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- After a very deadly start to the pandemic, NYC has done a good job of controlling the coronavirus over the last two months—but will that last into a possible second wave this fall/winter?
- Rob Sheffield looks back at the 50 year anniversary of the end of The Beatles.
- A week of protests has followed a rigged election in Belarus where chaos and state-deployed violence is terrorizing the citizens—here's a report from someone who was imprisoned there this month.
- A Long Island 20-year-old jumped into the Hudson River near the Statue Of Liberty for TikTok clout, and she lived to get a few thousand more followers.
- A new New York state restaurant survey found that nearly 90 percent of restaurants say they won’t be able to make any profit in the next six months without government aid.
- Is it possible that we're closer to herd immunity than scientists think?
- Rolling Stone has a major story on the murder of Seth Rich, a family tragedy which Fox News helped turn into "a national spectacle that has haunted his loved ones for years."
- John Oliver talked about Republicans' increasing obsession with conspiracy theories, and took a look at why people of color are routinely excluded from becoming jurors on Last Week Tonight.
- The Parks Department had its budget slashed by almost $85 million, and now the Post reports that many green spaces in Brooklyn and The Bronx are "littered with trash and overgrown with high, unmowed grass."
- If you're looking to buy a house and want something a little different and/or terrifying, you may want to check out this Missouri bargain.
- Cardi B interviewed Joe Biden for Elle, and it's worth watching just to see her address him as "Biden."
- And finally, what's everybody looking at?
Published Aug 17, 2020
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