmes Is Going to Trial.

    422 points • aug 31, 2021

  25. A Newsroom, on Pause

    419 points • aug 29, 2021

  26. The Cutthroat World of $10 Ice Cream

    418 points • aug 14, 2021

  27. Child Tax Credit Payments Have Begun. Should You Opt Out?

    416 points • aug 04, 2021

  28. Judge allows cruise line to temporarily require proof of vaccination in Florida.

    416 points • aug 10, 2021

  29. Small Towns Grow Desperate for Water in California

    415 points • aug 15, 2021

  30. Extra Shots from J. & J. and Pfizer Give Immune Boost, Companies Report

    414 points • aug 26, 2021

  31. How Many People Are at Risk of Losing Their Homes in Your Neighborhood?

    412 points • aug 02, 2021

  32. Actually, Wearing a Mask Can Help Your Child Learn

    411 points • aug 18, 2021

  33. A Cat on the Field. A Mantis on a Hat. Monday Baseball Had It All.

    409 points • aug 04, 2021

  34. The Way the Senate Melted Down Over Crypto Is Very Revealing

    408 points • aug 12, 2021

  35. Even Billy Joel Mocked ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire.’ I Loved It.

    405 points • aug 24, 2021

  36. U.S., others warn of threat at airport in Kabul and tell citizens to leave immediately.

    404 points • aug 26, 2021

  37. Iowa Farmworker Gets Life in Prison for the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts

    402 points • aug 31, 2021

  38. Tropical Depression Grace Makes Landfall in Haiti

    402 points • aug 16, 2021

  39. Stephen Colbert Was Disinvited From Obama’s Birthday Party

    401 points • aug 11, 2021

  40. Text Memes Are Taking Over Instagram

    400 points • aug 10, 2021

  41. Piecing Together the History of Stasi Spying

    399 points • aug 11, 2021

  42. Justice Breyer on Retirement and the Role of Politics at the Supreme Court

    397 points • aug 28, 2021

  43. An Iconic Bridge Sees U.S. Allies Flee Afghanistan as the Soviets Did

    396 points • aug 17, 2021

  44. Tucker Carlson Has a New Hero

    395 points • aug 07, 2021

  45. How Alcohol Affects the Heart

    393 points • aug 31, 2021

  46. Collapse: Inside Lebanon’s Worst Economic Meltdown in More Than a Century

    392 points • aug 05, 2021

  47. Touring Trinity, the Birthplace of Nuclear Dread

    389 points • aug 03, 2021

  48. The U.S. strikes vehicle loaded with explosives in Kabul.

    388 points • aug 30, 2021

  49. Overheated Real Estate Market Begins to Cool

    386 points • aug 14, 2021

  50. America’s Afghan War: A Defeat Foretold?

    385 points • aug 22, 2021

  51. Fragrance Maker Dares to Sniff ‘What Life Really Smells Like’

    382 points • aug 08, 2021

  52. Desperation as Afghans Seek to Flee a Country Retaken by the Taliban

    382 points • aug 23, 2021

  53. Pitcher Released From Hospital After Being Struck by Line Drive

    380 points • aug 19, 2021

  54. Jessica Springsteen wins a silver medal with the U.S. show jumping team.

    378 points • aug 08, 2021

  55. Mexico Sues Gun Companies in U.S., Accusing Them of Fueling Violence

    376 points • aug 05, 2021

  56. The Birds on My Balcony Have Taught Me a Lot About the Pandemic

    375 points • aug 15, 2021

  57. Finding Meaning and Happiness in Old Age

    373 points • aug 07, 2021

  58. A Tale of Two Vineyards

    373 points • aug 13, 2021

  59. The Cheap & Easy Sanctimony of Ben & Jerry

    373 points • aug 11, 2021

  60. Sneaky Thieves Steal Hair From Foxes, Raccoons, Dogs, Even You

    370 points • aug 07, 2021

  61. Conor Lamb Gets In, and a Crucial Senate Fight Takes Shape in Pennsylvania

    369 points • aug 07, 2021

  62. Whiplash for the Concert Business as the Delta Variant Rages On

    368 points • aug 15, 2021

  63. Lightning Strike Kills 17 in Wedding Party in Bangladesh

    366 points • aug 06, 2021

  64. Behind the Masks, a Mystery: How Often Do the Vaccinated Spread the Virus?

    364 points • aug 01, 2021

  65. Rare Mass Shooting in Britain Leaves 6 Dead, Including a Child

    364 points • aug 14, 2021

  66. You’ve Never Heard of the Biggest Digital Media Company in America

    361 points • aug 16, 2021

  67. How Weight Training Changes the Brain

    361 points • aug 26, 2021

  68. Who Has the Cure for America’s Declining Birthrate? Canada.

    358 points • aug 19, 2021

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

    356 points • aug 01, 2021

  70. A Wall Street Dressing Down: Always. Be. Casual.

    353 points • aug 02, 2021

  71. It Was His Day Off. Then the Space Station Went for a Spin.

    352 points • aug 02, 2021

  72. Texas Republicans order the arrest of Democrats who fled to block G.O.P. voting bill.

    350 points • aug 12, 2021

  73. He Guarded Haiti’s Slain President. And He Was a Suspect in a Drug Inquiry.

    348 points • aug 22, 2021

  74. What the Supreme Court Ruling on Evictions Means for New Yorkers

    348 points • aug 17, 2021

  75. Will Remote Workers Get Left Behind in the Hybrid Office?

    346 points • aug 05, 2021

  76. The Vaccine Refusers Are Testing My Love of the South

    345 points • aug 14, 2021

  77. Amid Extreme Weather, a Shift Among Republicans on Climate Change

    344 points • aug 15, 2021

  78. Cow Parade Returns to N.Y.C., but Please Don’t Steal Them This Time

    344 points • aug 24, 2021

  79. In a Field in Iowa, the White Sox Delivered a Hollywood Ending

    342 points • aug 14, 2021

  80. The Hard Covid-19 Questions We’re Not Asking

    339 points • aug 31, 2021

  81. Review: ‘Laetitia,’ a French True-Crime Gem, Comes to HBO

    338 points • aug 31, 2021

  82. Andrew Cuomo Loses His Emmy on Same Day He’s Replaced as Governor

    338 points • aug 25, 2021

  83. How to Have a Fun, Multigenerational Family Vacation

    336 points • aug 01, 2021

  84. Kamala Harris, in Southeast Asia and in Uniform

    336 points • aug 27, 2021

  85. Friday Night Footlights: How Theater Bonds a Colorado Town

    334 points • aug 06, 2021

  86. ‘The Standard American Diet Kills Us Slowly in Normal Times and Quickly in Covid Times’

    332 points • aug 10, 2021

  87. New Audiobooks for Your Summer Road Trip

    330 points • aug 25, 2021

  88. A Marriage Stressed by Obsessions and Compulsions

    329 points • aug 07, 2021

  89. Sexual Harassment Report Spurs Quick Action on Cuomo Impeachment Inquiry

    328 points • aug 06, 2021

  90. Are You in an ‘Inter-Intimate’ Relationship?

    325 points • aug 01, 2021

  91. Echinacea Isn’t Itself Anymore

    324 points • aug 26, 2021

  92. Tropical Storm Henri Is Poised to Become a Hurricane

    324 points • aug 18, 2021

  93. Don Everly, Older Brother in Groundbreaking Rock Duo, Dies at 84

    323 points • aug 23, 2021

  94. Calls Grow to Discipline Doctors Spreading Virus Misinformation

    323 points • aug 28, 2021

  95. 36 Hours in Los Angeles

    323 points • aug 04, 2021

  96. In Afghanistan, China Is Ready to Step Into the Void

    321 points • aug 21, 2021

  97. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones

    320 points • aug 25, 2021

  98. The largest U.S. teachers’ union announces support for vaccination or testing for educators.

    320 points • aug 13, 2021

  99. The G.O.P. Menace to Society

    317 points • aug 02, 2021

  100. The Taliban Have Claimed Afghanistan’s Real Economic Prize

    315 points • aug 19, 2021