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  1. How Mexican Cartels Test Fentanyl on Vulnerable People and Animals

    330 points • dec 26, 2024

  2. The Full List of Biden’s Death Row Commutations

    328 points • dec 23, 2024

  3. A Picturesque New England Town’s Debt to the Right Whale

    328 points • dec 23, 2024

  4. Suspect Charged in Fatal Burning of Woman on Subway

    328 points • dec 24, 2024

  5. Why South Korea’s Leader, Desperate and Frustrated, Made a Fateful Decision

    326 points • dec 05, 2024

  6. Why Have So Many Canadians Turned on Justin Trudeau?

    326 points • dec 21, 2024

  7. As Hegseth Vows to Fight, Trump Considers DeSantis for Defense Secretary

    326 points • dec 05, 2024

  8. Why It Matters That Jesus Came From a Dysfunctional Family

    325 points • dec 24, 2024

  9. 36 Hours in Palm Springs, Calif.

    325 points • dec 26, 2024

  10. The Prominent Maryland Family of the Suspect in the C.E.O. Killing

    325 points • dec 11, 2024

  11. The 26 Best Dishes We Ate Across the U.S. in 2024

    324 points • dec 18, 2024

  12. How to Make the Drone Panic So Very Much Worse

    323 points • dec 20, 2024

  13. Trump Previews Second Term in Sprawling Speech to Conservative Conference

    322 points • dec 23, 2024

  14. ‘This Is the Land of Wolves Now’: Two Columnists Get to the Heart of Biden’s Pardon

    322 points • dec 03, 2024

  15. What a School Performance Shows Us About Japanese Education

    321 points • dec 01, 2024

  16. F.B.I. Passed Tip About Mangione to New York Police After C.E.O. Killing

    320 points • dec 14, 2024

  17. Questions Arise Over Concrete Wall Near Runway in South Korea Crash

    320 points • dec 31, 2024

  18. Sharing the Spotlight on Their Wedding Day

    320 points • dec 30, 2024

  19. Michael Brewer, Whose ‘One Toke’ Was a Big Hit, Is Dead at 80

    320 points • dec 21, 2024

  20. 10 Years Ago, a U.S. Thaw Fueled Cuban Dreams. Now Hope Is Lost.

    319 points • dec 27, 2024

  21. 10 Life Lessons for Grown-Ups From Children’s Classics

    319 points • dec 19, 2024

  22. Syrians Mourn All They Have Lost, Even as They Celebrate

    318 points • dec 09, 2024

  23. S.N.L. Resurrects Church Lady: Isn’t That Special!

    318 points • dec 09, 2024

  24. Top-Gun Navy Pilots Fly at the Extremes. Their Brains May Suffer.

    318 points • dec 09, 2024

  25. How Higher Education Can Win Back America

    317 points • dec 27, 2024

  26. Houthi Missile Strikes Tel Aviv as Attacks Increase

    316 points • dec 22, 2024

  27. Bill Clinton Is Hospitalized After Developing a Fever

    316 points • dec 24, 2024

  28. Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Nov. 30, 2024

    316 points • dec 01, 2024

  29. 12 Predictions for Life in 2025

    316 points • dec 31, 2024

  30. Democrats Don’t Have an Easy Way Out

    315 points • dec 11, 2024

  31. Sex, a Hex and a Sick Child Offer Clues to an Epidemic’s Birth

    315 points • dec 08, 2024

  32. If My Dying Daughter Could Face Her Mortality, Why Couldn’t the Rest of Us?

    315 points • dec 01, 2024

  33. 15-Year-Old Girl Identified as the Shooter in a Wisconsin School

    314 points • dec 17, 2024

  34. The Last Time Alcohol Poisoned a Defense Nomination

    314 points • dec 05, 2024

  35. Where Is Russia Finding New Soldiers? Wherever It Can.

    314 points • dec 31, 2024

  36. Will the U.S. Ever Be Ready for a Female President?

    313 points • dec 27, 2024

  37. Part of Santa Cruz Wharf in California Collapses in High Surf

    312 points • dec 24, 2024

  38. 12 Die at Georgian Ski Resort From Suspected Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

    312 points • dec 17, 2024

  39. Misogyny and Antisemitism Are a Toxic Brew

    310 points • dec 01, 2024

  40. The Unabomber’s Influence Is Deeper and More Dangerous Than We Know

    310 points • dec 15, 2024

  41. Kash Patel Would Bring Bravado and Baggage to F.B.I. Role

    308 points • dec 02, 2024

  42. Suspect in C.E.O. Killing Showed Interest on Social Media in Self-Improvement

    308 points • dec 10, 2024

  43. One of the Most Unpredictable Actresses of the ’70s Is Back From Exile

    308 points • dec 21, 2024

  44. ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’ Review: Mission Impeccable

    308 points • dec 23, 2024

  45. Ex-F.B.I. Informant Agrees to Plead Guilty to Lying About Bidens

    308 points • dec 13, 2024

  46. House Republicans Call for Liz Cheney to Be Investigated Over Jan. 6 Committee Role

    306 points • dec 18, 2024

  47. Trump Weighs In on Immigrant Visa Debate but Offers Little Clarity

    306 points • dec 29, 2024

  48. In Some Doctors’ Offices, the Weigh-In Is No Longer Required

    305 points • dec 27, 2024

  49. The Trump Show Is Returning. Will It Be Triumph, Tragedy or Farce?

    304 points • dec 14, 2024

  50. Seth Meyers: Donald Trump Got ‘Cable Guy’-ed by Elon Musk

    304 points • dec 21, 2024

  51. UnitedHealth Group C.E.O.: The Health Care System Is Flawed. Let’s Fix It.

    304 points • dec 13, 2024

  52. When Nikki Giovanni Was Young, Brilliant and Unafraid

    304 points • dec 11, 2024

  53. Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Dec. 28, 2024

    304 points • dec 28, 2024

  54. What I Am Looking for in Empty Churches

    304 points • dec 29, 2024

  55. The Government Shutdown: What Travelers Need to Know

    303 points • dec 20, 2024

  56. Will You Fall in Love With This Poem? I Did.

    302 points • dec 18, 2024

  57. A Disgraceful Pardon

    302 points • dec 02, 2024

  58. Israel Builds Bases in Central Gaza, a Sign It May Be There to Stay

    302 points • dec 03, 2024

  59. A Rift in Trump World Over How to Make America Healthier

    302 points • dec 18, 2024

  60. Quiz: Do You Speak 2024?

    300 points • dec 26, 2024

  61. New Image Shows Suspect in C.E.O. Shooting in Back of Taxi

    300 points • dec 09, 2024

  62. How Can I Show My Boyfriend My Parents’ Filthy Home?

    300 points • dec 05, 2024

  63. The Budget Fight and Trump’s Nihilistic Style

    300 points • dec 22, 2024

  64. Olympic Snowboarder From Switzerland Dies in Avalanche at 26

    300 points • dec 25, 2024

  65. Did Trump Drain Democrats’ Energy? These Races Will Be the First Test.

    300 points • dec 09, 2024

  66. You’re Never Too Old to Have ‘the Talk’

    299 points • dec 24, 2024

  67. A Trip to New York

    299 points • dec 16, 2024

  68. The Moral Challenge of Trumpism

    298 points • dec 01, 2024

  69. Avian Flu Has Hit Dairies So Hard That They’re Calling It ‘Covid for Cows’

    298 points • dec 20, 2024

  70. He Promised Huge Tax Refunds. Now Trump Wants Him to Lead the I.R.S.

    298 points • dec 06, 2024

  71. ‘I Was Destroyed by It’: 4 Men on Abuse at Ireland’s Catholic Schools

    297 points • dec 23, 2024

  72. The Timeless Spell of Rome’s Oldest Churches

    297 points • dec 25, 2024

  73. Did Christopher Wray Just Defy Donald Trump?

    296 points • dec 12, 2024

  74. A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History

    296 points • dec 01, 2024

  75. Pete Hegseth’s Troubles at Work Raise Questions About Leadership

    296 points • dec 05, 2024

  76. Linda Lavin, Broadway Actress and Star of TV Sitcom ‘Alice,’ Dies at 87

    296 points • dec 30, 2024

  77. Trump Threatens ‘Hell to Pay’ Unless Gaza Hostages Are Freed Before Inauguration

    294 points • dec 03, 2024

  78. Texas Attorney General Sues New York Doctor for Mailing Abortion Pills

    294 points • dec 14, 2024

  79. Jimmy Carter, on Death

    294 points • dec 30, 2024

  80. Zakir Hussain, Tabla Virtuoso Who Fused Musical Traditions, Dies at 73

    292 points • dec 17, 2024

  81. Miho Nakayama, Japanese Music and Movie Star, Dies at 54

    292 points • dec 09, 2024

  82. A Second Trump Term Poses a Crucial Test of the Senate’s Independence

    292 points • dec 01, 2024

  83. Take a Whiff of Eau de Trump. It Reeks.

    292 points • dec 13, 2024

  84. Russia Detains a Man It Says Killed a General on Ukraine’s Orders

    292 points • dec 18, 2024

  85. A Donor Gave Graduates a Big Cash Gift. Why Didn’t They All Get One?

    292 points • dec 26, 2024

  86. The Streets of My Country Are Full of Fury

    292 points • dec 09, 2024

  87. China Hacked Treasury Dept. in ‘Major’ Breach, U.S. Says

    290 points • dec 31, 2024

  88. The Surprising Allure of Ignorance

    290 points • dec 02, 2024

  89. I Viewed the Rise of Barstool Conservatism With Alarm. And Rightly So.

    288 points • dec 03, 2024

  90. NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump

    288 points • dec 27, 2024

  91. Trump Tests Ethical Boundaries With Branded Merch. (And All Sales Are Final.)

    288 points • dec 10, 2024

  92. Manmohan Singh, Indian Premier Who Spurred Economic Boom, Dies at 92

    288 points • dec 27, 2024

  93. How the Founder of a Fruit Jelly Snack Company Spends Her Sundays

    288 points • dec 23, 2024

  94. Bad News, Democrats: America Is About to Get Even Redder

    287 points • dec 12, 2024

  95. In the Syrian Regime’s Hour of Need, Its Patron Iran Makes an Exit

    286 points • dec 08, 2024

  96. Iran Begins to Evacuate Military Officials and Personnel From Syria

    286 points • dec 07, 2024

  97. The ‘Chilling’ Fatal Shooting of a C.E.O. Has Business Leaders on Edge

    286 points • dec 06, 2024

  98. How the President Alienated South Korea, One Group at a Time

    286 points • dec 14, 2024

  99. The Tennessee Trans Treatment Case Is About Age, Not Sex

    285 points • dec 09, 2024

  100. Could Dark Chocolate Reduce Your Risk of Diabetes?

    285 points • dec 05, 2024