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New top story on Hacker News: Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World

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New top story on Hacker News: Shigeru Miyamoto Wants to Create a Kinder World https://ift.tt/2Lfgc1S

Resolving to live a lot better than in 2020.

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By BY CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2WWTRIZ

New Year’s Eve in Dakar, Senegal

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By Unknown Author via NYT Home Page https://ift.tt/3o6iTRE

Grapes, yellow underwear and a scarecrow: Colombia preserves its traditions.

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By BY JULIE TURKEWITZ via NYT World https://ift.tt/38UqkF8

Macron promises to speed up France’s vaccine rollout after frustration over sluggish start.

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By BY AURELIEN BREEDEN via NYT World https://ift.tt/2KQ72c8

In Montreal, at least there is still (takeout) poutine, a hangover antidote of choice.

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By BY DAN BILEFSKY via NYT World https://ift.tt/3o6zIvJ

Minneapolis Police Release Body Camera Video of First Killing Since George Floyd

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By BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/38UEXZ6

Israel could become the first country to vaccinate all of its citizens.

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By BY ISABEL KERSHNER via NYT World https://ift.tt/3o52xJ8

Things Will Get Better. Seriously.

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By BY PAUL KRUGMAN via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3b5RSKm

For a grieving family, 2020 cannot end soon enough.

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By BY JACK HEALY via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/381v10D

The Morning

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By Unknown Author via NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2Lf8Awk

Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats

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By BY ASTEAD W. HERNDON AND RICHARD FAUSSET via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2L7EZF0

New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38B in 2020 as Stock Surged

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New top story on Hacker News: Tesla Short Sellers Lost $38B in 2020 as Stock Surged https://ift.tt/3813rAG

New top story on Hacker News: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years

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New top story on Hacker News: UK formally leaves European Union after 48 years https://ift.tt/3aWqP4a

Citing pandemic, prosecutors in case against officers in George Floyd’s death want trial delay.

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By BY TIM ARANGO via NYT World https://ift.tt/381IFks

In Dakar, the usual soundtrack of fireworks on every corner was muted.

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By BY RUTH MACLEAN via NYT World https://ift.tt/3pBsZKI

New Year’s Eve in Europe

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By Unknown Author via NYT Home Page https://ift.tt/3rJYx36

The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Amazon, HBO Max, Hulu and More in January

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By BY NOEL MURRAY via NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3o6tgVx

Klara Kasparova, Mother of Chess Champion and His Guide, Dies at 83

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By BY DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN via NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/2X153UU

Georgia Republicans Deliver Persistent Message: Fear the Democrats

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By BY ASTEAD W. HERNDON AND RICHARD FAUSSET via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3rLMu50

MF Doom, Masked Rapper With Intricate Rhymes, Is Dead at 49

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By BY JULIA JACOBS via NYT Arts https://ift.tt/384CrQV

Chief Justice Praises the Courts’ Responses to the Pandemic

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By BY ADAM LIPTAK via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3rJmwzi

There will be a late-night delivery of a venerated sardine in Maine.

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By BY ELLEN BARRY via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JF9EJq

New top story on Hacker News: Distilleries that made hand sanitizer charged $14k surprise fee by FDA

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New top story on Hacker News: Distilleries that made hand sanitizer charged $14k surprise fee by FDA https://ift.tt/3o2EmLo

Forever Is Never

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By BY SAMMY HARKHAM via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/380H52k

New York will allow in-person fans at Buffalo Bills home playoff game.

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By BY TROY CLOSSON via NYT World https://ift.tt/38O1zun

After Breonna Taylor Case, Louisville Police Face Precarious Next Chapter

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By BY WILL WRIGHT, NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND AUSTYN GAFFNEY via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3pBCjhB

PM-covid-update

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By Unknown Author via NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/37YAcyD

Critics Say Nashville Police Could Have Done More With Tip About Bomber

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By BY STEVE CAVENDISH, JAMIE MCGEE AND RICK ROJAS via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3814mBd

The Small Colorado Town Shrugged Off the Pandemic. Then Came the Coronavirus Variant.

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By BY DAVE PHILIPPS via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2WX72cP

A Dallas-Fort Worth air traffic control center was closed for disinfection, and big flight delays soon followed.

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By BY NEIL VIGDOR via NYT World https://ift.tt/3rEa181

Closing of Air Traffic Control Center for Virus Cleaning Halts Flights in Dallas

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By BY NEIL VIGDOR via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2L94sO4

The Morning

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By Unknown Author via NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3o3qSiz

The Bomb That Struck the Heart of Nashville

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By BY MARGARET RENKL via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3o3y7H5

Life went on as it always had in Simla, Colo., until the virus came to town. And then the variant.

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By BY DAVE PHILIPPS via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37YwNzQ

‘No Realistic Path’ for Quick Vote on $2,000 Stimulus Checks, McConnell Says

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By BY CATIE EDMONDSON via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aX8ap0

New top story on Hacker News: HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash

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New top story on Hacker News: HTML5 still doesn't replicate what mattered about Flash https://ift.tt/34UZtYk

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Diffgram – Human Supervision of AI Data

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New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Diffgram – Human Supervision of AI Data https://ift.tt/3o4iRtz

New top story on Hacker News: Uber will charge 25% starting Jan. 1 in Seattle as per minimum wage law

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New top story on Hacker News: Uber will charge 25% starting Jan. 1 in Seattle as per minimum wage law https://ift.tt/2JvwTFy

To get young students back in classrooms, California plans to offer a financial incentive to districts to reopen.

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By BY JILL COWAN via NYT World https://ift.tt/3pGKMjP

This New Year’s Eve, Times Square Will Be Filled With Hope. But Not People.

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By BY DAN BARRY via NYT New York https://ift.tt/38MGq3H

Don’t Let the Games Begin

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3mZ7x0E

Death Transformed a Year, and What May Lie Ahead

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By BY WILLIAM MCDONALD via NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/3aUAZCs

As the Pandemic Took Lives, It Also Stole Hopes

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By BY DANIEL J. WAKIN via NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/38IBM6Q

Rita Houston, WFUV D.J. Who Lifted Music Careers, Dies at 59

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By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR via NYT Obituaries https://ift.tt/3htY2Fv

Stimulus, Virus Variant, Georgia: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

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By BY DANI BLUM AND JEREMIAH M. BOGERT, JR. via NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2KFCDgM

New Year’s Resolutions for the Planet

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By Unknown Author via NYT Climate https://ift.tt/3pzWRr2

2 Cleveland Police Officers Avoid Federal Charges in Killing of Tamir Rice

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By BY NEIL VIGDOR via NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3o3WKU8

Cutest Couple, Class Clown and a Competitive Year for D.C. Superlatives

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By BY MICHELLE COTTLE via NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/37WpLvi

New top story on Hacker News: Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a new era for vaccinology

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New top story on Hacker News: Messengers of hope: two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines herald a new era for vaccinology https://ift.tt/2JunuOF