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  • Accurate summation of America in 2020 in a headline: "Fighting Over Masks in Public Is the New American Pastime."
  • Accurate summation of America in 2020 in a lede: "Most Presidents would try to stop the United States from barreling toward disaster. But Donald Trump has nothing to say and no answers to mitigate a calamity unfolding on his watch that he seems resolved to ignore."
  • A group of women who sued Harvey Weinstein for alleged sexual misconduct have agreed to an $18.875 million settlement.
  • America has nearly 800 billionaires, a record high that accounts for more than a quarter of the world’s megarich.
  • For 82 days straight, a group of musicians have made their way to a stoop in Flatbush to play jazz for the neighborhood.
  • Fox News has fired host Ed Henry after a complaint involving "willful sexual misconduct in the workplace."
  • A trio of Manhattanites have bonded over their ownership of pigs.
  • New research suggests that a national mask mandate would slow the growth rate of new coronavirus infections and prevent a 5% GDP loss caused by additional lockdown measures.
  • The Times spoke to some people who supported Trump in 2016 and aren't planning to do so in 2020.
  • Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, Mets fans!
  • Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk And Rock & Roll Steakhouse has sued the "communist" Nashville government for the COVID-19 restrictions.
  • And finally, it's a bear cub tussle: