“The only way it would be more infectious is if the dinner was an all-you-can-bob lasagna buffet,” Stephen Colbert said of the party’s upcoming convention in Jacksonville.
The network said that Mr. Cannon had promoted “hateful speech” during a recent episode of “Cannon’s Class,” his YouTube podcast.
In Maine, Sara Gideon prevailed over limited competition in the Democratic primary for Senate and will face Susan Collins in a race that has become the priciest Senate campaign in the state’s history.
The latest film from Kelly Reichardt is available online. And the Public Theater is streaming a virtual play about the pandemic.
A fact-finding team will have no power to subpoena or indict anyone, but women’s rights activists and the mayor’s accuser have called for an investigation anyway.
Actors, scholars, star athletes and millions of others called for three young protesters’ lives to be spared. “I’m next, you’re next, we’re next,” one meme read.
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Speaking in the Rose Garden and in an earlier television interview, the president made incorrect, misleading and exaggerated statements on a wide variety of topics.
Lee Higbie makes his New York Times Crossword debut, ably assisted by Jeff Chen.
The annual awards show for Off and Off Off Broadway theater was prerecorded and streamed after the coronavirus led to cancellation of a live ceremony.
Quotation of the Day for Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Dr. Jackson, a Republican who was backed by President Trump and based his campaign around their close relationship, effectively stamped his ticket to Congress in a deep-red district.
Three felony charges were filed against Steve Watkins, a Republican, shortly before he appeared in a televised debate ahead of the state’s primary election.
Police officials say there were “isolated cases” of inappropriate force. But footage shows many attacks on protesters that appear unwarranted.
All but two of the nation’s 10 largest districts exceed a key public health threshold, according to a New York Times analysis.
Ms. Gideon, backed by the Senate Democratic campaign arm and outside political groups, had long been the favorite to challenge Senator Collins, the sole remaining New England Republican in Congress.
Women and men are equally likely to step up in a time of crisis, but they tend to do so in different ways.
He beat back tears. He said he let his family down. He declared of politics, “This chapter of my life is closed.” But he would not criticize his former boss, and even said President Trump could win in November.
The vaccine, developed by government scientists and Moderna, a biotech company, appeared safe and provoked an immune response in 45 people in a study.
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Detailed results and maps from the Maine primary election.
Detailed results and maps from the Alabama primary runoff election.
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Florida broke its record for most deaths in a single day, and Republicans are rethinking their convention there. People in England will be required to wear masks inside shops and supermarkets.
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The president spoke in the Rose Garden for 63 minutes. He spent only six of those minutes answering questions from reporters.
Corrections that appeared in print on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
A sweeping national security law passed by China in June has unsettled news organizations and created uncertainty about the city’s prospects as a hub for journalism in Asia.
The Trump administration said it would no longer require international students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the country.
Bienvenidos al mundo viral de los videos donde se rebana un pastel hiperrealista.
Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.
Hospitals have been ordered to bypass the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and send all patient information to a central database in Washington, raising questions about transparency.
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci said at a digital event at Georgetown University on Tuesday that there was “no doubt” of more infections.
Federal aid is about to lapse even as the coronavirus crisis rolls on.
A new study looks at what might have been a dangerous outbreak — had it not been for vigilant mask wearing.
JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo said that as long as the economy behaved according to their forecasts, they were braced for more pandemic-induced pain.
The study, published in The Lancet, said an accelerated decline in fertility rates means the global population could peak in 2064 at 9.7 billion and fall to 8.8 billion by century’s end.
The president rejected the fact that Black people suffer disproportionately from police brutality and made startling remarks about the Confederate flag and a recent confrontation in St. Louis.
The president rejected the fact that Black people suffer disproportionately from police brutality and made startling remarks about the Confederate flag and a recent confrontation in St. Louis.
Friends identified the victim as Fahim Saleh, and law enforcement officials said that an electric saw had been found near his torso.
Justice Ginsburg, 87, underwent an endoscopic procedure at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to clean out a bile duct stent, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said.
In a polarized nation, the justices continue to defy partisanship.
Long lines. Pizza at the polls. Absentee ballots that never showed up. And that’s just the warm-up to November.
The retro political artwork on “New York Tough” is peak Cuomo, summing up the state’s battle against the coronavirus. But is it art?
No traumatic injuries or disease were found, the medical examiner said.
The work of Mr. Kern, known as “Mr. Mardi Gras,” has delighted visitors to Carnival in New Orleans for decades.
Welcome to the most negative Senate campaign of 2020 so far.
The world’s best hot dog eaters could outeat a grizzly bear or a coyote, but would fall far behind a wolf or a Burmese python, a new study finds.
The thistledown velvet ant (which is actually a wasp) resembles creosote fuzz. But mimicry isn’t the reason, a new study suggests.
We know domestic violence is spiking under lockdown — we just don’t know the details. Here are women who do.
President Andrzej Duda won a narrow victory after a bitter, polarizing campaign that tore at the social fabric of the country. The results are likely to be challenged in the Supreme Court.
The international scholars the administration was threatening to send home are vital to American innovation and competitiveness.
The Trump administration has ordered hospitals to bypass the C.D.C. with key virus data. Critics are sounding alarm bells.
Finally, eventually, the president’s tax returns might be made public. Does it even matter anymore?
As Washington’s professional football team retires a team name, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian talks about our attachment to Native American imagery.
He became a champion in sport fishing while in his 20s and went on to found a leading company in the manufacture of spearfishing and diving gear.
Remarried, likely to win re-election in November, he was embarking on a second act when he died of the novel coronavirus.
Mr. Jones is likely to become among the first openly gay African-American members of Congress.
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
After a five-month PGA Tour layoff, Woods will try to adjust to competing without his usual throng of spectators at the Memorial Tournament this weekend. “It’s just a silent and different world.”
The judge questioned whether the women involved in the proposed agreement constituted a legal class. He also said a proposal to pay out $12 million toward legal fees for the producer and his former company directors was “obnoxious.”
Three months after Congress created a bipartisan oversight board to scrutinize the handling of hundreds of billions of dollars in pandemic relief, it remains hobbled by the lack of a chairman.
The U.S. mission in Afghanistan is now described as training, advising and assisting Afghan troops. But American forces are still patrolling areas that are as deadly as they were in 2001.
Scientists expect emissions, driven by fossil fuels and agriculture, to continue rising rapidly.
A ruling by a state court contradicts Elon Musk’s bullish view of autonomous driving technology.
Mohamed Ali made videos critical of Egypt’s government, touching off protests. Now he is a target of that government, as President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt pushes to silence critics abroad.
Rising seas are bringing water into communities at record rates, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday.
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
“The Eyes of Texas,” once sung at minstrel shows, will remain a campus anthem at the University of Texas at Austin, the school announced on Monday.
Detailed results and maps from the Alabama primary runoff election.
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The government is under fire for not enforcing the rule that people arriving self-isolate for 14 days. With the pandemic still raging in the United States, concern has focused on Americans.
The nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has been forced to disavow protests over the arrest of a governor from his own party, underscoring growing domestic volatility.
Organizers cited the “the national chaos” around the coronavirus surge. The event is considered a crucial date on the awards-season calendar.
In a letter posted online Tuesday, she cites “bullying by colleagues” and an “illiberal environment.”
The New York Democrat cautions against a substantial loss of funding if people don’t take the time to respond. Also: The unending war in Afghanistan; pass a minimum-wage bill.
Here’s what you need to know.
The longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein has been charged with helping him recruit, groom and ultimately sexually abuse girls as young as 14.
This week’s standout livestreams in dance: revisiting “Relations” and early Trisha Brown, and working out with Viva Soudan.
The host, Dianna Ploss, filmed herself telling landscape workers to speak English. She later said she considered the criticism of her remarks “a badge of honor.”
Margaret Sullivan recalls her years as public editor of The New York Times and her time as the first woman to lead The Buffalo News.
All the news that’s fit to cover your cranium.
The longtime host and his co-host, Erin Andrews, were let go by ABC, which said it had plans to take the show in a new direction.
Several psychologists and sexual health experts offer ways to make conversations about sex informative and comfortable for children and parents.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
The Hagia Sophia has been designated as a mosque again, its status as a museum viewed for decades as a seal on the country’s spirit.
Indian immigrants from Dalit backgrounds are rising up against caste discrimination at their workplaces in the United States.
Once called “the best dressed woman in Rio de Janeiro” by Life magazine, she was an “old money” style-setter in the 1950s and ’60s before marrying into Brazilian royalty.
Neither candidate has aired a positive ad since February in a campaign where both candidates are trying to appeal to the brand of politics popularized by President Trump.
Researchers said the case strongly suggests that Covid-19 can be transmitted in utero. Both the mother and baby have recovered.
As scientists race to understand how coronavirus aerosols may spread indoors, a new study on influenza offers some clues.
Prosecutors said Reta Mays, who worked at a hospital in West Virginia, administered fatal doses of insulin to veterans.
This documentary focuses on five reporters who covered the early years of the Vietnam War.
Dan Scavino, one of the president’s closest advisers, shared the cartoon by Ben Garrison, an alt-right artist who has been criticized for anti-Semitic imagery.
As Washington’s professional football team retires a team name, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian talks about our attachment to Native American imagery.
The main arbiter of commercial popularity in music has struggled to adapt its methods to reflect the way listeners behave today without alienating major artists and labels.
A medical waiver would have allowed the 2019 W.N.B.A. most valuable player, who has struggled with Lyme disease for more than a decade, to skip the abbreviated season with pay.
Junk health information that preys on people’s fears spreads online. Here’s how we can stamp it out.
Some experts say a vaccine puffed in the nose would be better at protecting people from infection. But nasal vaccines won’t be ready right away.
Edgar Sandoval sabía que estaba bien preparado para informar sobre la propagación del coronavirus desde su hogar familiar en la frontera entre Texas y México. Poco podía imaginar lo que encontraría.
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. unveiled his $2 trillion climate plan for reducing fossil fuel use across the U.S. and creating jobs.
Critics say a company policy that exempts opinion articles from fact-checking amounts to a huge loophole for climate change deniers.
Preguntamos a farmacéuticos y médicos qué tendrían en casa para cuidar a sus propias familias. Esto es lo que sugirieron.
Several retailers have ended the pay raises and bonuses they gave to employees as an appreciation for their courage and commitment in showing up to work during the pandemic.
With the coronavirus surging in Florida, officials are examining outdoor venues near the arena in Jacksonville, but it remains uncertain how many people will be allowed to attend.
Readers suggest steps to minimize the risks, including prioritizing younger grades and making use of unused commercial spaces.
The premiere fairs are off, and a gallery-based Frieze Week looks doubtful because of the “continued unprecedented challenges” of the pandemic.
Joe Biden’s plan connects tackling climate change with the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, while also addressing racism. The proposal drew praise from his onetime critics.
Four New York Times political reporters provide their insights in a live discussion with Julián Castro. Watch it here.
Prosecutors have accused Dennis Wyman of a hate crime, saying he hit an off-duty security guard with his car in Torrance, Calif., last month.
Children in the hospital lost many of their activities during Covid-19. More than ever, they rely on the contact and comfort of therapy dogs.
Banning the use of the Chinese tech giant’s equipment in high-speed wireless infrastructure is a major reversal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and a big victory for the Trump administration.
More than 1,000 employees signed a letter criticizing the agency for “scant progress in addressing the very real challenges Black employees experience.”
More than 1,000 employees signed a letter criticizing the agency for “scant progress in addressing the very real challenges Black employees experience.”
Welcome to the viral world of hyper-realistic cake slicing videos.
Un viernes, el mundo escuchó el audio de ‘Access Hollywood’ donde Trump alardeaba vulgarmente de su trato a las mujeres. Para el domingo en la noche, lo que sería su perdición había comenzado a evaporarse.
Takeout from Butterfield Market, a pop-up series by Black chefs, and more restaurant news.
The two sides are working to resolve questions about testing, opting out and revenue loss before the scheduled start of training camps in two weeks.
A lawsuit by the state’s attorney general adds to pressure on the companies to consider their drivers full employees.
Thomas Frank’s “The People, No” and Gene Sperling’s “Economic Dignity” offer differing prescriptions for America’s liberals.
Observing the wilderness of her home state has always been her passion. But the musician, who is Jewel’s aunt, is also ready to return to one of her original loves.
In ways large and small, the stand-up’s new special, released free on YouTube, taps into the national mood, once again showing what a talent he is.
Thank you to the teenagers who participated this week, and congratulations to our winner, Chandini, as well as our many runners-up and honorable mentions.
Some workers are calling on the industry to shut down plants in states where virus cases have increased sharply in recent weeks.
So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices.
The star of “Palm Springs,” on Hulu and at drive-in theaters, also puts A Tribe Called Quest and “Queer Eye” on his list of essentials.
Hours after a 5-to-4 vote by the Supreme Court, Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Ind., for his role in the 1996 murder of a family of three.
Relations are in free fall. Lines are being drawn. As the two superpowers clash over technology, territory and clout, a new geopolitical era is dawning.
As technology costs have declined, more developers are creating buildings that can benefit the Earth by tackling pollution and save money by producing their own power.
Only a small number of large companies have tied executive compensation to goals for hiring and promotion of workers from underrepresented groups.
Edgar Sandoval knew he was well prepared to report on the spread of the coronavirus on the Texas-Mexico border. He was going home. Little did he know exactly what he would find.
Hours after a 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court, Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Ind., for his role in the 1996 murder of a family of three.
Viola Davis appears on the cover of this month’s issue, the first by a Black photographer, in an image meant to be a protest.
Tuesday: The governor announced that many businesses must close once again. Also: Los Angeles and San Diego schools will be online-only in the fall.
This adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s classic novel, inaugurating the NBCUniversal streaming service, is generic and tame (despite the orgies).
Zoran Zaev led North Macedonia into NATO and toward the European Union by altering its name. That could cost him in an election on Wednesday.
Jeff Sessions hopes to win back his old Senate seat in Alabama, while primary and runoff elections are taking place in Texas and Maine.
A former college football coach defeated Jeff Sessions in a Republican runoff in Alabama, and Sara Gideon will challenge Susan Collins for the Senate in Maine. Key races also took place in Texas.
Banning the use of the Chinese tech giant’s equipment in high-speed wireless infrastructure is a major reversal by Prime Minister Boris Johnson — and a big victory for the Trump administration.
The French company behind flashy digital shows of Klimt, Klee, van Gogh and others is bringing fine art to a mass audience. And it’s turning a profit.
The specialized deal structures known as SPACs are having a moment, striking big takeovers and raising huge new funds.
More Republican lawmakers say they’ll skip Jacksonville: This is your morning tip sheet.
This documentary explores the life of Uzzle, who doesn’t have the name recognition of others in his field, but whose work you’ve probably seen and remember.
And what else you need to know today.
We spoke to a doctor in Italy about triaging care at the peak of the pandemic — and the discharge of his last coronavirus patient.
If you have a garden or just like shopping at farmers’ markets, preserving fruits and vegetables can be easier than you think.
If you have a garden or just like shopping at farmers’ markets, preserving fruits and vegetables can be easier than you think.
Jamás se me hubiera ocurrido hace unos años llamarme a mí misma “marrón”. En el imaginario colectivo racista en América Latina es un color asociado a la suciedad. ¿Es posible resignificar una palabra para reclamar una identidad?
With an eye on the United States, children of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean are bringing race into the public discourse, in a perceived challenge to France’s universalism.
Gov. Cuomo is worried about travelers from the Sun Belt who are infected with the virus — and about New Yorkers who might let down their guard.
The conspiracy theorists accuse Democrats and even fellow Republicans of being beholden to a cabal of bureaucrats, pedophiles and Satanists. President Trump has cheered them on.
From my elders, I learned that justice is sometimes seven generations away or more — and inevitable.
The escalating crisis in Texas shows how the chronic underfunding of public health has put America on track for the worst coronavirus response in the developed world.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on balancing political progress and public health, and more.
A selection of recent books of interest; plus, a peek at what our colleagues around the newsroom are reading.
They aren’t very good companions. But the lockdowns forced us to bond.
If threads start fraying, add stitching before the fabric tears. Patching should be your last resort.
Many parts of Europe and the United States already require masks in stores, but in Britain the idea has come up against the twin fears of appearing either perturbed or ridiculous.
The Trump administration backed away from stripping foreign students of their visas. Tokyo raised its pandemic alert level to “red,” its highest, although the caution appeared to change little in terms of behavior.
The state is trying to track visitors from 19 states, who now must fill out a form with their travel plans. Enforcing quarantine will still be tricky.
An excerpt from “Filthy Beasts,” by Kirkland Hamill
Jeff Sessions is fighting for his political life in an Alabama race that will signal the strength of President Trump’s hold on his base. And in Maine, the spotlight is on which Democrat will face Susan Collins.
Jeff Sessions is fighting for his political life in an Alabama race that will signal the strength of President Trump’s hold on his base. And in Maine, the spotlight is on which Democrat will face Susan Collins.
The Justice Department should vindicate the rule of law by putting him before a grand jury.
The Government Accountability Office has found that the Trump administration is undervaluing the cost of climate change to boost its deregulatory efforts.
On a road trip to Detroit, reflections on the car as a symbol of aspiration and adventure. But if you’re Black in America, that lovely machine isn’t always a refuge.
With more people working from home, business is booming for companies selling livable sheds.
With more people working from home, business is booming for companies selling livable sheds.
With an influenza pandemic and a war on, New York’s health commissioner took an unorthodox stand, declining to shutter public entertainment.
In a news cycle filled with tragedy, much of it disproportionately affecting people of color, Black reporters and editors are reimagining coping strategies.
Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement, and they need your help.
Shoppers are accustomed to enjoying an extraordinary variety of choices, but the pandemic has changed that.
Foroozan was one of nearly 20 women held in an Afghan women’s prison for murdering her spouse after years of abuse. “Thanks to coronavirus, I am given a second chance to live.”
Along a coastline in New Zealand, kelp seems to contain a genetic record of the planet’s geological upheaval.
What we talk about when we talk about “cancellation.”
Kirkland Hamill’s memoir, “Filthy Beasts,” proves that the apple can indeed fall far from the tree.
Every child needs a narrative. Here’s what several pediatricians are talking about with their children.
“The Bohemians,” by the German historian Norman Ohler, recounts the lives of Harro and Libertas Schulze-Boysen, an idealistic young couple, who helped lead the anti-Nazi resistance.
El coronavirus arrecia en Estados Unidos. Y lo que necesitas saber hoy.
Miles Harvey’s “The King of Confidence” recounts the fascinating history of the 19th-century grifter who ruled over a breakaway religious colony.
“The Year of Dangerous Days,” by Nicholas Griffin, delves into the refugee crisis, race riots and drug trade that dominated the city in 1980.
A comprehensive shutdown may be required in much of the country.
In “Underwater,” Ryan Dezember, a Wall Street Journal reporter, reckons with how the 2008 financial crisis changed American homeownership.
The order, set to come into force on July 24, will put England in line with other European countries and with some other parts of Britain.