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- After protesters tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson near the White House, Donald Trump has authorized federal law enforcement officials to arrest anyone trying to destroy a monument.
- ProPublica Deputy Managing Editor Eric Umansky’s family saw an unmarked NYPD cruiser hit a Black teenager last Halloween. He tried to find out how it happened, and instead found all of the ways the NYPD is shielded from accountability.
- Florida has reopened, and it is already a coronavirus catastrophe in the making.
- What has happened to the pets of New Yorkers who became serious ill because of the virus?
- After being criticized for using blackface in her comedy over the years, Tina Fey has asked streaming services to pull four episodes of 30 Rock.
- An 8-year-old girl and two adults were found dead yesterday in a swimming pool at a New Jersey home.
- Is telemedicine the future—and does virtual health care even work?
- Tons of single-use coronavirus masks and gloves are ending up as waste in the ocean.
- NYPD officers have been seen largely eschewing social distancing guidelines and not wearing masks over recent weeks while handling protests, a trend with cops around the country which the NY Times just noticed.
- Barcelona's Liceu Opera House reopened its doors for the first time in over three months to hold a concert for an audience of nearly 2,300 house plants.
- And finally, the best things in life are free:
Published Jun 23, 2020
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